Clinical Supervisor (Illinois/North Carolina)
Job Description
About Somethings: Somethings is on a mission to end the youth mental health crisis by reducing the suicide rate for teens back to 2008 levels of 6.8 per 100,000 (1 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db471.htm) for the 42 Million teens in the U.S. To combat this, we are creating the first scaled network of Certified Peer Specialists and building the most engaging mental health experience in the world for teenagers. We’ve found deep resonance with Medicaid Managed Care Organizations and State Health Agencies and we’re scaling to quickly towards serving hundreds of thousands of teens.
Role Overview
As a Clinical Supervisor, you will be the driving force behind Somethings’ as we grow to serve thousands of teens. We are looking for someone who wants to scale up their clinical impact and help supervise our amazing Certified Peer Specialist Mentors. You’re a fit for this role if you love clinical work, but also enjoy managing people. You care deeply about others and want to help as many people as possible. You’re highly organized, know how to document your work excellently, and know how to coach others to be as effective as possible when delivering mental healthcare.Key Responsibilities
- Supervise Somethings Peer Support Specialist Mentors on the following schedule: - Monday through Thursday: 4PM EST - 10PM EST - Friday: 4PM EST - 7PM EST - Ensure safety and clinical effectiveness of Mentors and teens.
- Ensure Mentors are exceeding expectations around professionalism, role requirements, and more, through proper management.
- Provide A+ documentation to our Clinical Ops team.
- Provide regular updates to Head of Clinical Ops on the health of your Supervisees.
- Willingness to provide additional support to higher acuity teens in the program.
Requirements
- You are a licensed mental health provider (LPCC, LCSW, LMHC) in Illinois AND/OR North Carolina.
- You have experience supervising clinicians, peers, or other mental health providers.
- You have a strong working knowledge of ACT, DBT, and CBT modalities.
- BONUS: Experience working in a startup environment, specifically in healthcare.
- BONUS: You have direct experience working with adolescents in a mental health setting and would be willing to take on a small, intermittent clinical caseload of teens What We’re Looking For: - Someone who is highly empathetic.
- Someone who is excited about working in a fast paced environment where things are changing and improving nearly every day.
- Someone who is highly data driven, tech savvy, organized, and interested in participating in a world class clinical operation.
- Someone who is highly passionate about youth mental health and making a lasting societal impact.
What we Offer
This position is a contract position and does not offer health insurance.- Guaranteed Hours: 27hrs/week - Competitive
Salary
$50/hour - Paid Time Off: 66 hours annually - Remote position at a high-growth startup Why Now For Somethings? Somethings is poised to be a first mover in the space of scaled peer support as much of mental health care moves towards Peers.- Teen mental health still remains a massive issue. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2024/p0806-youth-mental-health.html Nearly 40% of teens in the U.S. still struggle with a mental health concern, 20% have had a major depressive episode in the last year, and 10% have attempted suicide in the last year.
- As of January 2025, Peers are now included in FUH and FUM HEDIS measures. https://www.ncqa.org/blog/hedis-my-2025-whats-new-whats-changed-whats-retired/ - SAMHSA released revised guidance around EPSDT https://www.medicaid.gov/federal-policy-guidance/downloads/sho24005.pdf and continued to encourage states to utilized Peer Supporters.
- Renewed MHPEA https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/fact-sheets/final-rules-under-the-mental-health-parity-and-addiction-equity-act-mhpaea reaffirmed the requirements for states and plans to provide adequate mental health services.
- Mental health workforce shortages continue. https://nihcm.org/publications/the-behavioral-health-care-workforce-shortages-solutions Equal Opportunity Employer: At Somethings, we’re committed to building a workplace where diversity is not just welcomed, it’s celebrated.
How to Stand Out
- Highlight your Excel‑driven outcomes: prepare a 1‑page “Data Impact Sheet” showing how you used advanced formulas, pivot tables, and dashboards to track client outcomes, staff productivity, or Medicaid billing metrics in previous roles—attach it as a supplemental PDF and reference it in your cover letter.
- Build a mini‑portfolio of supervision case studies: draft two brief (300‑word) narratives describing a complex teen mental‑health case you supervised, the evidence‑based interventions you guided, the measurable results (e.g., reduction in suicidal ideation scores), and the Excel reports you generated to monitor progress. Upload these as separate files and link to them in your resume’s “Key Projects” section.
- Demonstrate remote leadership fluency: list the collaboration platforms you’ve mastered (Zoom, Slack, Asana, EMR systems) and include a screenshot of a weekly remote supervision agenda you’ve designed in Excel, showing clear time blocks, action items, and outcome metrics. Be ready to walk interviewers through it during the interview.
- Align with Somethings’ mission with quantifiable passion: in your application, cite a specific statistic from the CDC brief (e.g., 6.8 per 100,000 suicide rate) and explain how your prior work contributed to moving that metric downward in a target population, using concrete numbers or percentages. Interviewers will look for this mission‑centric data literacy.
- Negotiate with market data for remote clinical supervisors: research salaries for Illinois‑ and North‑Carolina‑based remote clinical supervisors (e.g., $95‑$115k base + performance bonus). Prepare a short “Compensation Rationale” table in Excel that compares your experience, certifications, and proven ROI (e.g., % increase in client retention) to the market range, and present it when the offer stage arrives.
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