Assistant Clinical Director

Salary: $80,000 - $90,000 a year

Location: 7 Regent St Suite 701, Livingston, NJ 07039

Schedule: Monday - Friday (Business hours)

Embark Behavioral Health is seeking a compassionate, clinically strong Assistant Clinical Director to help lead our Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) clinic in Livingston, NJ. If you're driven to reduce adolescent anxiety, depression, and suicide—and want to be part of a mission-focused team that creates joy and heals generations—this is your opportunity.

In this dual leadership and clinical role, you’ll support the Clinical Director by mentoring staff, ensuring high-quality care, and carrying a manageable caseload, all within a collaborative, trauma-informed environment.

Clinical Leadership & Supervision

• Partner with the Clinical Director to ensure excellence in client care and staff performance.

• Provide reflective supervision and coaching to therapists and case managers.

• Offer clinical supervision hours for LSWs, LACs, or equivalent pre-licensed staff.

Direct Clinical Services

• Provide strengths-based individual, group, and family therapy rooted in DBT, CBT, and trauma-informed care.

• Maintain up-to-date documentation and treatment planning.

• Support wraparound care and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Program Development & Quality Assurance

• Assist with ongoing program innovation and improvement.
• Monitor outcome metrics and ensure alignment with Embark’s gold-standard clinical model.

• NJ licensure (LCSW, LPC, LMFT, or equivalent) required.

• Active NPI number and CAQH profile.

• CPR/First Aid certification.

• Experience in youth mental health, family systems, and trauma work.

• Strong leadership skills and a growth mindset.

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving clinical environment.

• Growth-Focused Culture: Accelerate your career with cutting-edge clinical training, leadership development, and ongoing mentorship from nationally recognized industry experts.

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a market-aligned salary with opportunities for performance-based growth.

• Comprehensive Benefits Package: Includes medical (with generous employer contribution to a high-deductible plan), dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, voluntary life and AD&D, long-term disability, and paid parental leave.

• Work-Life Integration: Benefit from paid holidays and a generous PTO accrual plan to support rest, reflection, and renewal.

• Mission-Driven Impact: Build meaningful connections with adolescents and their families while making a lasting impact through healing and joy.

• Values-Driven Team: Join a supportive, purpose-led environment grounded in empathy, trusted relationships, service, measurable outcomes, and a growth mindset.

Embark is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Embark is committed to enriching the therapeutic and healing experience it offers through the diversity of its employees and community. Embark seeks to recruit and support a broadly diverse staff who will contribute to the organization's excellence, diversity of viewpoints and experiences, and relevance in a global society.