Program Manager – Mentorship, Leadership & Therapeutic Oversight (STRTP)

Shape the Culture. Guide the Supervisors. Drive Program Quality.

📍 Location: On-Site – Turlock, CA

📅 Schedule: Full-Time | Exempt | Shift: Thursday to Saturday, 1:00 PM – 12:00 AM & Wednesday 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

💼 Department: Residential Division – STRTP Program

📈 Reports to: Program Director

💰 Pay Range: $68,640.00 – $70,440.00 annually (DOE)

❤️ Why Aspiranet ?

Founded in 1975, Aspiranet is a mission-driven social services agency with locations across California. Our six divisions Foster Care & Adoption, Transitional Aged Youth, Residential, Intensive Home-Based Services, Behavioral Health, and Family & Community provide holistic supports for children, families, and communities. Every role contributes to something greater: building brighter futures where opportunity, hope, and healing are within everyone’s reach.

 📝️ Position Summary

We’re seeking an experienced leader to join our Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) as a Program Manager. This role is big-picture and multi-site focused, coaching and mentoring Program Supervisors and their teams across cottages to ensure consistent, high-quality, trauma-informed care.

🔍 Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor Program Supervisors who lead daily cottage operations.
• monitor routines, interventions, and crisis response across multiple cottages.
• Ensure compliance with Community Care Licensing, The Joint Commission, and agency policies.
• Oversee staffing patterns, activities, training, performance, and youth engagement across assigned cottages.
• Partner with social work, clinical, training and education staff to ensure alignment in care strategies.
• Monitor program data and outcomes to identify trends, address issues, and drive improvements

✅ Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s degree, or equivalent experience as outlined by CDSS.
• Experienced in residential youth services or STRTP operations with at least 1 year in a supervisory role.
• Knowledge of trauma-informed models (ARC, Youth Thrive, CRM) is a plus.
• Able to oversee multiplecottages simultaneously while keeping quality consistent.
•  Skilled at coaching other leaders, not just direct care staff.

💻 Work Environment & Schedule

• On-site role in Turlock, CA.
• Shift: Shift: Thursday to Saturday, 1:00 PM – 12:00 AM & Wednesday 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
• Occasional flexibility required to meet program and client needs.

❤️ Why Aspiranet?

• Growth potential.
• 14 paid holidays (including birthday and diversity holidays).
• 10 vacation days + 10 sick days annually.
• 100% employer-paid medical and dental plans.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
• Life, AD&D, and disability insurance.
• Wellness, commuter, and mileage reimbursement benefits.
• Employee Assistance Program (24/7 support + counseling).
• Professional development, training, and advancement opportunities.
• Supportive, inclusive, and mission-aligned culture.
• Operate at a leadership level where you impact multiple cottages and teams.
• Be a key player in building consistency, structure, and excellence across programs.
• Work in a beautiful country environment with new facilities and innovative resources.
• Small-group model (max 4 youth per cottage) allows for meaningful, individualized care.

🏋️ Physical Demands: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

This position typically operates in a standard office environment. The noise level is generally quiet and remains within OSHA’s established safety levels at all times.

⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunity

Aspiranet is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of diversity. We believe a diverse workforce within a culture of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) increases creativity, innovation, problem-solving, and teamwork for the youth and families that we serve and the organization as a whole.  Aspiranet strives to provide our employees with a workplace that is welcoming, inclusive of differing world views, cultures, and lived experiences.

📝️ How to Apply

Join us in building brighter futures.

Apply today through our career portal:

👉 Click here to apply: www.aspiranet.org/careers

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