Core Program Manager

Merced, CA

📍 Location: Merced, California
📅 Schedule: Full-Time | Exempt 
💼 Department: Intensive Home Based Services
📈 Reports To: Core Program Director
💰 Pay Range: $80,000- $82,000 Annually 

✨ Make a Meaningful Impact

Aspiranet, one of California’s leading nonprofits supporting children, youth, and families, is seeking a dedicated leader to guide and mentor social workers and clinicians serving trauma‑impacted youth. As the Social Services Program Manager for Wraparound in Merced, you will support a team delivering intensive home‑based services to high‑risk youth and their families. Your leadership will help ensure families receive coordinated, strengths‑based, trauma‑informed care that empowers them to thrive.

❤️ About Aspiranet

Since 1975, Aspiranet has been committed to helping families build brighter futures. Our statewide continuum of care spans Foster and Adoption, Transitional Aged Youth, Residential Services, Intensive Home‑Based Services, Behavioral Health, and Family & Community programs. Every role contributes to our mission of ensuring every child is loved, every family supported, and every individual equipped to succeed.

📝 Position Summary

As the Social Services Program Manager, you will hire, train, supervise, and evaluate a team of 5–7 social workers responsible for implementing individualized treatment plans. You will provide coaching, ensure program compliance, support crisis response, and model trauma‑informed practices. Participation in group supervision, staff meetings, and field‑based coaching is central to the role. You will also provide after‑hours support on a rotating basis to ensure continuity of care for families.

🔍 Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and evaluate social work staff
• Ensure high‑quality, trauma‑informed services
• Support crisis intervention and safety planning
• Oversee program compliance and documentation standards
• Collaborate with leadership on program goals, budget, and practice standards
• Participate in team‑based supervision and provide field coaching
• Provide rotational after‑hours support

🌱 Your Growth

You’ll work closely with Aspiranet leadership to strengthen program operations and develop strategic goals. Aspiranet offers ongoing professional development, including opportunities for clinical supervision hours for registered AMFTs, ASWs, and APCCs. With our statewide footprint, there is significant room for advancement.

🎉 Your Rewards

Aspiranet offers competitive compensation, a supportive team culture, and a comprehensive benefits package including employer‑paid medical, dental, vision, and wellness coverage. Your work directly contributes to stronger families and healthier communities.

✅ Qualifications

• Master’s degree in psychology, social work, or a related field
• Minimum two years of experience working with high‑risk youth and families
• Strong leadership, communication, and crisis‑management skills

💻 Work Environment & Schedule

This is a full‑time position within a crisis‑responsive program requiring flexibility and consistent availability to support staff and families.

❤️ Why Aspiranet?

• Competitive pay and full benefits
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match
• Employee Perks Program with discounts on travel, wellness, entertainment, and more
• Generous paid time off including holidays, vacation, sick leave, diversity days, and birthday leave
• Employee assistance program with counseling support
• Ongoing training and career development
• Inclusive, mission‑driven culture
• Opportunities to lead initiatives that support staff wellbeing

🏋️ Physical Demands

This role primarily operates in a standard office environment with occasional field‑based work. Reasonable accommodations will be provided in accordance with the ADA.

⚖️ Equal Employment Opportunity

Aspiranet is an equal opportunity employer committed to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA). We value diverse perspectives and lived experiences that strengthen our work with youth and families.

📝 How to Apply

Join us in building brighter futures.

Apply today at: www.aspiranet.org/careers