REGIONAL SAMH DIRECTOR - 60046156

Company: State of Florida
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posted on: November 2, 2024

Job Description:

The State Personnel System is an E-Verify employer. For more information click on our .Requisition No: 840334Agency: Children and FamiliesWorking Title: REGIONAL SAMH DIRECTOR - 60046156The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida's social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking, and public assistance. The agency's mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION. CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE.This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Regional Director for the Southeast Regional Office. This position will collaborate with each section within the program office and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail-oriented. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Regional Director is a highly responsible position who is tasked with being a visionary leader, strategic thinker and goals and outcome-oriented leader. This position is responsible for providing oversight and management of the regional behavioral health system of care. The incumbent is required to focus on service delivery, operational improvement, efficiency, stakeholder engagement, and innovation.The SAMH Regional Program Director duties and responsibilities include:

• Provide oversight for the management and administration of all regional SAMH day-to-day operations.
• Ensure the administration of all programs in accordance with agency plans, policies, and guidelines.
• Lead the evaluation, development, planning, implementation, and coordination of substance abuse and mental health services.
• Ensure service delivery is consistent with all applicable laws, rules, policy, procedures, and contractual agreements.
• Implement Department rules and procedures, ensuring staff are provided training regarding Departmental procedures and rules, and conducts reviews of staff compliance with rules and procedures.
• Lead the identification and assessment of regional program needs and make recommendations to senior leadership.
• Serve as the Department's liaison with regional program partners, manage stakeholder engagement and assigned initiatives to support and enhance behavioral health services designed to strengthen families and coordinate services provided by the Department in the Region with outside agencies, both public and private.
• Ensure compliance with data collection protocols and requirements; Conduct routine analyses on state and federal performance indicators for SAMH services; use data to drive data-informed decisions and the formulation of program recommendations.
• Lead recruitment, hiring, and retention efforts for all regional SAMH staff; provide daily supervision of assigned team; ensure regional staff are managed in accordance with the Department policies and procedures; maintain staffing levels to ensure operational integrity.
• Oversee innovation and quality improvement initiatives.
• Implement and execute emergency planning activities for the program and geographical areas.
• This team member understands the conditions necessary to launch substance use and mental health interventions and services when appropriate and builds the pathways and partnerships to achieve established goals. This leader will be responsible for the following activities while on deployment:
• Assess the impact, needs, and assist with the development of a response strategy and goals for the impacted community and implement disaster response plans.
• Recommend deployment strategies to provide direct assistance.
• Coordinate psychological and mental health resources and services for individuals, first responders, and communities impacted by disasters.
• Provide critical information to the Department and stakeholders.
• Perform other duties as required to meet program and departmental goals and objectives.An ideal candidate will:
  • Be creative, flexible, innovative, and research-oriented;
  • Possess excellent research and writing skills;
  • Have experience in designing and executing research to develop policy analyses, program evaluations, management reviews, budget analyses, and similar technical reviews;
  • Understand and appreciate the principles of governmental organization, budgeting, and accountability;
  • Have the ability to succeed both with and without extensive direction;
  • Move cost-saving and cost-effective health policy forward;
  • Value SAMH's vision and have the ability to execute projects, assignments, and updates timely and accurately within a fast-paced environment.All applicants must ensure that all employment and detailed information about work experience is listed on their applicant profile and/or resume (including dates of service, reason for leaving, military service, self-employment, job-related volunteer work, internships, etc.) and that gaps in employment are explained. Applicants who do not provide all information necessary to meet the minimum requirements will not be considered for this position.Salary is negotiable depending on experience and demonstrated successful management of complex projects and initiatives.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:
    • Knowledge of the methods of data collection and analysis.
    • Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
    • Ability to collect, evaluate, and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document work and other activities relating to the improvement of operational and management practices.
    • Ability to organize data into a logical format for presentation in reports, documents, and other written materials.
    • Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
    • Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
    • Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to operational and management analysis activities.
    • Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
    • Ability to communicate effectively.
    • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
    • Ability to travel with or without accommodations.Minimum Qualifications:
      • Four years of experience supervising or serving in a leadership role.
      • Four years of experience implementing and managing complex projects.
      • A master's degree from a college or university and four years of professional clinical and or non-clinical experience in health care, program planning, program research, program evaluation is preferred.
      • Professional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the preferred college education.Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:
        • Health insurance
        • Life insurance; $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance
        • Dental, vision, and supplemental insurance
        • Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
        • Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
        • Flexible Spending Accounts;
        • Opportunities for career advancement;
        • Tuition waiver for public college courses;US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS). Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.RETIREE NOTICE If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida.BACKGROUND SCREENING It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment.The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735).The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.Location: FT LAUDERDALE, FL, US, 33309Nearest Major Market: Fort LauderdaleNearest Secondary Market: MiamiFor assistance, call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287 Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Eastern time.
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