Mental Health Program Specialist 2
4 days ago
**Minimum Qualifications**
Non-Competitive Minimum Qualifications Under the NY HELPS Program:
A bachelor's degree in a qualifying field* AND three years of professional clinical or administrative experience in a federal or state operated, licensed, certified, or funded mental health program+.
+A master's degree in a qualifying field* can subsitute for one year of specialized experience.
- Qualifying degrees: child and family studies, counseling and community psychology, creative arts therapy, criminal justice, health administration, hospital administration, marriage and family therapy, mental health counseling, nursing, psychoanalysis, psychology, public administration, public health, public policy, recreation therapy, rehabilitation counseling, social work, sociology, or special education
Transfer Opportunity:
55b/c Opportunity:
**Duties Description**
The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is recruiting to fill a Mental Health Program Specialist 2, G-23, position in the Division of Forensic Services (DFS), Diversion Center. The Diversion Center’s mission is to support jurisdictions in the development, implementation, evaluation and replication of initiatives to the reduce arrest and incarceration of persons with serious mental illness (SMI). The general services provided by the Diversion Center are the assessment of local resources, current practices, and gaps in services through sequential intercept mapping; researching, training and technical assistance for the identification and diversion of justice-involved mentally ill individuals from incarceration; and researching, training and technical assistance to develop and sustain Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs in communities throughout NYS.
The Aligning to Build Lasting Engagement (ABLE) team is a new initiative for the Diversion Center. The ABLE team will focus on individuals known to cycle through shelter, hospitals, jails, and prisons. This team will be responsible for establishing and monitoring data shared by law enforcement, correctional entities, hospitals, and providers to facilitate connections to services, including housing, and will collaborate with OMH regional field offices, local mental health providers, local law enforcement agencies, and other community stakeholders. The ABLE team will work with select pilot counties and then expand to additional counties in future years.
Specific duties to be performed by the Mental Health Program Specialist 2 may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Facilitate Sequential Intercept Mapping (SIM) to identify and understand the scope of services available in the local community, identify gaps in services, and make recommendations for system changes/service needs to address identified gaps.
Collaborate with service providers to develop individualized plans to address barriers to treatment
Conduct outreach to providers to address client disengagement
Contribute to the development and implementation of innovative engagement strategies.
Facilitate routine meetings with local stakeholders to discuss high utilizer cases and system issues, including barriers to engagement and connection to services; develop solutions to address system barriers in coordination with local partners.
**Additional Comments**
The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
At a future date, it is expected that employees hired under NY HELPS will have their non-competitive employment status converted to competitive status, without having to compete in an examination. Employees will then be afforded with all of the same rights and privileges of competitive class employees of New York State. While serving permanently in a NY HELPS title, employees may take part in any promotion examination for which they are qualified.
Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.
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