Director of Mental Health Services
4 weeks ago
RESPONSES TO SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS REQUIRED
FINAL FILING DATE: SEPTEMBER 09, 2024 AT 9:00 AM
ORAL EXAM IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 2024
SALARY AND BENEFITS INFORMATION:
- Salary: $13,294 - $16,968 APPROXIMATE MONTHLY / $76.70 - $97.89 APPROXIMATE HOURLY
- Holidays: 12 days per year (plus one additional floating holiday).
- Vacation: 10 days first 3 years; 15 days 4-9 years; 17 days 10-15 years; 20 days 16 years and thereafter.
- Sick Leave: 12 days per year with a generous pro rata payoff at termination after at least 5 years.
- Administrative Leave: 80 hours per calendar year (with annual leave buyout available)
- Retirement: CalPERS, coordinated with Social Security.
- Insurance: Medical and dental plan, with the County paying for most of the employee and a portion of the dependent cost; a vision plan, a fully paid life insurance policy and long-term disability plan.
- Other: Deferred Compensation plan and IRC Section 125 plan
Please visit and refer to the Shasta County Personnel Rules and the Unrepresented Management Cost of Living Increases for future salary increases.
ABOUT SHASTA COUNTY
Shasta County offers all the amenities of the big city while retaining a comfortable small-town atmosphere. With its natural beauty, affordable housing, excellent educational system, abundance of recreational opportunities, and excellent quality of life, Shasta County is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT
The Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) partners with communities to protect and improve the health and well-being of Shasta County residents. Established in 2006, the HHSA is organized into four branches: Behavioral Health & Social Services, Public Health, Economic Mobility, with a centralized Administration Services. The HHSA promotes optimal health for all. The frail, the abused, the mentally ill and those without resources look to the HHSA for services and resources to meet their basic needs, and to protect their health and safety. This transformation improves efficiency, avoids unnecessary duplication of effort, encourages collaboration among programs and organizes the HHSA s services to be more responsive to the needs of the public.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Under the general administrative direction of the Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) Director and within federal and state laws and rules, plans, organizes, coordinates, and directs the administrative and support operations as well as program activity for Behavioral Health Services in Shasta County; assists in policy and procedure development and implementation; serves on the agency management team; and performs related work as assigned.
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
This single position classification is a senior management classification and has department level responsibility for HHSA Behavioral Health programs and services. An incumbent is designated to serve as the Director of Mental Health Services for Shasta County by the Board of Supervisors and reports to the Board of Supervisors through the HHSA Director. This position is an unclassified, at will position.
IDEAL CANDIDATE
In addition to the Mental Health standards, the ideal candidate will possess knowledge and experience in the Social Services System of Care including but not limited to: Child Welfare, Adult Protective Services, In Home Support Services, Public Authority and Public Guardian. Will have strong leadership qualities that motivate, innovate, and inspire a team through respect, adaptability, and collaboration. Will be a flexible leader able to adjust while being open to new ideas with the goal of moving the branch forward. A strong commitment to high ethical standards that lead to the administration of high-quality services which promote inclusion and equality and are aligned with state mandates, guidelines, and internal and external policies and procedures. Strong communication skills that support or create strong relationships with community providers and state liaisons and progressive experience successfully managing or implementing complex programs within the behavioral health and social services fields.
EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Duties may include, but are not limited to:
- Plans, organizes, coordinates, and directs the operations or program activities for the Behavioral Health Services in the Adult and Children s Services branches of HHSA based on policy direction of the Board of Supervisors, County Executive Officer, HHSA Director, federal requirements and state regulations and policy; assists in establishing agency or branch policy, procedures, goals and objectives; acts as a liaison between the Agency Director and Behavioral Health Programs regarding services, other governmental agencies, and the community.
- Directs and/or participates in the development of the Agency s annual budget for submission to the County Administrative Officer and the Board of Supervisors; presents budget requests to the CAO and the Board with accompanying justification; monitors expenditures and revenues; serves as a resource to the Director and other senior managers in preparing expenditure and revenue projections, forecasts, and other financial planning reports.
- Identifies problems, determines analytical approach, obtains information, conducts analyses, and makes recommendations that are aligned with the agency s goals and objectives as defined by the HHSA Director and/or applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and rules; supervises the preparation of statistical reports to the Board on caseloads or other factors affecting agency outcomes.
- Directs the maintenance of a wide variety of records in accordance with applicable policies and procedures, rules, regulations, and laws.
- Reviews and evaluates changes in policies and procedures, rules, regulations, and laws applicable to the operational, program, or mandated functions of the agency. Directs the implementation of agency policy or practice changes to conform. Maintains effective standards of operation and practice.
- Directs the development and implementation of information technology, including hardware, software, and systems including those designed for mental health programs, or supports the integration of information technology into Branch programs.
- Directs the development and implementation of a wide variety of financial, statistical, client outcomes, and related reports, and makes recommendations for efficiencies or improvements to services based on data and analysis.
- Acts on behalf of the Health and Human Services Agency Director in establishing, facilitating and maintaining positive working relationships with representatives of federal, state, local agencies and community groups and organizations; facilitates the coordination of interagency and interdepartmental programs and systems; confers with representatives of other agencies in the area on matters related to the development of new programs, coordination of services offered and solving interagency relationship problems; cooperates with the State Department of Health Care Services to ensure program goals are being met; provides leadership in developing community interest and understanding of needs of the people and in planning the ways these needs can be met; supports community relations efforts within the Agency.
- May oversee the maintenance of agency personnel and payroll records in accordance with applicable laws, rules, and regulations; develops personnel policies, standards of performance, and promotes staff development and succession planning efforts; ensures all staff licenses are current or ensures personnel are appropriately trained and oriented to agency responsibilities and individual duties.
- Negotiates or develops new contracts and contract renewals with funding agencies, sub-contracting agencies, physicians, and others as appropriate; monitors contract provisions and ensures timely renewal or cancellation, and contractor performance.
- Selects, trains, and motivates staff; plans, assigns, supervises, reviews, and evaluates staff; disciplines staff as appropriate; delegates administrative, technical, and supervisory responsibility as appropriate.
SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS
Responses to the following must be submitted with a completed application.
- Do you meet any of the special requirements listed above? If yes, please provide detailed information explaining how you meet that requirement criteria. If no, please type N/A .
- Describe your philosophy on leadership.
- Describe how you would motivate staff to provide excellent services to the clients of the Behavioral Health and Social Services Branch.
- Describe the most important outcomes related to adult and children social well-being and behavioral health that you would strive to achieve as Branch Director?
- Provide a specific change which will impact delivery of services in the Mental Health/Substance Abuse and Social Welfare/Services system of care during the next two fiscal years.
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