Program Specialist VI
3 days ago
We are seeking a highly skilled Program Specialist VI to join our team at the Texas Department of Aging & Disability Services. This is a senior-level position that requires advanced consultative services and technical assistance related to statewide forensic and diversion activities and programs for individuals with serious mental illness.
Key Responsibilities:- Provides technical assistance and consultative services to internal and external stakeholders, including county jails and state hospitals, to develop and implement major agency programs.
- Collaborates with Local Mental Health Authorities, Local Behavioral Health Authorities, and the criminal justice system to ensure access to care and continuity of care for justice-involved individuals.
- Serves as a lead worker providing direction to other program staff and oversees competency restoration programs, jail diversion, and forensic programs.
- Develops and implements evidence-based practices, revises statewide guidelines and performance contract language, and creates policy interpretation documents.
- Analyzes complex policy implementation issues and creates various documents and spreadsheets to provide education to internal staff and external stakeholders.
- Knowledge of forensic services, jail diversion services, behavioral health crisis services, adult mental health programs, and substance use issues and services.
- Recovery, resiliency, engagement, and service delivery, including Texas Resilience and Recovery (formerly RDM-Resiliency and Disease Management) as it has rolled out in Texas.
- Basic knowledge of the criminal justice system, substance use treatment, prevention, and Medicaid programs/services in Texas.
- Effective verbal communication and public speaking, exceptional writing skills, data analysis and reporting, and qualitative interpretation of complex policy issues.
- Develop complex, detailed implementation plans.
- Develop products to support the implementation of evidence-based practices.
- Develop materials for training and TA events.
- Lead cross-functional work groups.
- Support contracts related to behavioral health services, crisis, forensic, and jail diversion programs.
This position works under minimal supervision, with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and writing skills and be responsible for maintaining state-of-the-art knowledge regarding recovery-oriented services and engagement and service delivery systems that support people found incompetent to stand trial.
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