Deputy Director Behavioral Health

About the role

The County of Monterey Health Department seeks an experienced behavioral health professional for the position of Deputy Director Behavioral Health to oversee the Behavioral Health Bureau’s Quality Division.

Responsibilities

• Plans, implements, organizes, evaluates and directs services through subordinate managers and supervisors in operations and in the service delivery of mental health or drug and alcohol programs.
• Solves administrative problems and develops joint procedures and policies to ensure that all programs meet State regulations.
• Participates with other agencies and departments in community planning, service monitoring and development of coordinated services.
• Oversees the development and monitoring of the operations budget for assigned area, including recommending staffing levels.
• Acts as liaison to the State Department of Mental Health and other counties and agencies regarding programs for which this position is responsible.
• Directs and evaluates the work of assigned staff.
• Affirms and identifies needed community behavioral health services.
• Develops program funding sources through grants and other sources including legislative processes.
• Collaborates with evidence-based behavioral health practices and services while overseeing outcome evaluations for programs and client satisfaction.

Requirements

• Thorough Knowledge Of Principles and methods of planning, developing, implementing, evaluating and coordinating large, complex community-based behavioral health treatment programs.
• Laws and regulations governing public behavioral health programs.
• Interrelationship of services provided by governmental, community and private behavioral health organizations.
• Principles and practices of supervision, training and personnel management.
• Principles and methods of management, organization, budgeting and staffing applicable to behavioral health programs.
• Requirements, methods and techniques used in the execution of comprehensive special projects and program planning development and administration.
• Program evaluation techniques, procedures and methods.
• Grant writing and development of funding sources for public behavioral health programs.
• Budget development and oversight, fiscal and contract administration.

Skills and Abilities

• Evaluate behavioral health programs and develop or revise policies and procedures.
• Work with the State Department of Mental Health to ensure program performance and funding.
• Plan, organize, direct and evaluate the work of assigned division through subordinate managers and supervisors.
• Develop and maintain an operations budget, including recommending staffing levels.
• Develop strategic plans and long-range forecasting; establish goals and performance standards.
• Effectively represent the Health Department in contacts with the public, community organizations, and other government agencies.
• Manage the development, maintenance, and implementation of a variety of statistics, records and reports.
• Analyze a variety of complex problems and recommend sound course(s) of action.
• Exercise initiative, sound judgment and problem solving abilities in order to solve difficult challenges regarding programs and staff.
• Coordinate activities with a diverse group of individuals.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted during the course of work.

Desirable Qualifications

• Ability to speak, read and write in English and Spanish.

Examples of Experience/Education/Training

• Education: Equivalent to a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in program administration, clinical psychology, social work, nursing or related discipline.
• Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional administrative experience that has included analyzing and recommending solutions for the development of behavioral health program policy and administration of behavioral health services which includes at least three (3) years experience in the public sector at the supervisory and/or management level.