MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER I / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENTS HOMELESSNESS

About the role

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand its response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use.

Responsibilities

• Performs the full range of administrative supervision to plan, assign, oversee, and evaluate the work of subordinate staff and provides technical guidance and support to staff within the scope of practice.
• Participates in the development, negotiation, implementation, and management of the budget for the program support service operations, clinic, or programs overseen; ensures that budget and contract allocations reflect program priorities; and takes corrective action where necessary.
• Formulates policies and procedures concerning administration, ensuring compliance with Federal and State Medicare and Medicaid regulations for reimbursement claiming and maximum recovery costs for directly billable services.
• Develops and monitors revenue-generation procedures and objectives for programs managed, including achievement of revenue goals.
• Develops and implements reporting procedures to ensure that program services utilization and revenue data are reported accurately and in a timely manner.
• Captures and coordinates the delivery of staff training necessary to maintain mandated levels of services.
• Makes sure service delivery conforms to acceptable standards of care and establishes and modifies program monitoring and review methods as necessary.
• Oversees audits and the implementation of audit recommendations for programs managed.
• Represents managed programs in meetings with representatives of other County departments, State and Federal agencies, and other public and private entities.
• In conjunction with the Patients' Rights Division, investigates complaints from patients and others about programs and services under managerial oversight.
• Works in a collaborative and timely manner with departmental human resources representatives in matters such as employee investigations and performance, requesting new positions, and reorganizing and relocating staff.
• Initiates and approves requisitions for supplies and personnel required to operate programs administered.
• Aids in the negotiation, implementation, and evaluation of departmental program contracts within the jurisdictions served by the programs, as needed.

Requirements

• Training and Experience Option I: A valid, current license to practice as a clinical social worker or marriage and family therapist issued by the appropriate State of California licensing agency - AND - Two years of licensed experience supervising a multi-disciplinary mental health team.
• Training and Experience Option II: A valid, current license to practice as a psychologist issued by the appropriate State of California licensing agency - AND - One year of licensed experience supervising a multi-disciplinary mental health team.
• Training and Experience Option III: A valid, current license to practice as a registered nurse issued by the appropriate State of California licensing agency - AND - Three years of licensed nursing experience supervising a multi-disciplinary mental health team.
• Training and Experience Option IV: A bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Public Health, Nursing, Health Administration, Human Services, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a closely-related field from an accredited college or university – AND – Four years of bona-fide supervisory experience providing administrative and technical direction at the level of Health Program Analyst III. A Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Sociology, Public Health, Nursing, Health Administration, Human Services, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a closely-related field from an accredited college or university will be accepted for one year of the required experience, only applies to option III and option IV.

Special Requirement Information

A multi-disciplinary mental health team is defined as a group of mental health care providers that may consist of psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatric social workers, marriage and family therapists, medical doctors, clinical case managers, and/or other mental health care professionals that work together to assess the mental health care needs of the client and develop a treatment plan tailored to the client's identified needs. Bona-fide supervisory experience includes responsibility for planning, assigning and reviewing the work of staff, evaluating employee performance, participating in interviewing and selecting new staff, and performance management. Health Program Analyst III is defined as supervising a team of analysts and other technical and support personnel providing technical and consultative services to the management of a program; or overseeing an organization-wide health program.

Physical Class

Physical Class II – Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10 pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Additional Information

EXAMINATION CONTENT : Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment. Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment.

Application and Filing Information

Applications must be submitted online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 60 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information. Applications must be filed online by clicking on the green "Apply" button located on the top right corner of the screen. Applicants must complete and submit their online applications and upload required documents (e.g. Official Transcripts, Resume, etc.) as attachment(s) during application submission, or send by email to exams@dmh.lacounty.gov within 7 calendar days from date of application submission. Indicate the Exam Title on the subject line when sending required documents by email. Fill out your application completely. The acceptance of your application will depend on whether you have clearly shown that you meet the Minimum Requirements. Provide any relevant education, training, and experience in the spaces provided so we can evaluate your qualifications for the job. For each job held, provide the name and address of your employer, your job title, beginning and ending dates, and description of work performed. If your application is incomplete, it will be rejected. Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add isan@dmh.lacounty.gov as well as noreply@governmentjobs.com and info@governmentjob.com to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notification from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail. You have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. Plan to submit your online application well in advance before the deadline as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on govermentjobs.com/careers/lacounty.gov you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.