Job Posting Title

Agency

Supervisory Organization

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Full/Part-Time

Job Type

Compensation

Job Description

Location:

DOC Mental Health/Admin

Basic Purpose:  

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving professional level work in managing, coordinating or directing a major phase of a comprehensive or specialized operating program, providing staff services in various management areas, direction of a major operating division, program, unit, or functional area, or similar responsibilities. This may include serving as an operating program manager assigned administrative, or program responsibilities, coordination, promotion, and improvement of programs, providing services in the areas of formulating agency policies or operating procedures, preparing agency budgets, fiscal management, human resources administration, physical plant operations, or other management functions, supervising specialized agency services, performing highly technical managerial duties, or other comparable managerial responsibilities. Positions in this job family differ from the Programs Manager job family as they do not supervise staff. 

Responsible for a variety of administrative and clinical functions that enhance the agency’s statewide system provision of correctional mental health re-entry services. 

Typical Functions:  

• Plans, organizes, directs/manages a component of an agency or institutional program or a major division, program, or function established to accomplish a basic goal or mission of the agency. 

• Prepares administrative, statistical and/or fiscal documents pertaining to departmental activity. 

• Provides supervision or direction to assigned staff in planning, promoting, and implementing programs in accordance with agency policies and goals. 

• Advises on future resource requirements, priorities for programs and activities; estimates timetables for accomplishing assigned activities; develops policies, rules, and regulations consistent with state and federal laws pertaining to the administration of programs. 

• Drafts policies and procedures, develops contract and grant proposals.  

• Collaborates with partner agencies to ensure proper management of grant funds. 

• Reviews proposed legislation and recommends changes; may act as legislative liaison. 

• Serves as the subject matter expert for eligibility for Medicaid/Medicare. 

• Works with public and private partners, under the direction of the CMHO, to identify, implement, and evaluate collaborative programs and services for inmates with serious mental illness in ODOC. 

• Coordinates reentry services for inmates with serious mental illnesses and serves as a liaison between facility mental health staff, ODMHSAS, and other state agencies to support discharge service delivery. 

• Develops and maintains pathways of care with community medical and mental health providers to ensure continuity of services to inmates after discharge. 

Level Descriptor:  

At this level employees are assigned responsibilities involving the direction or management of multiple statewide agency programs, including providing direction to administrators who are responsible for the coordination, and implementation of program functions and activities by other federal, state, or local governmental organizations within their assigned area. 
 
Assists with managing mental health reentry grants. 

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies:  

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required at this level include knowledge of the methods of organization and management; of public administration; of agency policies and procedures; of grant or contract program requirements; of the legislative process; of basic research and statistical techniques; of federal and state laws and regulations relating to administration of assigned programs; and of supervisory principles and practices. 
 
Knowledge of the principles of health care practices and procedures within a correctional setting; principles of family health and psychosocial aspects of human relations; community, state and national health and welfare resources; biopsychosocial/medical terminology; the principles of motivational interviewing; medical/mental health evidence-based practices; and systems of health care. Required skills include but are not limited to: case management in complex systems of health care; establishment and maintenance of effective professional working relationships; healthcare consultation; and good judgment in analyzing difficult, complex situations and making necessary decisions. 

Ability is required to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; to establish and develop training programs; to exercise good judgment in analyzing situations and making decisions; to organize and present facts and opinions; to plan, direct, and review the work of others; to analyze complex situations and make responsible decisions; to coordinate the work of organizational units; and to plan, direct, and coordinate the functions and activities of other governmental organizations. 

Education and Experience:  

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor's degree and three (3) years of professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of professional level experience for each year of the required education.  

Special Requirements:  

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections may require a degree and license in a mental health related field. 

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections may require experience with the SSI/SSDI and the Medicaid/Medicare application processes. 

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections may require experience with working with individuals with serious mental illness. 

Preference will be given to applicants who possess an LPC, LCSW, LBP, or other related professional license or certification. 

Preference will be given to applicants who possess a master’s degree. 

Some positions will require that applicants be willing and able to perform all job-related  travel. 

Some positions with the Department of Rehabilitation Services require proficiency in American Sign Language. 

Some positions with the Department of Rehabilitation Services require that applicants are eligible to sit for certification specific to the professional job duties such as Certified Rehabilitation Counselor (CRC), Certified Vocational Evaluator (CVE), Professional Vocational Evaluator (PVE), or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) examination. 

Some positions within the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry may require education and/or experience in the production, processing and/or wholesale marketing of agricultural products. 

The Department of Mental Health may require a degree in psychology, social work, sociology, or public health. 

Some agencies may require a specific type of degree. 

Some agencies may require a specific type of professional experience related to the position. 

Some agencies have determined that certain positions in this job family are safety sensitive as defined 

by O.S. § 427.8. 

Some agencies may give preference to candidates with a specific type of degree(s). 

Some agencies may give preference for a specific type of professional experience related to the position. 

This is an on-site position and is not eligible for remote work.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.

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