REGIONAL SAMH DIRECTOR - 60046153

Requisition No: 838435 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: REGIONAL SAMH DIRECTOR - 60046153

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60046153 

Salary:  $2,616.61 - $3,250.00 Bi-weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 10/08/2024 

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The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

 

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION.  CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE CENTRAL REGIONAL OFFICE.

 

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Regional Director for the Central Regional Office. This position will collaborate with each section within the program office and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail oriented. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Regional Director is a highly responsible position who is tasked with being a visionary leader, strategic thinker and goals and outcome-oriented leader.  This position is responsbile for providing oversight and management of the regional behavioral health system of care.  The incumbent is required to focus on service delivery, operational improvement, efficiency, stakeholder engagement and innovation.

 

The SAMH Regional Program Director duties and responsibilities include: and is responsible for the following:

• Provide oversight for the management and administration of all regional SAMH day to day operations.
• Ensure the administration of all programs in accordance with agency plans, policies and guidelines.
• Lead the evaluation, development, planning, implementation and coordination of substance abuse and mental health services
• Ensures service delivery is consistent with all applicable laws, rules, policy, procedures and contractual agreements.
• Implement Department rules and procedures, ensuring staff are provided training regarding Departmental procedures and rules, and conducts reviews of staff compliance with rules and procedures.
• Lead the identification and assessment of regional program needs and make recommendations to senior leadership.
• Serve as the Department’s liaison with regional program partners, manage stakeholder engagement and assigned initiatives to support and enhance behvioral health services designed to strengthen families and coordinate services provided by the Department in the Region with outside agencies, both public and private.
• Ensure compliance with data collection protocols and requirements; Conduct routine analyses on state and federa