Job Description

Department: COMCARE

Pay: $84,955.00 annually | This position may be eligible for shift pay of $3.00 per hour for hours worked between 6:00 pm and 6:00 am.

Work Schedule: Varied days and times

Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities. For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits

Responsible for the clinical and administrative oversight of program staff that provides goal-directed, medically necessary services and support to individuals with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders. This position requires participation in program planning, development and evaluation.

Program Oversight

• Ensures access standards for all services are met and patients receive timely services
• Coordinates referrals to on-going treatment services to ensure patients determined eligible for services are promptly assigned and engaged in treatment
• Monitors program census to ensure adequate program resources are available to meet the identified community needs, including timely discharge of patients
• Ensures program patients have treatment plans for all services
• Monitors cooperative agreements, grants, and/or contracts with affiliate agencies and other entities
• Monitors customer satisfaction with program and services
• Ensures technical competency of staff by providing consultation and training

Program Planning & Operations

• Identifies appropriate program outcomes targeted at helping individuals with mental health problems
• Develops and adapts based on changing environments, a plan of work for the program to ensure successful achievement of patient outcomes, implementation of agency strategic plan, program development, and continuous quality improvement
• Maintains knowledge of best practices in the field of mental health and substance use treatment
• Identifies gaps in services and develops proposals for meeting identified needs
• Monitors potential barriers to treatment and develops strategies for reducing barriers and ensuring access to needed services
• Develops responses to Requests for Proposals and grants as requested

Personnel Management

• Provides oversight and supervision to Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) staff
• Ensures that the program is adequately staffed at all times by completing vacancy notices, recruiting, screening, interviewing, and submitting potential hires to personnel manager for processing
• Delegate or provide coverage for absent team members
• Responsible for the clinical and technical competence of program staff
• Monitors personnel management activities for staff on Performance Improvement Plans
• Meets with assigned staff and maintains documentation regarding the content of the supervisory conference

Minimum Qualifications: Two (2) years of supervisory experience. Master’s degree or higher. Must be licensed by the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board as an LMSW, LMFT, LMLP, LPC, or LP. Employees hired with a temporary license must test for permanent licensure within 90 days of hire. Per Sedgwick County policy, this is a driving level position that requires a valid US driver’s license without restrictions and current proof of automobile insurance. Must have access to personal passenger vehicle to complete the driving duties of the position. Meet the specifications as outlined in the CMHC, CCBHC, and CIC licensing standards and pass KBI, DCF child abuse check, DCF adult abuse registry, KDADS Nurse Aide and Criminal Record check, National Sex Offender Registry check, Office of Inspector General (OIG) Exclusion Database check, and motor vehicle screens. Must complete all required COMCARE, CCBHC, and CIC training courses, including but not limited to safety intervention, de-escalation, confidentiality, patient rights, and emergency procedures, and maintain documentation of competency and completion as required by agency and state standards.

Preferred Qualifications: Years of Experience: Five (5) years of supervisory experience. May be clinically licensed by the Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board as an LCP, LCPC, LCMFT, or LSCSW.

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