What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Services (ODOC) Manager 2 (Wilsonville) position at Department of Corrections?
Initial Posting Date:
04/09/2025
Application Deadline:
04/20/2025
Agency:
Department of Corrections
Salary Range:
$8,364 - $12,937
Position Type:
Employee
Position Title:
Behavioral Health Services (ODOC) Manager 2 (Wilsonville)
Job Description:
Behavioral Health Services (ODOC) Manager 2 (Wilsonville)
Coffee Creek Correctional Facility – Wilsonville, Oregon
Oregon Department of Corrections
Working at the Oregon Department of Corrections offers a fulfilling and impactful career dedicated to making a difference in the lives of underserved populations and furthering your career. Not only do you get the opportunity to contribute to the well-being of your community, you also enjoy the incredible perks:
- Comprehensive Benefits package
- State Retirement pension
- Work-life balance
- Job Stability
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for professional development
- NOT WORKING with medica insurance agencies
- This employment qualifies for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
If you have a passion for empowering employees and a strong desire to contribute to the success of adults in custody, then we want to hear from you.
About the Job – Your Role
Coordinate and supervise the comprehensive behavioral health care delivery system at multiple custody correctional institutions. This position is directly responsible for the overall supervision of BHS clinical and support staff within the institution. This supervision includes but is not limited to recruitment, hiring, training, scheduling, assigning, and evaluating employee performance. This position is responsible for implementing program standards and monitoring practices to ensure behavioral health care is delivered in accordance with Oregon Statute and Administrative Rules, ODOC Policies, Behavioral Health Services Clinical Practices, Federal Health Care Standards, and standards set forth by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care in such a fashion that the care delivered meets community standards. This position supervises the behavioral health care system that provides all mental health and psychiatric services to identified AICs housed in General Population, Disciplinary Segregation, Mental Health Infirmary, Behavioral Health Unit, Day Treatment Unit, and Hospice Care. This position problem solves with various stakeholders to overcome barriers in establishing behavioral health care delivery related objectives. This position participates with institution management and executive management staff to develop and implement both short- and long-term goals and strategies related to mental health care in both a formal and informal manner. This position develops and maintains relationships with internal and external stakeholders to coordinate mental health care. This position assists BHS Administration in developing short- and long-term goals and reviewing and updating policies and clinical practices. This position oversees the budget expenditures within their institution or area.
This position is management services and may be eligible for Police & Fire (P&F) benefits through Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), as defined by statute.
Leadership Skills and Attributes
Our Leadership Philosophy guides us as leaders and managers. We believe that:
- Leaders are visionaries who see possibilities, connections and solutions. They continually learn, grow and improve themselves and the organization.
- Leaders embody integrity in all interactions. They establish and foster interdependence among the many moving organizational parts, people, and competing interests.
- Leaders bring passion and energy to their roles in service to others and the mission. They drive business innovation and transform lives.
- Leaders are adaptive and thrive in challenging environments. They ensure conditions for success are present and inspire greatness.
Collaboration - The ability to intentionally work together with peers, staff, and stakeholders towards shared goals. Collaborative leaders are non-hierarchical and share responsibility, authority, and accountability equitably with others.
Emotional Intelligence - The ability to consciously recognize, understand, and manage one's own emotions, and to empathetically and judiciously recognize, understand, and influence the emotions of others.
Ethics and Values - The ability to behave with integrity, honesty, and transparency in accordance with statute, administrative rule, ODOC Code of Conduct, ODOC Code of Ethics, and Criminal Justice Code of Ethics, and the department's stated values in all actions.
Influence - The ability to shape opinions, change hearts and minds, and motivate others to carry out the goals of the organization by relating their personal motivations to the desired future state.
Inspiring a United Vision - The ability to imagine the future with creativity, wisdom, and ingenuity. Leaders illuminate the path toward continuous transformation, sparking shared commitment, and action in others to reach a common goal.
Managing the External Environment - The ability to look outside the department and understand the totality of the environment within which leaders operate, engage proactively with all stakeholders, and forecast the impact of actions taken inside and outside the department to promote public trust and understanding, and ensure conditions are in place to meet the mission.
Planning and Performance Measurement - The ability to develop comprehensive plans, provide direction, prioritize resources, establish measures of success, inspire action, and ensure continuous improvement in service of the organizational mission, shared vision, and goals.
Resilience - The ability to overcome adversary, opposition, and failure and maintain steady, thoughtful progress towards a goal (mental toughness, grit, tenacity).
Strategic Thinking- The ability to forecast a broad range of alternatives, anticipate likely outcomes of individual or group actions, and consider all potential risk and impacts to stakeholders and systems. Strategic thinkers recognize the relationships, complexities, and implications of a situation; anticipating possibilities and plan for the future.
Team Building - The ability to bring people of diverse thought, experience, and skill sets together as a team, identify purpose and goals, and manage stages of development to ensure collaboration and overall performance is successful.
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a clinical license or certificate appropriate to the discipline of treatment AND two years of supervision, management, or progressively related experience.
OR
A master’s degree in a related field AND two years of lead work or supervising mental health services that include mental health assessment and diagnosis.
Requested Skills
- A graduate degree in social work, psychology, or a behavioral sciences field.
- Six (6) years of experience in professional-level work providing mental health services to individuals with chronic mental illness, including diagnosis and treatment.
- Two years of direct management and supervision of a program section, or unit which included: a) clinical staff supervision, b) development of program rules and policies, and c) development of long- and short-range goals and plans and d) budget preparation.
- Ability to be certified by the ODOC as a Clinical Supervisor of a QMHA/QMHP.
- Ability to communicate orally and in writing with a variety of individuals ranging from health care professionals to lay persons and a basic knowledge of public speaking.
- Skill in establishing operating relationships and organizing work and selecting and developing staff.
- An in-depth understanding of and commitment to trauma-responsive practices
- The ability to skillfully supervise the delivery of gender-inclusive and trauma-responsive treatment services.
How to Apply
Applicant must include a resume.
Application Information
- In the Work Experience section of your application make sure to include the dates and duties of all relevant positions and details to support how you meet these attributes. If you do not include education or work experience meeting the minimum qualifications, you will not be considered for the position. Only the candidates whose experience most closely matches the qualifications and requested skills of this position will be invited to interview. Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications on or before the job posting close date.
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Working Conditions
This position is in Wilsonville at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. You will work in close contact with adults in custody in the institution setting and may be exposed to hostile situations or incidents. You may be exposed to chemicals, radiation, communicable disease, or other hazards inherent in a health care facility and correctional setting. You will perform work inside a 24/7 facility, shifts may vary to include early shifts, late shifts, and weekends. You will have contact with adults in custody during treatment/consultation, at times out of visual range of security staff. You will be exposed to adults in custody that may become physically and/or verbally abusive which requires vigilance and awareness.
About the Department
The Oregon Department of Corrections is responsible for over 12,000 adults in custody in 12 state prisons throughout Oregon. It advises and evaluates counties regarding administration of probation and parole programs supervising more than 24,000 offenders in Oregon communities. The mission is to protect communities, promote accountability, and transform lives.
The Oregon Department of Corrections serves a diverse and changing population of people who are incarcerated and on supervision. We commit to creating an organization both reflecting the diversity of the population we serve and ensuring all employees thrive in a culture of safety, trust, and belonging. We strive to be an anti-racist corrections system. Welcoming, inclusive, and respectful of all people. Free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.
The Department offers a variety of programs and opportunity to create a safe and healthy environment to for our staff, volunteers, and adults in custody. Joining the Oregon Department of Corrections is joining a team working for the benefit of our communities through innovative and proven correctional practices.
Benefits
The salary range listed above is for non-PERS qualifying applicants. PERS qualifying applicants may be eligible for an adjusted range to reflect an additional 6.95%.
The State of Oregon provides a generous benefit package, which includes:
- Family health, vision, and dental insurance
- Vacation, sick leave, and 11 paid holidays
- 21 days paid military leave for national guard and reserve components
- Optional short and long-term disability
- Term life insurance
- Fully paid retirement program
- Oregon Saving Growth Plan
- Flexible spending accounts for health and childcare
- And more
About the Process – What to Expect
- After the application deadline, a recruiter will review submissions for education and experience to identify candidates who best fit the minimum qualifications and requested skills.
- Top candidates will be referred to the hiring manager.
- The hiring manager will review your application and schedule interviews.
- Interview will be held with a panel of stakeholders who have completed panel assessment training. Scores will be determined based on predetermined questions and scoring guides. Preferences points will be applied in compliance with relevant laws and bargaining agreements. There may be multiple rounds of interviews.
- Final candidates will have a background check,PREA check, and reference checks.
- A Classification and Compensation analyst will review the Workday Application of the successful candidate to determine starting wages.Learn more about Equal Pay.
- A job offer will be extended through Workday to the successful candidate. Congratulations, and welcome to the team!
Requirements for Employment
The successful candidate for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, there may be some felony convictions that could disqualify you for this position. However, having a felony record does not exclusively restrict you from being considered as an applicant. CJIS clearance is done at the conditional job offer. If you have questions about whether or not your criminal record could disqualify for you, please contact the recruiter for more information.
Additional Information – Please monitor your Workday and email accounts. You may be contacted through Workday or have additional tasks to complete.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDI&B) is embedded in the Department of Corrections core values. The department strives to be a model employer committed to promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Ensuring legal compliance, efficiency, and exceeding expectations to deliver the best public services.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran or protected veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics. Additional information can be found from
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Know Your Rights
.
The Oregon Department of Corrections is responsible for complying with the Federal Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA 42 U.S.C. 1997). PREA prohibits the Oregon Department of Corrections from hiring, promoting, or contracting with anyone, (that will have direct contact with residents), who has engaged in, been convicted of, or been civilly or administratively adjudicated for engaging in sexual abuse in confinement settings.
Learn more about PREA.
Under Oregon Law, qualifying veterans may apply for veterans’ preference. Review our
veterans’ preference page
for details about eligibility. Please note – if you are a veteran, you will receive a task in Workday to upload your documents immediately after you submit your initial application.
Questions
If you have questions about the position, selection process, or need accommodations to participate in the recruitment process please contact the recruiter and reference the requisition number.
Recruiter: Kelli Ketchum, Kelli.L.Ketchum@doc.oregon.gov
Reference Number: Req-176210
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- ODOC does not offer visa sponsorship. Within three days of hire, applicants will be required to complete an I-9 and confirm authorization to work in the United States.
- This applicant list may be used to fill future vacancies. Application information may be used throughout the entire selection process. This process is subject to change without notice.
- This announcement is intended as a general descriptive recruitment guide and is subject to change. It does not constitute either an expressed or implied contract. The pay and benefits on all announcements may change without notice.
