Division Director Behavioral Health

Position Summary

• Master's degree in Behavioral Science, Public Administration, or related field.
• Five years of post-master's degree experience in mental health, two of which must be of progressively responsible administrative experience including program planning and management and staff supervision.
  Substitution Note: Any satisfactory combination of experience and training which clearly demonstrates the ability to perform the described duties as determined by the County.
  
  Oregon Driver's License required- Must obtain within 30 days of hire.
  
  Desirable Qualifications:
  QMHP, LPC, LCSW, or LMFT desired but not required. If the employee is licensed, they are required to maintain current and active licensure and to provide the appropriate verifications at the time of renewals.

Knowledge of:

• Contractual responsibilities of division staff and partner agencies within the community.
• External contacts including the Oregon Health Authority (OHA), the InterCommunity Health Network (IHN), other local or regional health care organizations, local and county human services, corrections, educational agencies, the public, community/service groups, and other government and private agencies.
• Conflict management problem solving and strategic planning.
• Managing and acting on confidential and sensitive information.
• Expert knowledge of the philosophies, principles and practices of behavioral health treatment and services.
• Thorough knowledge of statutes and administrative rules, which govern community health operations, as well as those which define mental health responsibilities.
• Considerable knowledge of administrative principles associated with budgeting, employee supervision, personnel management, and program planning.

Skill or ability to:

• Ability to supervise and train professional staff and support personnel.
• Effectively utilize consultation and team approaches on program assessment, development, and management.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with staff, agency personnel and the public.
• Convey information, ideas, and facts both orally and in writing to supervisors, colleagues, and individuals, inside and outside the County, using language and a format the audience will best understand.
• Utilize computers and other technology to communicate in written and verbal forms (e.g., word processing, texts, emails, spreadsheets, department-specific software).
• Effectively relate well with others, including supervisors, colleagues, and individuals inside and outside the County. Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with others and working to maintain constructive working relationships.
• Take personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work. Show up to work on time, and follows instructions, policies, and procedures. Meet productivity standards, deadlines, and work schedules.

Job Conditions: Normal working hours, however, may be called upon to work after hours. Position involves exposure to people with a wide variety of mental health problems and may involve exposure to potentially dangerous situations. On-call through the use of a cell phone. May be called upon to work with difficult clients, and crisis situations. Position involves exposure to people with a wide variety of mental health problems and may involve exposure to potentially dangerous situations.

Work Location: Lincoln County. This position will be based in Newport; however, it requires the ability to work at any of our locations.

Travel: Local travel to County facilities and to attend community meetings will be required frequently. Occasionally will be required to travel out of the local area for various meetings, conferences, and trainings.

The physical demands are typical of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical capability to handle high mobility demands and complex personal interactions.

• Physical Ability: Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.
• Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed with exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents. Some tasks may be performed with exposure to violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.

Lincoln County is committed to providing reasonable accommodations as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). This job description indicates, in general, the nature and levels of work, knowledge, skills, abilities, and essential functions expected of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Lincoln County offers a comprehensive benefit package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision which is paid at 90% by the County and 10% by the employee. Other fully paid benefits include life, AD&D, long-term disability insurance. Other optional insurances are available. A 401K retirement plan is also provided. The County's current contribution rate is 11%.

Regular and Trial Service employees working between 20 and 39 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for pro-rated employee benefits.