Mental Health Manager

State of Montana • Helena, MT

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) is creating a safer Montana through Accountability, Rehabilitation and Empowerment. If you want to work making positive changes in your community, the Montana Department of Corrections is the place for you! The Rehabilitation and Enterprise Division ensures the physical and mental well-being of inmates, delivers educational and vocational opportunities within prisons, and oversees community facilities dedicated to successfully reintegrating offenders into Montana communities. Join the team responsible for building better tomorrows today! The Mental Health Manager plans, develops, and implements a comprehensive strategy for effectively and consistently delivering quality behavioral health services to all DOC-operated correctional facilities, DOC-contracted facilities, and a statewide network of assessment, treatment, and pre-release facilities. The position is directly responsible for ensuring the availability and opportunity of behavioral health care for over 2000 male, female, and juvenile individuals in secure care facilities across the state. Additionally, this position is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with and serving as a subject matter expert on correctional behavioral health to community and contracted corrections partners. This position establishes system-wide goals and program objectives and ensures consistent application of policy, procedure, and protocols across all facilities. It oversees quality assurance efforts, monitors progress of achievement on short and long-term objectives; maintains a working awareness and understanding of the Health Services Behavioral Health-related budget; and interprets, develops, and implements policies and procedures to achieve consistency, clarity, and adherence to requirements with state and federal laws and regulations. This position directly supervises seven employees.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a discipline related to the program, behavioral or social services, public administration, human services, business, or another healthcare related field.
• 3 years of progressively responsible professional management experience.
• Criminal history check
• Child/patient/offender abuse registries
• Reference checks
• Employment eligibility verification via E-Verify

Nice To Haves

• Masters degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Plans, develops, and implements a comprehensive strategy for effectively and consistently delivering quality behavioral health services to all DOC-operated correctional facilities, DOC-contracted facilities, and a statewide network of assessment, treatment, and pre-release facilities.
• Ensures the availability and opportunity of behavioral health care for over 2000 male, female, and juvenile individuals in secure care facilities across the state.
• Develops and maintains relationships with and serves as a subject matter expert on correctional behavioral health to community and contracted corrections partners.
• Establishes system-wide goals and program objectives and ensures consistent application of policy, procedure, and protocols across all facilities.
• Oversees quality assurance efforts.
• Monitors progress of achievement on short and long-term objectives.
• Maintains a working awareness and understanding of the Health Services Behavioral Health-related budget.
• Interprets, develops, and implements policies and procedures to achieve consistency, clarity, and adherence to requirements with state and federal laws and regulations.
• Directly supervises seven employees.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Generous State of Montana Benefits
• Potential eligibility for student loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager