REGIONAL COLLABORATION COORDINATOR - 60005459

State of Florida • DeFuniak Springs, FL

2d • $50,000 - $60,000 • Onsite

About The Position

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.   

Within SAMH, the Northwest Regional Office staff ensure that individuals and families have timely access to prevention, treatment, and recovery support services across the region. They collaborate with local providers, community partners, and key stakeholders to identify service gaps, enhance resource availability, and promote continuity of care. The Northwest Regional Office monitors program performance addresses barriers to service delivery and fosters cross-system collaboration to strengthen the regional behavioral health network and improve overall outcomes for the communities served.
This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as the Regional Collaborative Coordinator. 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.

Requirements

• Excellent leadership skills.
• Highly effective at creating and leveraging new partnerships and relationships.
• Effective project management skills and a demonstrated ability to multitask, problem- solve, prioritize, delegate, and create systems and processes.
• Effective communication skills.
• Knowledge of Florida’s substance abuse and mental health services system.
• Knowledge of statutes, regulations, and policies related to community and facility-based substance abuse and mental health services.
• Ability to develop manuals, policies and procedures, and standards.
• Ability to evaluate quality of services and compliance with laws, rules, policies and procedures.
• Ability to produce quality written products within short deadlines.
• Knowledge of commonly used software, such as Word, Power Point and Excel
• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of effective communication.
• Knowledge of the methods of data collection.
• Ability to organize and prepare written data into logical and correct format.
• Ability to maintain digital files.
• Ability to prepare correspondence.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to participate or facilitate statewide meetings.
• Ability to travel.
• A bachelor's degree from a college or university is preferred and four years of professional experience in business, education, training, human resources, public administration, or a related field.
• A master's degree from a college or university can substitute for one year of the required experience.
• Professional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the preferred college education.
• Two years of professional experience with business and/or technical writing.
• Two years of professional experience with research and analysis.
• Two years of experience implementing and managing complex projects.

Nice To Haves

• Clinical background in behavioral health.
• Experience managing diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience reviewing literature and interpreting data.
• Experience facilitating public meetings.

Responsibilities

• Develop a standardize project charter, agenda template and regional reports.  Under the direction of the Regional Manager coordinates with members of the Regional Collaborative and local stakeholders.
• Conducts various research activities regarding behavioral health including evidence-based practices and models, activities in other states, grants, and other funding opportunities. Gathers information provided by partner agencies, community stakeholders, the Regional Collaborative about behavioral health activities and the outcomes of established goals for the regional report.
• Provides technical support and data analysis related to regional behavioral health. Compiles pertinent data to be shared with stakeholders and published or shared in public forums.
• Create, maintains and updates the Regional Collaborative website.
• Respond to inquiries or complaints, offering appropriate solutions and alternatives within set time limits; ensure follow-up for resolution in a timely manner.
• Escalate complex problems to higher management or relevant departments when required.
• Cultivate sustainable relationships through open and interactive communication.
• Performs other duties as required to meet program and departmental goals and objectives.
• In response to emergency events, the incumbent may be required to work irregular hours, to work more than 8 hours per day, to work extended periods (including weekends and holidays), to work at locations other than their official headquarters, and to perform duties in addition to those outlined in the position description.  Deploy to communities affected by natural disasters within 24-48 hours of impact to represent the organization to promote and implement post-disaster services.
• Assess the impact, needs and assist with the development of a response strategy and goals for the impacted community and implement disaster response plans.
• Coordinate psychological and mental health resources and services for individuals, first responders, and communities impacted by disasters.
• Provide critical information to the Regional Manager and the Chief of of Regional Operations and Initiatives.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Life insurance: $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance.
• Dental, vision and supplemental insurance
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Opportunities for career advancement.
• Tuition waiver for public college courses.

What This Job Offers

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