Mental Health Program Specialist 1 HRFO

Are you looking to be a part of delivering improved mental health services to the State of New York? Become part of a team of passionate social services professionals and begin a rewarding, life-long career in public service. The State of New York offers unmatched benefits, individual support, and career mobility for motivated individuals.

Who We Are: New York State has a large, multi-faceted mental health system that serves more than 700,000 individuals each year. The Office of Mental Health (OMH) operates psychiatric centers across the State. OMH also regulates, certifies, and oversees more than 4,500 programs, operated by local governments and nonprofit agencies.

What We Stand For: The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

What We Offer:

• NYS pension and retirement programs
• Annual cost of living and performance advance increases
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care
• Paid time off, including thirteen paid holidays per year, and paid personal leave, vacation leave, and sick leave

Job Responsibilities:
OMH’s New York City Field Office (NYCFO) is looking for highly motivated and organized individuals who are able to work well both independently and as part of a team, and enjoy a busy, challenging and creative work environment. Under the direction of the Director of Community Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Planning, and in close collaboration with both the Adult and Children and Family Services Directors of the New York City Field Office, the incumbent will perform the role of Cross Systems Coordinator to assist in the development of truly responsive preventive and crisis stabilization systems with an array of residential, support and treatment programs.

Specific duties to be performed may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Provide oversight and monitoring of the newly established Critical Time Intervention (CTI) teams.

Ensure coordination among the many stakeholders in the complex behavioral health system in NYC including the Local Governmental Unit (LGU), Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS), Department of Homeless Services (DHS), Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), NYC Health Hospitals, community providers, and others.

Ensure appropriate program implementation, oversight and monitoring, and technical assistance to the new CTI teams and participate in the NYCFO subregional Planning and Implementation Collaboratives that are being established to ensure that the CTI teams are performing well.

Provide oversight and monitoring to ensure that the delivery of services is consistent with programmatic objectives and fostering/encouraging collaborations/partnerships between the CTI teams and stakeholders within the community.

Participate in special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
To be eligible for appointment, candidates must have a

A bachelor’s degree in a human services field, hospital, healthcare, public, or business administration, or related field; and seven years of clinical, administrative, and/or supervisory experience in a mental health, public health, healthcare, and/or managed care setting, two years of which must have included managerial experience in at least one of the following areas:

• Policy development for a statewide mental health, public health, health care, and/or managed care program.
• Quality control, quality assurance, or quality improvement in a mental health, public health, health care, and/or managed care program.
• Program planning, design, implementation, or evaluation in a mental health, public health, health care, and/or managed care program.
• As a county director of mental health.

A master’s degree in a human services field; hospital, healthcare, public or business administration; or a related field may be substituted for two years of the general and one year of the specialized experience.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $120,187.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Ability to Relocate:

• Poughkeepsie, NY 12601: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Poughkeepsie, NY 12601