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QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and

abilities is qualifying. A typical way to qualify is:
Education - the equivalent to a Master’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course
work in social work, health care or public administration, clinical psychology, nursing or a related discipline.
Experience - five years of increasingly responsible administrative experience in the field of mental health,
alcohol and other drug services and/or behavioral health, including at least two years of significant
administrative experience working in a large public agency and eligibility for State Department of Mental
Health designation as Local Mental Health Director.

Knowledge of: Skill/Ability to:

Principles and practices of behavioral health Plan, organize, direct, improve and coordinate
administration and management, including quality diverse, multidisciplinary mental health and

and performance improvement, frameworks for substance abuse programs.
understanding and eliminating systemic racism, Properly interpret and make decisions in
performance metrics, electronic health, billing and accordance with appropriate laws, regulations and

other systems, managed care systems, clinical policies.
scope of practice, telemedicine and virtual care. Effectively communicate with diverse, multicultural,

Best practices for mental health and substance non-binary staff, internal and external audiences of
use disorder prevention and treatment, including different races, ethnicities, religions, genders and

current trends in research, cultural humility gender identities, sexual orientations, socio
practices, effective practices in prevention, early economic backgrounds, mental health and

intervention and treatment, trauma-informed co- substance use disorder histories, arrest and
occurring treatment and systems, workforce incarceration experiences to understand individual
development strategies, community outreach, and community needs for the purpose of improving

collaboration, team based care and development. program design and delivery.
Principles and practices of organization, public Develop, control and administer the division

administration, personnel management, budget budget; use alternative financing methods and
and revenue enhancement and financial funding sources, as needed to meet division goals.

management. Partner effectively with various private and public
Laws, codes and regulations governing agencies and their representatives and work

behavioral health programs and compliance best successfully with the public and other interested
practices. groups.

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