Employment Benefits

Comprehensive medical, mental, dental, vision, and additional coverage Sick & Vacation leave Work-Life Balance programs: parental leave, military leave, jury leave, funeral leave Paid State Holidays (designated by the Governor annually) Fitness Centers in select locations Employee discounts with the Retirement and deferred compensation programs Position Summary & Responsibilities Position Summary: This position directs the Youth Services and Prevention Services Divisions within the Behavioral Health Services Commission; provides program oversight, directs team members, implements policy and allocates resources. The position works collaboratively as a key member of the commission’s leadership team to support the overall behavioral health goals and objectives in accordance with federal and state regulations and KDADS policies. In addition to these duties this position is also responsible for implementing collaboration between federal and state agencies and departments to improve youth behavioral health outcomes in the state. The position facilitates, coordinates, guides, and assists the work of assigned task forces, work groups, subcommittees, and advisory groups. Job Responsibilities may include but are not limited to the following: Leadership & Program Management This position directs the Youth and Prevention Services Divisions within the Behavioral Health Commission. Incumbent plans, organizes, coordinates, and directs the administration of multifunctional and multi-agency behavioral health programs and activities with a broad spectrum of government operations and public services. This position communicates and interprets department programs, goals, policies and procedures to staff, community agencies, and the public. Incumbent must establish and maintain effective working relationships at all organizational levels within BHS and KDADS as well as with other agencies and the public; coordinates program efforts with functions and programs of other agencies and provides direction and coaching to staff. The incumbent promotes total quality management practices to bring about positive organizational change and continuous quality improvement through the implementation of standards to evaluate the effectiveness of staff and contractors, vendors, and providers and designing initiatives to assist staff in developing and improving job skills and performance. This incumbent uses management processes and tools to improve program services and procedures, to determine whether needs are being met, to correct deficiencies, and to adapt programs and services to meet changing needs. This position serves as a member of the Commission’s Leadership team and works in cooperation with other Division Directors within the Commission to establish and maintain the Commission’s vision and mission and ensure development and completion of Commission goals.Represents the Commission on workgroups, committees, and special initiatives as assigned. The incumbent promotes awareness of programs through regular attendance and presentations at various stakeholder meetings, responds to the public’s requests and coordinates responses concerning, division policy, procedures, and applicable laws. This incumbent uses management systems and tools to improve program services and procedures, to determine whether needs are being met, to correct deficiencies, and to adapt programs and services to meet changing needs. The incumbent also coordinates program functions with the functions of other agencies. Program Development / Compliance The incumbent interprets, directs, and/or coordinates Behavioral Health policies and guidelines through contractors, vendors, providers, or other managers; verifies the work performed follows agency policies as well as state and federal laws. Incumbent manages state and federal funding and other program resources necessary to operate and maintain and improve multiple behavioral health programs and to support new initiatives all with the goal to improve outcomes for consumers of behavioral health children and prevention services. This position establishes performance measures for contractors, vendors, and/or providers to verify work is performed in compliance with agency policies as well as state and federal laws and develops courses of action as necessary if established performance measures are not met. Incumbent directs staff in the implementation and monitoring of grants and contracts; Interfaces with KDADS Operations Financial and Information Services and directs staff to verify timely payments to providers and contractors. State Systems of Care Coordination and Prevention Continuum work This position will ensure availability of and access to a broad, flexible array of effective, evidence-informed, community-based services and support for children and their families that addresses their physical, emotional, social, and educational needs, including traditional and nontraditional services as well as informal and natural supports across the state. This position will also work through prevention strategies and establishing, editing, and augmenting the Kansas State Plan on Prevention in coordination with the Prevention program manager in the BHS commission. This position will ensure that families, caregivers, and youth are full partners in all aspects of the planning and delivery of their own services and in the policies and procedures that govern care for all children and youth in communities across the state. This position will also ensure all necessary prevention services programs and policies are enacted per needs for state and federal funding streams. The incumbent will ensure cross-system collaboration, with linkages between child-serving agencies, prevention coalitions and agencies, and programs across administrative and funding boundaries and mechanisms for system-level management, coordination, and integrated care management.

This position will incorporate or link with mental health promotion, prevention, early identification, and intervention to improve long-term outcomes, including mechanisms to identify problems at an earlier stage and mental health promotion and prevention activities directed at all children and adolescents. Helps develop the State Plan and Application for the combined Federal Mental Health Block Grant ensuring all information is submitted accurately and timely and consistent with KDADS and Behavioral Health Services strategic plans and accomplishments. Other duties and projects as assigned related to behavioral health service include but are not limited to facilitate, coordinate, guide, and monitor the work of assigned task forces, work groups, subcommittees and /or advisory groups. The incumbent will ensure the thoughts and recommendations of GBHSPC and assigned subcommittees, work teams and or advisory groups are effectively communicated to BHS staff and Commission’s Leadership team. Qualifications Minimum Requirement: Two years of experience in planning, organizing, and directing the work of a department, program or agency. Education may be substituted for experience as determined relevant by the agency. Travel Preferred: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in the fields of medicine, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, criminal justice, education, social work and/or human services. Personal or professional experience working with adults and children with mental illness and/or substance use disorder. At least 3 years' experience in policy and planning within a government or other human service agency. At least 5 years' experience managing the work of others.