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This will be a PROVISIONAL civil service appointment. Candidate will be required to take the civil service exam when it is scheduled in the future. Permanent appointment will be dependent upon candidate's exam score.
SALARY: $73,168 - $84,367 (2024 Part IV Comp Plan)
DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR VACANCY: Accepting applications until the position is filled.
HOW TO APPLY:
Go to: mycivilservice.cayugacounty.us/jobopps and click on the APPLY button across from the title of
“Deputy Director of Community MentalHealth Services – Provisional Vacancy” listed under Current Vacancies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EITHER:
SALARY: $73,168 - $84,367 (2024 Part IV Comp Plan)
DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR VACANCY: Accepting applications until the position is filled.
HOW TO APPLY:
Go to: mycivilservice.cayugacounty.us/jobopps and click on the APPLY button across from the title of
“Deputy Director of Community MentalHealth Services – Provisional Vacancy” listed under Current Vacancies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EITHER:
- Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college or university with a Master’s Degree in Social Work AND at least 5 years of human service management experience; OR
- Licensed Mental Health Degree AND at least 5 years of human service management experience; OR
- Master’s Degree in Nursing AND at least 5 years of human service management experience; OR
- Licensed as a Psychologist AND at least 5 years of human service management experience.
NOTE: Human service experience is that which is involved in the delivery of social, economic, or emotional support services to people in our society who are having difficulty coping with the pressures and strains of modern life.
*Disability areas are defined as Social Services, Health, Mental Health, Alcoholism, Development Disabilities, and Substances Abuse Services.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS:
This is an important clinical, administrative and managerial position responsible for assisting the Director in administering, planning, monitoring, and evaluating mental hygiene services, and in the overall administration of the department. Work is performed under the general direction of the Director of Community Mental Health Services. General supervision is exercised over a staff of professional and clerical employees. Does related work as required.
FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS, ABILITIES, PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:
- Thorough knowledge of New York State Mental Hygiene Law, Codes, Rules and Regulations;
- Thorough knowledge of the administration of services in the areas of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services;
- Good knowledge of human service programs and their policies;
- Good knowledge of the performance of contract agencies and state providers;
- Good knowledge of fiscal planning and budget preparation and review;
- Organizational skill;
- Skill in communicating effectively both verbally and in writing;
- Ability to promote mental hygiene services to the community;
- Ability to formulate long-range and short-range goals and strategies affecting service delivery in the four disability areas;
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the staff and other professionals in the field;
- Ability to recruit, interview, select, train, evaluate, and supervise a staff;
- Ability to analyze and evaluate reports from the staff;
- Good judgment;
- Resourcefulness;
- Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.
TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative Only)
- (All need not be performed in a given position. Other related activities may be performed although not listed):
- Manages department's workflow through assignment, supervision, and the monitoring, identification, and resolution of operational barriers;
- Directs the development of an annual comprehensive Local Government Plan and operating budget for mental hygiene services by coordinating the planning activities of staff, volunteers, provider agencies, and community groups;
- Formulates goals and strategies governing staff interaction with Board Committees, providers, and other planning/funding bodies;
- Oversees the Mental Health Department’s Compliance Program by performing documentation and billing audits, coordinates admission/discharge and continuing stay utilization review, addressing, resolving, and correcting compliance related issues and providing compliance training;
- Coordinates incident management program including report submission and facilitating incident committee meetings;
- Lead for continuing quality improvement initiatives;
- Assumes total responsibility for the department in the absence of the Director;
- Seeks to improve Department performance in relation to community need;
- Maintains on-going relationships with other County Departments and local and State agency officials in reviewing, analyzing, and implementing policies;
- Recommends to the Director policies and procedures for administering, planning, monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating mental hygiene services which includes Mental Health, Alcoholism, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services;
- Ensures departmental and contract agency compliance with different State policies, rules, regulations, procedures and guidelines in each of the four separate disability areas;
- Assists the Director in recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and training of staff, conducting performance evaluations, reviewing job specifications and test criteria and handling personnel matters;
- Conducts regularly scheduled staff meetings;
- Represents the Department when speaking before the community and addressing issues through interaction with the news media.
About Cayuga County New York:
Cayuga County Civil Service Commission hires for 35 county departments, 23 Towns, 9 Villages, 6 School Districts and 5 Special Districts.We also administer Civil Service examinations to interested candidates for civil service jobs within Cayuga County.
