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MST Supervisor (Mental Health Program Director A)

Salary

$4,177.00 - $7,518.00 Monthly

Location

Jefferson, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

208929

Department

LDH-Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority

Opening Date

05/30/2025

Closing Date

6/4/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

JPHSA is committed to providing quality behavioral health, developmental disabilities, and primary care services and supports. Make a difference in the community and join our team today.

Minimum Qualifications

A master’s degree in a social science, health or human services, nursing, or health administration field plus three years of experience providing behavioral health treatment; OR

A doctorate in a social science, health or human services, nursing, or health administration field, or a medical degree plus two years of experience providing behavioral health treatment.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

EXAMPLES BELOW ARE A BRIEF SAMPLE OF COMMON DUTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS JOB TITLE. NOT ALL POSSIBLE TASKS ARE INCLUDED.

Coordinates special services elements and provides consultation to professional staff of the various facilities within a small region.

Provides consultation and technical assistance to mental health facilities regarding services programs, such as community support services, services for special populations (elderly, criminal justice, children, minorities), consultation and education services and volunteer services.

Monitors contract programs and/ or facilities to determine compliance with standards, policies and program requirements and provides reports related to such review, including recommended plans for correction, to regional administrator.

Determines the need and types of various services for evaluation of problems of mentally and/or emotionally ill persons and develops plans for providing professional help to fill the need.

Determines organization requirements of personnel, buildings, materials, supplies and equipment necessary to operate special services programs and makes budget recommendations.

Serves as the director of a primary and comprehensive sub-unit within a mental health center (i.e. children's or adult services, quality assurance, etc.) with a wide range of direct and indirect components.

Plans, organizes and implements the services and activities of the sub-unit and coordinates services with other sub-units of the facility.

Interprets agency policy and provides direction to project staff in carrying out policies, agency goals and objectives and the procedures necessary for their implementation.

Resolves complex clinical issues in the daily operations of special services programs.

Evaluates and analyzes programmatic performance of special services programs through site monitoring.

Confers and coordinates services with social, health and correctional/criminal justice agencies in the region.

Provides a wide range of staff development, in-service training and employee education programs in the region.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the"Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*ResumesWILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

**Note regarding the advertised pay range: The advertised maximum amount listed is themaximum salary a person can make while in this title/level over their career and not the maximum amount we are allowed to pay a new hire.

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Enjoli Lewis - HR Analyst

Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority

3616 S. I-10 Service Road West, Metairie, LA 70001

[email protected]

504-838-5426

Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority and its programs (JPHSA) participate in E-Verify

Federal law mandates all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. All new hires at JPHSA are subject to employment eligibility verification through E-verify.

E-Verify is for Everyone.

For more information on E-Verify, please contact the Department of Homeland Security at 888-897-7781 or visithttps://www.uscis.gov/e-verify

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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