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Mental Health Program Director A

Salary

$4,177.00 - $7,518.00 Monthly

Location

Houma, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

209004

Department

LDH-South Central Louisiana Human Services Authority

Opening Date

06/04/2025

Closing Date

6/14/2025 11:59 PM Central

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+ Benefits

About this Job

Helping people, changing lives through education, prevention, intervention, and treatment in an effort to enhance quality of life.

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:

90% Manages AOT program for the Terrebonne Parish.

Coordinates, leads and maintains the AOT Management Team and Steering Committee, program activities, services and/or program implementation.

Receives referrals for AOT, determine AOT eligibility according to criteria, manage workload, provide supervision to support teams, collect/report and monitor documentation and data reporting, and monitor evidence-based practices using the SAMHSA fidelity tool.

Secures, updates, and maintains the MOUs from the community stakeholders who participate in referral pathways, civil court hearings, treatment or other related services in conjunction with the Terrebonne AOT Program.

Monitors and evaluates operations, programs, processes and/or practices for quality and effectiveness; makes recommendations for improvement.

Develops and coordinates plans and policies, resources, and mission as well as goals, vision, and expectations of agency or program; prepares and updates plans and priorities.

Works closely with referral sources to ensure continual flow of referrals into the program.

Creates and provides ongoing education and outreach to diverse community partners, first responders, and stakeholders to increase awareness of the Terrebonne AOT Program and/or how to refer to the civil court program.

Monitors that education is provided to all parties, clinical and non-clinical, regarding the participant’s civil and privacy rights.

Coordinates funding for AOT and related programs and services including applying for and writing of grants. Secures funding for continuation of AOT program after initial funding ends.

10% Attends meetings, workshops, trainings and seminars for continuing education purposes and professional enhancement and development.

Performs any additional duties requested which are not listed in job description but relate to services for AOT grant.

Position-Specific Details:

This vacancy is located at SCLHSA's Administration Office located in Houma, LA.

The Assistive Outpatient Treatment (AOT) Program Manager will assume responsibility for the operation of the SAMHSA Terrebonne AOT grant. The AOT grant is a program aimed to reduce the frequency and duration of psychiatric hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and interactions with the criminal justice system while improving the health and social outcomes of individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) by providing individuals with linkage to community providers and court ordered treatment services. Responsibilities include the development of high fidelity AOT programs, including facilitating inter-agency communication, service coordination, data collection and outcome evaluation. This individual will perform a variety of professional activities including budget preparation, grant writing, technical training, contract development, meeting facilitation, quality review and compliance monitoring.

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified Position and will be filled as a Job Appointment that may transfer into a Probationary Appointment at a future date.

NOTE REGARDING ADVERTISED PAY:

The actual starting salary depends on the education and experience of the selected applicant.

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.

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

For further information about this vacancy contact:

Macy Comeaux

HR Director

[email protected]

985-876-8876

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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