Maine Department of Health and Human Services Direct Hire Vacancy Announcement MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM COOR Mental Health Program Coordinator - Children's Correctional

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Code: 4002 Range: 23  (Professional/Technical) Salary: $35,859.20 - 48,526.40



       Value of State-paid Health & Dental Insurance (95%): $326.16 biweekly.

       Value of State's share of employee's retirement: 19.96% of pay

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Opening Date: October 26, 2009	Contact:	Cora Prentice
Closing Date: November 6, 2009	Telephone:	(207) 287-4280
Location: Augusta

Agency Information

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is driven by its vision of Maine people living safe, healthy and productive lives. Its goal is to assist the people of Maine in Meeting their own needs, as well as the developmental, health and safety needs of their children. It serves the public in an environment that reflects a caring, responsive and well-managed organization

Children’s Behavioral Health Services provides a range of community based services and supports via contracts with qualified providers throughout the State of Maine. The program goal is to ensure that services for children in need, and supportive services for their families, are present in Maine communities in order to promote children health and development.

Job Duties

This position is a liaison with the juvenile corrections system and will be responsible for coordinating and collaborating across all child-serving departments and community providers. This position is actively involved with the juvenile community corrections officers when they are involved with complex, multi-system children with serious emotional disturbances and there is a need for a clear and comprehensive planning in order for the children to remain in their local communities whenever possible. This position will also work with Community Case management agencies with children who are not involved with DOC in Waldo, Knox and Lincoln counties. This position also provides on call coverage for Prior authorization of out of state hospitalization. This position will be based in the Augusta juvenile corrections office with a space also in the Rockland DHHS office and will cover Kennebec, Somerset, Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties.

Requirements

A Bachelor's degree in a social science and four (4) years experience in professional community mental health work. A Masters Degree in Social Work may be substituted for two (2) years experience. Directly related experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience in children’s mental health and children’s correctional system issues.

* Only post-secondary degrees from a College or University whose accreditation has been granted from a nationally recognized accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education will satisfy educational requirements. Information can be obtained at http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/ . Foreign degrees must be evaluated by the World Education Services for authentication and US equivalency.