Maine Department of Health and Human Services Direct Hire Vacancy Announcement Social Services Manager I Social Services Manager I - Substance Abuse Prevention

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5065				RANGE:  27			$44,740.80-$61,401.60

Value of State-paid Health & Dental Insurance:  $339.45 biweekly.

Value of State’s share of employee’s retirement:  19.96% of pay.

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Opening Date: October 30, 2009	Contact:	Cora Prentice
Closing Date: November 16, 2009	Telephone:	(207) 287-4280
Restrictions: Only employees with Promotional Status within the Department of Health and Human Services May Apply
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


The Office of Substance Abuse within the Department of Health & Human Services works to ensure that all Maine people are free from the effects of substance abuse. Maine’s publicly supported substance abuse service system provides education, prevention, early intervention, and treatment services though a network of community providers.

Job Duties

This supervisory position is responsible for directing the planning, implementation, and evaluation of substance abuse prevention services statewide. Responsibilities include supervision of staff, developing and managing prevention programs and service delivery systems in order to ensure effective research-based prevention programs are implemented statewide, development of best practice standards and programs, oversight and management of state and federal sources for substance abuse prevention.

Requirements

Requirements: In order to qualify, you must have an eight (8) year combination of education and/or professional experience in social services to include two (2) years of substance abuse prevention program management experience.

The background of well-qualified candidates will demonstrate expertise in the following areas; please address your experience in the following areas in a cover letter.
1. Working with or for a school prevention program.

2. Working with or for a community organization prevention program.
3. Prevention program development.
4. Knowledge of current evidence based prevention strategies and knowledge of program evaluation methodologies and strategies.

* 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.