About the Position
The expected salary range for this role on hire is: $98,662 - $152,255
WHO WE ARE
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for delivering the County’s public health and human services, which meet the needs of our community’s most vulnerable children, adults, and seniors. The Department provides services through more than 120 programs at more than 20 locations. With over 2,000 employees, it is the largest County Department.
As a department, we believe the health and wellness of the county can only be achieved by ensuring that every resident has fair opportunities to reach their fullest potential. This means access to quality housing, transportation, education, employment, health care, human services, safe neighborhoods, and healthy food. HHS provides critical services for residents who face a variety of obstacles in achieving their full potential. HHS plays an essential role in building a healthy and strong community.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
What You'll Be Doing
- Responsible for the Adult Drug Court Treatment Program, the Medication Assisted Treatment Program (Outpatient), the Jail-based Medication Assisted Treatment Program, and the Urine Monitoring Services.
- Responsible for oversight and monitoring of the Administrative Support Team, which is directly supervised by a Program Manager I, as well as the Community Services Aides and contract employees who collect, enter data, and monitor the Urine Monitoring Program, as well as the contract staff employed for the Jail-based Medication Assisted Treatment program. This position is also responsible for overseeing and managing state grants, including Sexual Health in Recovery, Drug Court, and SOR for the jail-based MAT program, as well as facility-related issues.
- Responsible for serving as Program Sponsor for the MAT Programs with the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) and with the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency in its monitoring of Methadone dispensing. The Manager also provides an Adult Drug Court treatment program, which has a capacity for 100 clients and serves 50-100 clients annually. The MAT Program has a capacity of 100 Clients and serves approximately 75 annually.
- The urine monitoring program provides urine drug screening services for various DHHS agencies and some Law Enforcement County agencies, which include the Drug Court, Medication Assisted Treatment Program, Mental Health Court, Child Welfare Services, Access Team, and Montgomery County Police Department. The Manager III also serves as a contract monitor for 2 medical doctor contracts, Cardinal Health Pharmacy, Redwood Toxicology, and Environmental Waste Management Services.
- The manager is also responsible for obtaining and maintaining licensure, certification, and accreditation of the Specialty Behavioral Health Services Programs. This includes outpatient level 1, intensive outpatient level 2.1, outpatient mental health clinic, and opioid maintenance therapy for these programs. The Manager III is responsible for spearheading the certification effort, developing all necessary policies, procedures, program requirements, etc.
- Responsible for the supervision of staff on the program.
As part of the application process, please include a one-page statement on the importance of medication-assisted treatment or opioid use disorder.
A background investigation will be conducted on the selected candidate prior to appointment and will be a significant factor in the hiring decision.
Minimum Qualifications
- Possession of a valid Class "C" (or equivalent) driver’s license from the applicant's state of residence when required for job-related duties.
- Possession of a clinical Social Worker or Therapist License.
This position will require travel to local facilities for meetings and presentations as needed. Late evenings/weekend work may be needed to meet deadlines. Sound judgment in determining when extra efforts are needed is essential to success in this role.
Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences
Do you have experience supervising social workers, counselors or therapists?- Do you have experience supervising large teams (20 plus)?
- Do you have experience working with Court Mental Health Programs?
- Do you have experience collaborating with other agencies?
Please note that we will use the following preference criteria for interview selection:
Demonstrated experience in program and budget management, program development, and clinical supervision.- Demonstrated experience and knowledge working with medication programs.
- Experience working with a jail-based program.
- Demonstrated excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience in the development and administration of a program.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at Hiring@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.