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Full-time
Employer
County of Santa Cruz
Job Open until Filled
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831-454-3025
Deputy Director of Behavioral Health Services
Health Services Agency
County of Santa Cruz, California
Annual Salary: $122,845 - $164,674 - DOE/DOQ
The County of Santa Cruz, Health Services Agency, is recruiting for a Deputy Director of Behavioral Health. This Deputy Director will support the Director in overseeing the County’s Behavioral Health Division’s operations and mental health and substance use programs. The County seeks a health service professional who is a proven leader and has expertise and knowledge of complex behavioral health services, associated programmatic financing acuity, and ideally, California and public sector knowledge and experience. They will effectively build a purposeful culture where employees enjoy their workplace environment, while also creating opportunities for professional development and advancement. This leader will effectively collaborate with outside community partners, county executive leadership, and elected officials and embrace opportunities for public/private partnerships.
See the full recruitment brochure:
https://indd.adobe.com/view/2bee87a7-e649-4aec-8049-8ed0193cde5c
THE POSITION/THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The Deputy Director of Behavioral Health Services directly supports the Director of Behavioral Health with staff oversight, budgeting processes, and the integration of administrative components with the Director’s vision in mind. They will be a systems thinker who is responsible for operations and quality improvement. This role requires the selected candidate to have a deep understanding of behavioral health programming. This role will effectively build a purposeful culture and a positive workplace environment, mentor and develop staff with a focus on succession planning, and improve the quality of services and program outcomes. The ideal candidate should be a visionary leader who is committed to supporting their team and reflect the values of the community it serves. The successful candidate is experienced, energetic, passionate, innovative with good communication, diplomatic, has people skills, and understands mental health and substance use disorders services, government administration, finance, and evidence-based and promising practices. They will have a critical role in partnering with executive leadership for strategic decision making and operations as the County Health Services Agency continues to enhance its quality programming and build capacity to prepare for Medi-Cal reform through CalAIM.
Health Services Agency
County of Santa Cruz, California
Annual Salary: $122,845 - $164,674 - DOE/DOQ
The County of Santa Cruz, Health Services Agency, is recruiting for a Deputy Director of Behavioral Health. This Deputy Director will support the Director in overseeing the County’s Behavioral Health Division’s operations and mental health and substance use programs. The County seeks a health service professional who is a proven leader and has expertise and knowledge of complex behavioral health services, associated programmatic financing acuity, and ideally, California and public sector knowledge and experience. They will effectively build a purposeful culture where employees enjoy their workplace environment, while also creating opportunities for professional development and advancement. This leader will effectively collaborate with outside community partners, county executive leadership, and elected officials and embrace opportunities for public/private partnerships.
See the full recruitment brochure:
https://indd.adobe.com/view/2bee87a7-e649-4aec-8049-8ed0193cde5c
THE POSITION/THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The Deputy Director of Behavioral Health Services directly supports the Director of Behavioral Health with staff oversight, budgeting processes, and the integration of administrative components with the Director’s vision in mind. They will be a systems thinker who is responsible for operations and quality improvement. This role requires the selected candidate to have a deep understanding of behavioral health programming. This role will effectively build a purposeful culture and a positive workplace environment, mentor and develop staff with a focus on succession planning, and improve the quality of services and program outcomes. The ideal candidate should be a visionary leader who is committed to supporting their team and reflect the values of the community it serves. The successful candidate is experienced, energetic, passionate, innovative with good communication, diplomatic, has people skills, and understands mental health and substance use disorders services, government administration, finance, and evidence-based and promising practices. They will have a critical role in partnering with executive leadership for strategic decision making and operations as the County Health Services Agency continues to enhance its quality programming and build capacity to prepare for Medi-Cal reform through CalAIM.