Behavioral Health Services Supervisor Detention Medication Assisted Treatment Program

For questions regarding this position please contact the Recruiter listed in the Supplemental Information section.

About The Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program

The Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) program is a comprehensive approach to treating substance use disorders. It combines approved medications with counseling and behavioral therapies. Designed to support the whole patient MAT is especially effective for individuals struggling with addiction to opioids such as heroin prescription painkillers and alcohol. Alongside medication patients participate in individual and group therapy that provides essential support coping strategies and skill-building to aid them through incarceration. The goal is by integrating medical and therapeutic interventions tailored to each patients needs MAT offers a well-rounded evidence-based path of support to help individuals complete their incarceration period. The Behavioral Health Services Supervisor will oversee staff working in the jail who are responsible for screening assessing and monitoring individuals for mental health and substance use disorders including identifying suicide risk and acute psychiatric needs. The position will oversee and monitor crisis intervention individual therapy group therapy and ongoing case management while documenting care and maintaining compliance with legal and clinical standards. This position will work a 9/80 shift and a California Drivers License is required.

• Are Licensed professionals (LCSW LMFT LPCC)
• Have a minimum of two years post-licensure experience
• Have strong computer and organizational skills
• Have supervisory/lead experience

RUHS Correctional Health Services

Meet the Team!
Riverside University Health System (RUHS) Correctional Health partners with the Riverside County Sheriffs Department to provide essential healthcare and behavioral health services across five county correctional facilities. Nationally accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) the department upholds a strong commitment to delivering high-quality compassionate care.

If you are passionate about making a difference in correctional health and helping individuals on their path to recovery and reintegration RUHS Correctional Health is the place for you.

Plan assign direct supervise and coordinate the work of a multidisciplinary staff providing behavioral health treatment services social and rehabilitation services and consultation and education services to inmates in a detention facility.

Evaluate overall activities of a unit or program including methods and procedures for effectiveness and consistency with program goals and objectives and recommend and implement changes in program policies and procedures as necessary.

Evaluate performance of personnel and take or recommend appropriate course of action; interview select and recommend on the hiring of new staff members.

Provide guidance to subordinates on departmental philosophy goals and objectives policies and procedures through casework conferences staff meetings and work review; assist and participate in the development and coordination of in-service training and staff development programs.

Make or review decisions on difficult inmate assessment and casework matters.

Work with other public private and community organizations providing health and human services to mentally and emotionally disabled inmates to gain and ensure cooperation in achieving program goals; participate in behavioral health conferences and local area committees; may participate in regional or Countywide community needs assessment and program planning development and evaluation activities.

Assist in preparing annual budget requirements and monitor expenditures to ensure detention facility is within funding provisions; prepare reports and correspondence regarding workload statistics casework and unit methods and procedures.

Facilitate and coordinate the inmate-planning process that informs the Department on an inmates behavioral health needs.

Identify priority detention facility populations in need of specialized behavioral health services.

Design and develop programs and effective strategies that demonstrate positive outcomes for various detention facility populations including those who have been underserved or inappropriately served as a result of their ethnicity gender sexual orientation age or other factors.

Experience:Three years of post-license professional experience in a psychiatric or behavioral health setting providing direct client services which must have included: client assessment and evaluation development and implementation of appropriate treatment plans providing psychotherapy or behavioral health counseling and providing indirect services involving information consultation and educational services to staff and community;.

License:Possession of a valid license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Professional Clinical Counselor or Marriage and Family Therapist issued by the California State Board of Behavioral Science Examiners. Candidates recruited from out-of-state must possess an out-of-state license to practice in one of the above stated options. Individuals hired under this option shall obtain their license to practice issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences within three years of date of hire. During the interim three years the incumbent shall be eligible for a Mental Health Professional Licensing Waiver Request approved by the State of California Health and Human Services Agency.

Candidates qualifying with the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor option must have completed additional education and training as defined below:

1) Six semester units or nine quarter units specifically focused on the theory and application of marriage and family therapy OR a named specialization or emphasis area on the qualifying degree in marriage and family therapy marital and family therapy marriage family and child counseling or couple and family therapy;

2) No less than 500 hours of documented supervised experience working directly with couples families or children; and

3) A minimum of six hours of continuing education specific to marriage and family therapy completed in each license renewal cycle.

Knowledge of: The characteristics and social aspects of behavioral and emotional disorders and their effect on the individual in the community; the principles and techniques of diagnosis treatment and rehabilitation of individuals with behavioral or emotional disorders; the range of treatment services provided by comprehensive community behavioral health programs; the kinds of behavioral health resources normally found in the community; the principles of community organization; principles and techniques of effective supervision and training; laws rules and regulations governing publicly funded behavioral health services in the State of California.

Ability to: Plan organize and direct the work of subordinate staff; organize and interpret data pertinent to community program planning and caseload management; evaluate program effectiveness; analyze problems generate and evaluate alternatives teach practical conclusions and recommend and adopt effective courses of action; provide effective leadership and consultation to staff in casework treatment methods and in professional development; understand and interpret procedures regulations and legal implications of casework or treatment services; communicate the goals and objectives of the Countys Behavioral Health Services Program to staff members of the community and other interested individuals; establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff community groups and other public and private agencies.

For questions regarding this recruitment contact the recruiter Jeremy Holforty:
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APPLICATION INFORMATION

Veterans Preference
The County has a Veterans Preference Policy applicable to new hires. To qualify attach the required documents to your job application. Documents include a copy of your (or your spouses) Member-4 Form DD-214 indicating dates of service. For spousal preference and as applicable the following documents: a copy of your marriage certificate spouses death certificate a letter of spouses disability and/or letter of service-related death (if available) from the U.S. Veterans Administration. For privacy reasons it is recommended that you remove your social security information from the document(s). A Human Resources Representative will review the materials and determine if you qualify for veterans preference. For complete details and documentation requirements please review the Veterans Preference Policy C-3 here: Accommodations
The County of Riverside is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process should contact the recruiter for the position noted above. For additional information and/or to obtain the appropriate form for requesting a reasonable accommodation please visit the Disability Access Office web page located at: of Education
If using education to qualify or when requested by the recruiter upload a copy of any license(s) official/unofficial transcript(s) degrees and/or related employment documents to your NeoGov account at the time of application and before the closing date. Official or unofficial transcripts will be accepted.

If your education was completed outside of the United States you will need to provide a copy of your Foreign Education Equivalency evaluation from a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Association of International Credential Evaluators Inc. (AICE).

Work Authorization Requirement
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application. The County of Riverside does not participate in visa sponsorship programs including H1-B visas and will not provide sponsorship for any employment-based visas.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The County of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of the County of Riverside to provide equal employment opportunities for all qualified persons. All applicants will be considered without regard to race color religion sex national origin age disability sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression marital status ancestry medical condition (cancer and genetic characteristics) genetic information or denial of medical and family care leave or any other non-job-related factors.

Pre-Employment
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Probationary Period
As an Approved Local Merit System all County of Riverside employees except those serving At Will are subject to the probationary period provisions as specified in the applicable Memorandum of Understanding County Resolution or Salary Ordinance. Temporary and Per Diem employees serve at the pleasure of the agency/department head.

General Information
Current County of Riverside and/or current employees of the hiring department may receive priority consideration. Qualified candidates may be considered for future County vacancies.

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