Behavioral Health and Justice Liaison Supervisor

The Behavioral Health/Justice Liaison Supervisor reports to the Manager of Justice Initiatives and is responsible as assigned and under general direction for supervising Behavioral Health/Justice Liaison staff who represent Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) interests through participation in local, state, and federal collaborative activities to develop/refine policy and procedures that will further community integration, create efficiencies and share resources to ensure the best outcomes for those we serve.

Essential Functions

• Performs administrative and supervisory duties in the planning and coordination of community collaboration and justice activities within the Justice Initiatives Team.
• Provides direction and clinical supervision to individual employees on the Justice Initiatives team.
• Assures adequate orientation for new employees.
• Ensure that the staff schedule and configuration will meet the needs and demands of the people served/community partners and adjust it accordingly.
• Routinely review job assignments and utilization of staff. Utilizes the Performance Management process.
• Demonstrates an applied commitment to the values, knowledge, and skills in consumer-oriented practices as well as innovations in support, service, treatment, and care practices.
• Supports the development of OCHN interests through participation in local, state, and federal collaborative activities to develop/refine policies and procedures that will further community integration, create efficiencies and share resources to ensure the best outcomes for those we serve.
• Coordinates attainment of goal outcomes in the areas identified within the OCHN Strategic and Annual plan.
• Facilitate and maintain open, ongoing, effective, value-added, transparent collaborative efforts.
• Tracks and reports monthly data and provides regular summaries on collaborative assignments Based on stakeholder and community input as well as rcollaborationctices, and applicable surveying; leads in the development of new/refined collaborative procedures, programs, project proposals, and/or grants which enhance the collaboration and improve outcomes for those we serve.
• Recommends OCHN action to improve collaborative procedures.
• Participates in OCHN contract management efforts, providing timely, standardized reports and analysis, educating about collaborative efforts, working with OCHN Service Network and contract staff to ensure appropriate Core Provider and Community Collaborative Partner contracts/amendments.
• Provides back-up to applicable manager and other Liaison staff.
• Develops standard and ad hoc reports.
• Creates and maintains accurate, organized, and complete planning and project files.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements and Qualifications

Education

• Master’s degree in a mental health field.

Training Requirements (Licenses, Programs, or Certificates)

• LLP, LP, LMSW, LPC, LMFT
• CAADC, CADC, CCS, CPS, CPC-R, CCDP or development plan preferred.

Experience Requirements

• Knowledge of public mental health service delivery systems in Oakland County.
• Knowledge of OCHN substance use, mental health, children’s’, and intellectual/developmental disability provider network, and how to access additional community services.
• Minimum of one (1) year supervisory experience in areas such as community mental health and substance use disorder service delivery and program facilitation.
• Experience with justice – involved individuals and/or justice system.

Job Specific Competencies/Skills

• Knowledge of Michigan Mental Health Code
• Knowledge of public mental health service delivery systems in Oakland County
• Knowledge of OCHN substance use, mental health, children, and intellectual/developmental disability provider network, and how to access additional community services.
• Knowledge of LOCUS, CALOCUS, CAFAS and ASAM PPC preferred.
• Knowledge of substantial functional limitations.
• Demonstrated effective negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated effective written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Preferred Competencies

• Demonstrated skill in the preparation and monitoring of budgets.
• Demonstrated skill in quality monitoring.
• Demonstrated skill in program analysis.

Oakland Community Health Network’s Core Competencies

• Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence in one’s intentions and those of the organization; demonstrating loyalty to the organization and its mission and values; maintaining social, ethical, and organizational norms; firmly adhering to codes of conduct and ethical principles. (Integrity/Building Trust)
• Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships, recognizing that the ultimate customer is the person served. (Customer Focus)
• Actively identifying new areas for learning; regularly creating and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their application. (Continuous Learning)
• Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence in addition to consciously adopting organizational standards of excellence. (Work Standards)
• Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. (Communication)

Additional Information

(Travel required, physical requirements, on-call schedules, etc.):

• Must have available means of transportation to and from OCHN and for required offsite meetings or site visits.
• Must be available for meetings and events which may occur outside of standard office hours.
• Work performed primarily in an office environment.
• Hybrid (onsite/remote) work schedule available.
• The ideal candidate must be able to complete all physical requirements of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.

OCHN is committed to building a diverse team and fostering an inclusive and equitable culture. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that embraces and encourages our employees' differences.

This includes (but is not limited to) ability, age, color, family type, gender expression and identity, individual expression, medical conditions, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, and all other diverse and wonderful characteristics.