MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM ANALYST - 60073418

Requisition No: 810913 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM ANALYST - 60073418

Position Number: 60073418 

Salary:  $38,500.02 - $53,362.14 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 05/09/2024 

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

Northeast Florida State Hospital (NEFSH) is a 613-bed, licensed mental health treatment facility that provides person-centered services to adults suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. The hospital, located in Macclenny, was established in 1959 and is the largest state operated civil treatment facility. 

NORTHEAST FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL IS A TOBACCO FREE FACILITY.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as a Mental Health Program Analyst at the Northeast Florida State Hospital. This position will collaborate with each section within the state facilities and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail oriented. 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Coordinates the development of individualized Service Implementation Plans (SIP) for persons residing in a state mental health facility, including admission and annual SIPs.
• Prepares and publishes SIPs in accordance with prescribed timeframes and with prescribed content.
• Chairs service team meetings, summarizes relevant meeting discussions, and serves as liaison among all disciplines involved with service provision.
• Ensures that plans are developed and meetings are held in accordance with the published quarterly schedules.
• Documents inclusion of resident in all planning and meeting activities.
• Requests, receives, and reviews all necessary assessments and comprehensive evaluations from service providers to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timeliness, to be used in preparing service plans or revisions to same.
• Collects and submits data on assessment completion to appropriate managers.
• Conducts scheduled reviews of SIP progress, both monthly and annually, and updates SIP forms as required.
• Completes and publishes Service Team Meeting Summaries for all service review meetings held according to prescribed timeframes.
• Ensures that meetings are conducted within the scheduled timeframes.
• Ensures that meetings are not cancelled and re-scheduled, without approval of supervisor.
• Reviews, monitors, and evaluates service provision data and records to determine individual's progress toward meeting plan goals and objectives.
• Makes recommendations to service providers regarding additions, deletions, or modifications to the services provided.
• Documents all changes made in SIP. Conducts and publishes PASIGs on all assigned residents to assess personal interests, strengths, and life goals.
• Reviews findings with residents, and documents same.
• Uses PASIG information in service plan development, especially in the selection of treatment/service venues.
• Conducts discharge planning meetings as needed.
• Ensures that all relevant parties are in attendance and participate in meeting.
• Assist with pre-discharge activities and escort /transport individuals to community site visits that facilitate discharge.
• Participates in quality improvement activities as assigned.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• Knowledge of rehabilitation or mental health treatment techniques.
• Knowledge of methods of compiling, organizing and analyzing data.
• Ability to administer or participate in major mental health service programs and functions.
• Ability to conduct on-site evaluations of facilities and programs.
• Ability to interpret and coordinate the implementation of mental health service programs, goals and administrative procedures.
• Ability to maintain liaison with other agencies.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and three years of professional experience in mental health or rehabilitative services.
• A master's degree from an accredited college or university can substitute for one year of the required experience.
• Professional or nonprofessional experience as described above can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the required college education.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

• Health insurance
• Life insurance; $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance
• Dental, vision and supplemental insurance
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
  • (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Opportunities for career advancement
• Tuition waiver for public college courses

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

DCF EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES

US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS).  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

RETIREE NOTICE If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

BACKGROUND SCREENING It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE.  Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply.  Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements.  Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code.  Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here.  All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.