GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT III - 60074365

Requisition No: 819214 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS CONSULTANT III - 60074365

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60074365 

Salary:  $48,140.46 -$60,000 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 04/30/2024 

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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.

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

THIS IS NOT A TELEWORK POSITION. CANDIDATE WILL BE REQUIRED TO WORK IN THE TALLAHASSEE OFFICE.

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as an Integration Specialist. This position will collaborate with each section within the program office 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:

• Serving as the Statewide Coordinator for Behavioral Health Consultants as they support child welfare professionals using their clinical expertise, collaborate with child protective investigators and dependency case managers to build knowledge within front line staff for identifying substance use disorders, improving engagement with families, and improving access to treatment.
• Creating and updating all guidance documents and resource guides related to integration and Behavioral Health Consultants.
• Collecting data for Behavioral Health Consultants and monitoring activities/data to ensure compliance with the contract and guidance documents.
• Providing related technical assistance to Regional and HQ SAMH staff, Managing Entities, as well as relevant stakeholders, professional organizations, and other state agencies as it relates to Behavioral Health Consultants and other activities or initiatives related to integration.
• Review and approve related contract deliverables.
• Working collaboratively with staff from multiple programs and component areas such as the Office of Child and Family Wellbeing, Research, Epidemiologists, Prevention and State Opioid Response grant staff, as well as staff involved in other special projects.
• Conducting outreach and providing technical assistance in the assigned areas.
• Identifying and resolving challenges related to programs in the assigned areas.
• Compile data and draft reports to be submitted to leadership.
• Hold regularly scheduled calls for organizations implementing programs in the assigned areas.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• Knowledge of child welfare system.
• Knowledge of treatment and recovery support services for behavioral health disorders.
• Knowledge of the methods of data collection and analysis.
• Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
• Ability to determine work priorities and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to plan, organize and faciliate meetings.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to management analysis activities.
• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document work flow and other activities relating to the improvement of management practices.
• Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written materials.
• Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
• Ability to solve problems and make decisions.
• Ability to work independently.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Four years’ experience working in behavioral health, health care, program planning, program research or program evaluation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health or a related field is preferred.
• A master's degree from a college or university can substitute for one year of the required experience.
• Professional experience related to behavioral health, health care, program planning, program research or program evaluation can substitute on a year-for-year basis for the preferred college education.

Preference will be given to applicants who have:

• Experience with treatment and recovery support services for individuals with opioid use disorder/misuse or stimulant use disorder/misuse.

• Two years’ experience in implementing and managing complex projects.

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;
• And more!

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.

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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.