LICENSING MANAGER - SAMH - 60032065 1 1

Requisition No: 844180 

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: LICENSING MANAGER - SAMH - 60032065 1 1

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 60032065 

Salary:  60,000 to 70,000 annually 

Posting Closing Date: 01/21/2025 

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Current employees will be compensated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.
 
What you will do:
This is a highly responsible position with regulatory, clinical supervision, planning, and administrative functions in the Northwest Region Substance Use Disorder Licensing in the Office of Licensing. The position will be located in Tallahassee, Florida covering Escambia, Santa Rosa, Walton, Okaloosa, Holmes, Washington, Jackson, Calhoun and Bay Counties.
 
How you will make an impact:
•    Oversees the Licensing Unit by supervising licensing team and provides technical assistance to the team and interpreting statutes, rules, and regulations.
•    Creates and maintains community partnerships. Attends community and committee meetings as needed. Attends training opportunities designed to enhance skills and build on current knowledge.
•    Manages licensing activities, complaints, compliance, corrective actions, and fines for substance use disorder licensed providers and designations of Baker Act facilities.
•    Develops proficiency with the PLADS system. The Director is responsible for ensuring all applications, designations, inspection reports, corrective action plans (CAPS), and complaints are complete and reviewed for compliance prior to approval. 
•    Responsible for the oversight of licensing, monitoring, and evaluating substance use disorder treatment program's regulatory compliance using Chapter 397 F.S., Chapter 65D-30 F.A.C., and CFOP 155-31 as guidance documents.
•    Responsible for the oversight of the designation/re-designation of the Baker Act Receiving Facilities, assuring regulatory compliance under Chapter 394 F.S. and 65E-12 F.A.C.
•    Draft legal documents including but not limited to administrative complaints, moratoriums, and cease and desist to staff with legal department to determine legal sufficiency of recommended actions.  
•    Participates in monthly statewide licensure calls.
•    Attends monthly Baker Act calls.
•    Reviews all Substance Abuse and Mental Health incident reports entered into the statewide Incident Reporting Analysis System and assigns licensing staff to obtain additional information or conduct an investigation if needed.
•    Participates in reviewing and scoring of local and state prevention grants.
•    Involvement in planning related to the Region-specific special initiatives.
•    Collaboration as needed w/ community partners such as AHCA and the Managing Entity (EX: audits, investigations, complaints).
•    Oversees all trackers/responses to trackers in the region.
•    Other duties as assigned.
•    Travels as needed.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree
Master's Degree and clinical experience preferred.
A minimum of 2 years supervisory experience. 
 
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
•    Experience and program knowledge of Licensing, Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health programs and services, applicable laws, rules, and regulations.
•    Skills include, but are not limited to, time management skills, team building, conflict resolution skills, cultural competency, customer service focused, ethical conduct, computer literacy, and strong communication skills.
•    Proficency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and data analysis.
•    Proficient in conducting site inspections and corrective action plans.
•    Proficient in reviewing and analyzing Florida Statute and Florida Administrative Code, and other regulations as appropriate.
Candidate Profile (application) must be completed in its entirety.
•    Include supervisor names and phone numbers for all periods of employment.
•    Account for and explain any gaps in employment so that the hiring process is not delayed.
•    Experience, education, training, knowledge, skills and/or abilities as well as responses to pre-qualifying questions must be verifiable to meet the minimum qualifications. 
•    It is unacceptable to use the statement “See Resume” in place of entering work history.
•    If you experience problems applying online, please call the People First Service Center at (877) 562-7287.   
 
Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:
Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits.
For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.
 
Growth Opportunities:
With 12,000 employees across the state DCF promotes opportunities and training for all.  Our jobs are among the most challenging, complex, and difficult in State government. They are also among the most rewarding. All employees are encouraged to take advantage of available Department opportunities for advancement and professional development.
 
About Department of Children and Families:
Mission:  The mission of the Department of Children and Families 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.
Vision:  We are a highly skilled workforce committed to empowering people with complex and varied needs to achieve the best outcomes for themselves and their families. In collaboration with community stakeholders, we will deliver world class and continuously improving service focused on providing the people we serve with the level and quality that we would demand and expect for our own families.

Values:  A workforce that operates with integrity maintains loyalty to a code of ethics that requires the courage to take responsibility for providing the highest quality of service to the vulnerable. We are a solutions-focused learning organization built on a foundation of transparency in action and accountability of results. Both within the organization and among our stakeholders, we thrive in a culture of respect for diversity of opinion that is nurtured through open communication. High performing and committed, we are unified in our goal of excellence in achieving quality outcomes for those we serve. 
To learn more please visit https://www.myflfamilies.com/.
 
•    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 will be required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.
•    The position will perform all job tasks in accordance with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and requirements applicable to state and federal laws or procedures.
We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers.
Participation in the State of Florida Direct Deposit Program is required as a condition of employment per F.S. 110.113, and enrollment must be completed within the first 30 calendar days of your appointment.
SELECTIVE SERVICE:  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) before their 26th birthday or have a Letter of Registration Exemption from the SSS.  Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire.  For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.
BACKGROUND SCREENING REQUIREMENT: 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 also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and, if applicable, 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.