Mental Health Program Manager

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Department
JUSTICE SERVICES

Date Posted
OCTOBER 30, 2025

Closing Date
OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Hiring Range
$74,196.00 - $

Position Number

Job Type
FULL-TIME (37.5 HOURS), EXEMPT

Under the direction of and in coordination with the JSD Director and Clinical Services Manager, direct, monitor, and supervise all clinical work and administrative operations of the Jail Mental Health program. Maintain excellent professional relationships and communication with detention facility administration and staff, and with medical staff to ensure quality and continuity of care of clients. Provide professional consultation to legal and detention staff for detainees exhibiting symptoms/traits of mental illness.

Supervise or conduct mental health and substance use disorder assessments on referred individuals to determine an appropriate level of care to effectively address their concerns. Provide support and guidance to JMH Clinicians as appropriate.

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this position. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the position as necessary.

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff, processing employee concerns and problems, directing work, counseling, disciplining, and completing employee performance appraisals;
• Provides administrative supervision to all assigned staff as indicated by DCO policy;
• Approves time and leave requests;
• Coordinates, assigns and reviews work and establishes work schedules; maintains standards; monitors status of work in progress; inspects completed work assignments; answers questions; gives advice and direction as needed;
• Monitors and updates record to meet program and agency requirements;
• Monitors and ensure JMH compliance with existing standards and obligations;
• Serves as main point of contact for accreditation with Detention Center staff;
• Manages, plans, and maintains programs financial budget for housing, trainings, supplies and orders;
• Provides direct individual and group counseling for the agency as needed;
• Active participation in the JSD Leadership Team;
• Attends and engages in detention and community meetings and committees;
• Supervises and assists with the monitoring of suicide watch inmates;
• Participates in jail coordination meetings involving Clinical and Administrative issues;
• Provides mandatory on-call services/support on a regular schedule;
• Coordinates with Psychiatrist and Universities for resident assignments and rotations;
• Schedules and leads Psychiatry clinic;
• Serves on the clinical coverage rotation for the Therapeutic Housing Unit;
• Provides professional consultation to court and jail staff for inmates exhibiting symptoms/traits of mental illnesses;
• Supervises and participate in involuntary commitment cases, as appropriate;
• Consults with state and other inpatient mental health facilities concerning patient history/admission;
• Provides administrative and clinical supervision to JMH’s Behavioral Health Supervisor and other JMH staff in the absence of JMH BH Supervisor;
• Ensures proper coverage for JMH at all times through full-time and PRN staff;
• Assists in training and orientation of new staff;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Thorough knowledge of clinical work principles, techniques and practices, and their application to complex counseling, casework, group work;
• Thorough knowledge of the policies, procedures, and goals of the substance abuse program in the specific area of responsibility;
• Considerable knowledge of a wide range of behavior and psychosocial problems and their diagnosis and treatment;
• Considerable knowledge of medical terminology, disease process and their treatment as they relate to decisions regarding clinical interventions and appropriate therapies based on medical or psychosocial diagnosis;
• General knowledge of physiological aspects of substance abuse and referral sources for appropriate medical treatment;
• Consult as mental health specialist with professionals in the community on understanding and dealing more effectively with mental health issues;
• Skill in establishing rapport with a detainee and in applying techniques or assessing psychosocial, behavioral, and psychological aspects of detainees problems;
• Ability to supervise, train, or instruct lower level clinicians, students or interns in the program;
• Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely and to plan and execute work effectively;
• Thorough knowledge of the Criminal Justice System;
• Thorough knowledge of program policies, restraints and…