Director of Behavioral Health Services

The Behavioral Health Director provides strategic leadership and oversight of AACI’s specialty behavioral health services for community members across the age spectrum, including state welfare recipients, refugees & asylum seekers. This position is responsible for program design, implementation, and evaluation of high-quality service delivery in office, community, and school sites.

Responsibilities also encompass supervising staff, training behavioral health workforce and strategic business development. The Behavioral Health Director is a key contributor on the Executive Leadership Team and reports directly to the CEO.

Must be licensed in the state of California as a Marriage Family Therapist, Social Worker, or Psychologist. Rate is dependent on license and level of experience.

Essential Job Function & Key Job Outcomes

Design and Delivery of Services:

• Provide strategic leadership and management to ensure that Behavioral Health services align with and support AACI’s goals.
• Develop programming responsive to behavioral health needs of the community and supporting the integrated care model.
• Design service delivery to provide high quality services in the office, community, and school sites.
• Coordinate integration efforts between behavioral health and other AACI programs.
• Ensure that all programs comply with licensing, legal, and funding requirements and regulations.
• Actively participate in Executive Leadership Team meetings and attend agency Board meetings.

Staff Management: 

• Supervise and evaluate the performance of program staff.
• Develop and implement staff training and professional development plans. 
• Develop support mechanisms for and ensure productivity of program staff.  
• Oversee the internship and training program for doctoral, master’s, bachelor’s, and peer partner behavioral health interns. 

Fiscal Accountability:

• Oversee the development and management of program budgets, ensuring that programs meet financial targets.
• Work with program managers to monitor financial performance, analyze variances, and implement performance improvement strategies.

 Program Evaluation: 

• Monitor, evaluate and report on the quality and outcomes of programs and services.
• Monitor County contract productivity and budgets, analyze data and report out.
• Prepare and review contracts and memoranda of understanding, write reports to funders and contract monitors.

Business Development:

• Pursue curation and expansion of existing programs and development of new programs, including diversification of sustainable funding sources. 
• Foster opportunities to leverage and integrate existing Behavioral Health programs with Primary Care and Wellness, to align with organizational strategy.
• Foster opportunities to leverage and integrate existing Wellness programs with Behavioral Health and Primary Care, to align with organizational strategy.

Education & Experience:

• Master’s Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Social Work, Psychology, or Marriage Family Therapy) required.
• Licensed in the state of California as a Marriage Family Therapist, Social Worker, or Psychologist.
• 10 or more years of related work experience.
• Five or more years of management/supervisory experience required.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to effectively perform the responsibilities outlined above.
• Knowledge of mental health treatment and interventions.
• Knowledge of licensing and regulations for Medi-Cal certified providers of behavioral health.
• Knowledge of educational and training requirements for providers of behavioral health services.
• This position may require driving. A valid California driver license, current personal auto insurance, and an MVR sufficient to maintain insurability under agency auto liability policies.
• Knowledge of substance abuse treatment and practice preferred.
• Knowledge of County contracted Medi-Cal programs preferred.
• Verbal and written fluency in English required; Bilingual skills in a second language (particularly Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese) desired but not required.

Leadership Competencies:

• Ability to communicate well with people of diverse cultural, professional, and experiential backgrounds.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

• Business Acumen. Ability to understand business issues. Demonstrate knowledge on how to make sound business decisions by combining several factors to arrive at the best outcome for a given situation.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving. Ability to analyze facts and form a judgment. Employs curiosity, creativity, skepticism, analysis, and logic.
• Developing Others. Encourages others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Manages performance and coaching, to fulfill the current and future skill requirements of both individuals within the profession and the organization.
• Leading through Vision and Values. Keeps AACI’s vision and values at the forefront of employee decision making and action. Capacity to participate in, manage, and lead a diverse group of people efficiently, while respecting their uniqueness in an empathetic, bias-free way that allows employees to feel valued for their own input.