Licensing and Designation Manager- Remote

at  State of Colorado Job Opportunities

EXPERIENCE ONLY:

Eight (8) years of relevant experience in behavioral health, human services experience, working with a vulnerable population, quality assurance experience or an occupation related to the work assigned to this position
OR

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in behavioral health, human services experience, working with a vulnerable population, quality assurance experience, or in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to eight (8) years

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Quality assurance experience in a behavioral health setting.
• Clinical experience in a treatment setting
• Master’s degree in a behavioral health-related field
• Leadership experience

ABOUT US:

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high-quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training, and more
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
• Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more

information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR STAFF AND PROVIDING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES. THEREFORE, WE ENCOURAGE RESPONSES FROM PEOPLE OF DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or performing essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

This position is responsible for the regulatory development and oversight of Forensic Community Based Services (FCBS), as described in CRS 16-18-101, et seq. FCBS are community-based behavioral health programs that provide treatment services for persons found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (NGRI) who are under the authority of the State of Colorado to include inpatient, residential, intensive outpatient, partial hospitalization and outpatient services. As Senior Authority, this position is responsible for developing policy that sets standards for how the Behavioral Health Administration, the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, and the Colorado Department of Public Health implement FCBS. This Senior Authority is the sole position to set regulatory requirements for the implementation, training, and approval of FCBS across all treatment levels and the decisions made by this position impact the Comprehensive Safety Net Treatment Providers, Community Centered Boards and Regional Centers, Community Mental Health Clinics, the Colorado Department of Human Services, the Office of Civil and Forensic Mental Health, Colorado Mental Health Institute, and other approved providers. These services are related to both civil and criminal justice patients mandated to Substance Use Disorders treatment.

The scope of this Senior Authority is to direct the BHA, and collateral state departments, on policy and regulatory development and promulgation, and to also serve as the point of contact in the direction of other state departments with overlapping authority. This also includes direct oversight of all licensed facilities serving individuals with remanded to addiction treatment services. The position is solely responsible for the development of regulation, ongoing compliance, and licensure for all of the facilities subject to forensic SUD treatment services. This position has direct oversight over all licensed facilities in the State with a programmatic and regulatory focus on addiction programs treating individuals mandated to treatment by the criminal justice system. This position directs those departments concerning substance use, targeting addiction and education in facilities across the state.

• The position evaluates the quality of programming, practices, policies, and treatment services of providers of behavioral health care, specifically FCBS; ensures staff are qualified, supervised, and trained according to their individual needs and the needs of the population(s) served; assesses treatment planning; observes services and milieus; assesses treatment interventions utilized by providers, examines financial documentation to ensure stability of providers; and conducts interviews with staff, patients, and families to determine quality of care provided in licensed facilities.
• This position conducts investigations of behavioral health complaints and critical incidents reported at licensed programs. This includes making record requests; reviewing records and documentation; facilitating meetings; conducting site visits; interviewing patients, agency staff, or other persons with knowledge; drafting of licensing reports or adverse action documents; and communicating/corresponding with those who submit grievances and licensed agencies.
• Evaluate programs through the analysis of policies and procedures, behavior management and discipline, staff qualifications, medication administration, and plans for educational, community, and recreational activities, treatment and services to be provided, and site compliance and quality via inspections and interviews.
• This position coordinates, provides education, oversees, and consults with community-based behavioral health programs and the Colorado Mental Health Institutes-Forensic Community Based Services Program (FCBS; a highly specialized forensic program for patients found not guilty by reason of insanity and placed on community placement and/or conditional release status).
• Other duties as assigned.