5F10
PAY RANGE: N29
GENERAL DEFINITION
This is administrative and supervisory work directing technical personnel planning and administering citywide programs, and monitoring operations for the City's Office of Addiction Services for the treatment and prevention of substance abuse and disordered gambling. The employee in this class directs, through subordinate managers and supervisors, the development of a comprehensive plan and related operational policies to prevent and treat substance abuse and disordered gambling addiction for the City and County of Philadelphia. The employee in this class assists the Commissioner in the initiative to enhance systemic service delivery and efficiency across departmental divisions and professional disciplines. Frequent contact with contracted providers, social service agencies, and government officials to ensure program effectiveness is of major significance to the work. Work conforms to state requirements for the provision of substance abuse services and is performed under the general direction of an administrative superior.
ALLOCATING FACTORS: (The following conditions must be met for a position to be allocated to this class.)
1. The position in this class must administer, through subordinate managers and supervisors, a comprehensive drug and alcohol addiction and disordered gambling control plan.
3. The position in this class must work in the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services, Office of Addiction Services.
TYPICAL EXAMPLES OF WORK (ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY)
Office of Addiction Services Duties
Develops and administers, through subordinate supervisors, a comprehensive drug and alcohol addiction control plan; allocates county, state and federal fiscal resources to private, governmental and community-based agencies that provide prevention, treatment, education and rehabilitation services; manages grants, monitors and reports on fiscal allocations for addiction programming to state agencies; directs the Gambling Funding Initiative; plans and administers citywide programs to prevent and treat disordered gambling addiction; serves on related task forces and committees; organizes prevention events and activities; designs and reviews training curriculum for prevention providers; determines procedures to manage and monitor various addiction programs; monitors and reports compliance with federal and state regulations, quality of service, and evaluates comprehensive system outcomes based upon targeted goals; analyzes operations using quantitative and qualitative indicators to determine a basis for program expansion or necessity for creating new services; makes recommendations to executive management on services delivered.
Develops procedures to solicit, review and approve proposals for new programs and services; authorizes contracts to service providers and agencies; approves payment for contracted services consistent with program evaluation and fiscal review; directs the ongoing monitoring of contracted service providers and agencies to ensure program compliance and/or identify deficiencies; may initiate investigation of problem areas impacting compliance, performance outcomes and other operational factors; develops and maintains contacts with government officials, behavioral health professionals, and the representatives of social service agencies.
Integrates program operations for the Office of Addiction Services with other coordinating office elements including research and evaluation, administrative support, infrastructural and clinical practices; investigates and develops third party funding sources based upon their effectiveness and application to programs and program beneficiaries.
Supervises technical personnel in the preparation of grant applications and periodic reports of program results; directs the input of statistical performance data into state databases and the preparation of annual reports to state and federal agencies.
Performs related work as required.
Interdepartmental NIAC Duties
Functions as a primary departmental liaison to operations-related work groups and committees, with emphasis on recommending and implementing operational policies; gathers information from data monitoring and from division directors to evaluate use of evidence-based practices; generates reports and makes presentations; makes specific recommendations about departmental practices and solutions for state and federal compliance for funding and practice guidelines; performs associated administrative tasks, e.g., formal correspondence, word processing, email, filing, etc.
Serves as executive sponsor of the department’s Network Improvement and
Accountability Collaborative, an initiative to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of services provided for behavioral health, mental health and addiction services; establishes project framework aligned with departmental practice guidelines; collaborates with department executive managers to develop and implement policies; develops operating standards and intervention procedures; monitors and reports compliance with federal and state regulations; evaluates quality of service and outcomes based on strategic goals; monitors credentialing for department staff and contracted providers; creates singular process of credential review and monitoring; collaborates with program directors at contracted provider agencies to evaluate the policies and practices.
Performs related work as required.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
KNOWLEDGE OF:
• practices, procedures and methods used in the administration of programs for drug and alcohol abuse and disordered gambling treatment, prevention and education
• research literature, current studies and practices, and legislation in the fields of drug and alcohol abuse and disordered gambling treatment, prevention and education
• principles and best practices of recovery and resilience oriented systems of care, and Population Health Management
· public health law and medical jurisprudence and legislation dealing with the
provision of behavioral health services
• licensing regulations for outpatient, intensive outpatient, medication-assisted treatment programs, and halfway houses, and the appropriate staffing patterns and other requirements
· funding sources and requirements relating to the delivery of addiction services, and behavioral health services
• principles and best practices of scientific management and administrative analysis
• research methods in the area of substance abuse and disordered gambling behavior modification
• methods and resources for disseminating educational information
• best practices and cost considerations required for the preparation of governmental or social service agency budgets
• supervisory methods and techniques
ABILITY TO:
• direct technical personnel involved in citywide program planning, development and monitoring for contracted service providers and agencies
• establish and maintain effective working relationships with departmental executives and personnel, government officials, behavioral health professionals, community and special interest groups, and the general public
• present ideas effectively both orally and in writing
MINIMUM ACCEPTABLE TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE (The following statement represents the minimum training and experience standards which will be used to admit or reject applicants for tests. Applications submitted by candidates for this class will be reviewed based on training and experience requirements as approved on 10/17.)
EDUCATION:
Completion of a master's degree with major course work in psychology, social work, sociology or public health administration at an accredited college or university.
AND
GENERAL EXPERIENCE:
Three years of public or private rehabilitative work in behavioral health, mental health, addiction services, or social services.
AND
SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE:
Three years of program management experience equivalent to the N26 level or above, directing, through subordinate supervisors, an addiction services program with responsibility for planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating program services and preparing program policy and standards for the treatment and rehabilitation of substance abuse and/or disordered gambling.
OR
Any equivalent combination of education and experience determined to be acceptable by the Office of Human Resources that has included a master’s degree and the specific experience described above.
CLASSES THAT TYPICALLY MEET THE MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:
5F26 - Health Program Administrator (Addiction Services)
PHYSICAL AND MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to physically perform the duties and to work in the environmental conditions
required of a position in this class.
Class Established 4/76
Spec. Revision:
CSC - 7/14
Ad. Board - 9/14
Latest Spec. Revision:
CSC – 9/17
Ad. Board - 10/17
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