Title: Crisis Diversion Coordinator

State Role Title: Prog Admin Specialist II

Hiring Range: Up to $80,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Central Office

Agency Website: www.dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is seeking an experienced professional to serve as a CIT Crisis Diversion Coordinator. This position will provide leadership, support, and coordination to Virginia’s behavioral health crisis system with particular attention to Crisis Receiving and Stabilization Centers, Crisis Receiving Centers, and CIT Assessment Sites, as well as acting as a liaison between local behavioral health stakeholders and criminal justice stakeholders to support collaborative partnerships. This position will also provide support to localities with a Crisis Intervention Team and the Virginia CIT Coalition as a subject matter expert, while providing administrative support as needed to enhance the overall work of the Commonwealth’s CIT programs. In addition, this position will provide leadership and oversight of existing and developing Sites in these programs including but not specifically limited to: the collection, management, analysis and reporting of program data, technical assistance and programmatic support to community initiatives, while serving as a liaison with public and private healthcare entities, behavioral health organizations, and other Commonwealth of Virginia government bodies in furtherance of the state programs.

Minimum Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of state and local government criminal justice and human services operations that serve individuals in need of behavioral health, substance use, and/or developmental and intellectual disability related crises. Detailed experience in and knowledge of the criminal justice systems in Virginia.
• Knowledge of evidence-based and best practice intervention processes for individuals with mental illness, substance abuse & addiction, and/or intellectual or developmental disabilities at risk for involvement or involved in the criminal justice or crisis system.
• Knowledge of and experience with working in or with a Crisis Intervention Team.
• Knowledge of and experience working with a CIT Assessment Site and/or a crisis receiving center program.
• Ability to inspire a shared vision with a wide range of individuals or groups and to foster collaboration by promoting cooperative goals and building trust.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with diverse stakeholder groups (agencies, individuals, legislators, local providers, private healthcare entities, etc.) throughout the criminal justice and human services systems.
• Ability to conceptualize and manage programs that require system-wide integration.
• Ability to oversee large grants, contracts, and budgets.
• Ability to collect, manage and interpret data from multiple data sources.
• Ability to assess and report programmatic, policy and legislative impact from multiple data sources.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Additional Considerations

• Experience working with both criminal justice and mental health agencies.
• Experience working with a CIT program.
• Experience with mentoring, training, and/or curriculum development.
• Experience performing program reviews and/or providing oversight of programs/initiatives
• Demonstrated experience with the continuum of services and supports for individuals in need of behavioral health or developmental disability crisis care.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

This position is eligible, however not guaranteed, for telework opportunities; availability, hours, and duration of telework shall be approved as outlined in the Commonwealth telework policy.

For consideration, interested applicants must apply by completing the online application. A resume may also be included with your submission. However, emailed, faxed, and hand-delivered applications and/or resumes will not be accepted. This position is open until filled; however, applications/resumes will begin to be reviewed within seven (7) business days of the date of this posting. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act.

DBHDS welcomes all applicants authorized to work in the U.S. For more information on how to seek this authorization, please refer to Working in the United States or contact the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office directly.

For any technical assistance with the jobs.virginia.gov website, please contact applicantinquiry@dhrm.virginia.gov.

Contact Information

Name: ShaKiera Miles

Phone: N/A

Email: shakiera.miles@dbhds.virginia.gov - Inquiries Only/No Submissions, to include resumes.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.