Title: Wellness Program Manager DSPF0016
State Role Title: Psychology Manager
Hiring Range: Negotiable and Commensurate with Experience.
Pay Band: 6
Agency: Department of State Police
Location: North Chesterfield, Virginia
Agency Website: vsp.virginia.gov
Recruitment Type: General Public - G
Job Duties
About the Position:
The Virginia State Police (VSP) is seeking to hire a Wellness Program Manager in the Director’s Office of our Bureau of Administrative and Support Services at State Police Headquarters in North Chesterfield, Virginia. The job duties for this position include but are not limited to:
• Serving as the Department-wide Manager of Wellness and Psychological Services, and is responsible for strategic development, administration, and oversight of statewide psychological wellness programs for sworn and professional staff employees.
• Providing senior-level clinical leadership.
• Developing policies and standards.
• Ensuring regulatory and ethical compliance.
• Serving as the Department’s principal expert on law-enforcement behavioral health.
• Directing licensed clinical social workers, contractors, and support staff.
• Advising executive leadership.
• Ensuring effective, evidence-based service delivery across the Commonwealth.
About the Agency:
We are seeking to expand our diverse team of change makers and innovators. As a member of the VSP family, you would make a difference by serving every city, county, town, resident, and visitors of the Commonwealth through supporting our vast public safety mission. Challenge yourself to make a difference today by applying for a career with VSP!
VSP embraces inclusion and diversity in our workforce and in the protection of all people. We embrace our tradition of professionalism and excellence, and we are excited for our future as we continue our journey to become a best-in-class state government agency. We are firmly committed to our family-like culture and are seeking to expand our team.
Minimum Qualifications
Knowledge:
• Expert knowledge of police and public safety psychology including assessment, clinical intervention, crisis response, operational support, resilience strategies, and wellness based practices.
• Of counseling and clinical psychology principles.
• Of diagnostic methods.
• Of psychometric testing.
• Of evidence based treatment approaches.
Skill:
• Competency in public safety behavioral health standards, including ethical practice, crisis intervention, peer support integration, and organizational consultation.
Ability:
• To design, implement and direct behavioral health and wellness programs using recognized best practices in public safety and clinical psychology.
• To supervise licensed clinicians.
• To interpret clinical data for leadership.
• To manage confidential information.
• To provide expert consultation.
• To oversee psychometric instruments, clinical protocols, diagnostic evaluations, and security sensitive testing materials used in law enforcement settings.
• To conduct diagnostic interviews, formulate treatment recommendations, and coordinate care with internal and external providers.
• To prepare administrative, programmatic, and analytical reports.
• To oversee the development of wellness materials and educational resources.
• To communicate effectively in English, orally and in writing.
• To establish and maintain effective working relationships with Department personnel, clinicians, community partners, clients, subordinates, associates, law enforcement, medical personnel, and the public.
• Ability to apply culturally informed, trauma aware practices in service delivery and program development.
• Master’s degree in clinical or counseling psychology, clinical social work, or a related field.
• Licensure in Virginia as a mental health professional (LCP, LCSW, LPC).
• Extensive experience providing clinical services in law enforcement, first responder, or trauma exposed environment.
• Experience directing psychological or behavioral health programs and supervising licensed clinicians.
Additional Considerations
• Doctoral degree preferred.
• Board certification or eligibility for certification in a recognized specialty area of police and public safety psychology.
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.
Elements of the selection process include the screening of application(s); the interviewing of qualified candidate(s), to include pre-employment testing, a presentation and/or a work sample, if applicable; salary negotiation(s) if applicable; a background investigation; and a medical evaluation if applicable. The anticipated duration of the pre-employment process is determined by the successful completion of the above items.
Applications, cover letters and/or resumes shall only be accepted on-line through the PageUp recruitment management system at https://jobs.virginia.gov. This position is open until filled. Please limit resumes to four pages and cover letters to one page. Any additional attachments received in excess of this will not be considered.
PageUp provides confirmation of receipt of your application, resume and/or cover letter submitted successfully. Please refer to your PageUp account to check the status of your application for this position. For questions, please contact the Talent Acquisition & Employee Relations Section of the Human Resources Division at professionalemployment@vsp.virginia.gov.
It is the policy of the Department of State Police (the Department) that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
This policy shall be adhered to in all aspects of Departmental employment practices. It does not permit the lowering of bona fide job requirements, performance criteria, or qualifications to give preference to any state employee or applicant for state employment based on the above prohibitions.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
(V)alor (S)ervice (P)ride
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.