Address: 701 E. Jefferson St. 
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
https://corrections.az.gov/

Salary: $102,309 - $184,156

Grade: 32

Closing Date: October 09, 2024

The Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking an experienced professional to join our team as a Mental Health Program Director. The Mental Health Program Director is a detail-oriented leader responsible for supervising staff, managing schedules, and overseeing mental health services to ensure quality care is provided to the inmate population by the contracted vendor at ADCRR institutions and contracted prisons. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential for effective collaboration. The Director engages in financial management, budget planning, and grant applications while recognizing compliance issues and taking corrective actions promptly to ensure adherence to regulations and best practices.

Additional skills required include strategic planning and data analysis, which inform program improvements and enhance service delivery. The Director fosters a supportive work environment, encouraging staff development and training while implementing evidence-based approaches to treatment. The Director aims to improve patient outcomes and promote overall wellness by leading initiatives that broaden access to mental health resources.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry has embarked on a vision of REIMAGINING CORRECTIONS through four overarching and mission-centered goals:

- Build a Meaningful Organizational Culture and Promote the Development of Team
- Create and Implement Optimal Population Management and Progression Strategies
- Deploy Quality Delivery of Services and Continuity of Care in Complexes and Communities
- Achieve Modernization and Sustainability of Practices and Resources

Your primary responsibilities will include:

- Ensure vendors provide timely, professional and appropriate mental health treatment to incarcerated individuals in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
- Review individual inmate cases and charts as needed.
- Provide leadership and direction regarding utilization review processes and review work products and reports.
- Develop and implement monitoring programs, compliance reviews, and action plans related to mental health services.
- Ensure vendors acquire and maintain appropriate censure of the ADCRR behavioral health facility in accordance with Title IX.
- Oversee the program's financial management, develop budgets, and apply for grants and other types of funding.
- Evaluate staff performance
- Provide staff education

Knowledge of:
- Principles and practices of correctional healthcare/mental healthcare management
- Quality assurance and utilization review methodology
- Basic knowledge of fiscal management, including budgeting, procurement, and outside contracting
- Procedure analysis and policy development
- Research and patient assessment methodology
- Program management strategies
- Laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures pertaining to the privatization and administration of inmate mental health care
- Action plan development
- Project planning
- Development and implementation strategies
- Computer skills and general working knowledge of the Department’s standardized databases.

Skill in:
- Verbal and written communication
- Organization
- Time management
- Decision making
- Interpersonal relations
- Research and analysis
- Interviewing
- Investigative
- Budgeting
- Synthesizing and presenting information in support of project objectives
- Interpreting contractual language
- Supervision
- Computer

Ability to:
- Effectively evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of mental health treatment programs and services
- Study and analyze policies, procedures, contracts, and reports
- Recommend effective means of implementing goals and objectives
- Effectively compose correspondence and reports
- Multitask
- Conduct research and compose responses to issues/concerns
- Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external entities
- Supervise and manage subordinate employees
- Compile information and reports
- Make decisions
- Meet deadlines
- Travel

- Must hold a graduate degree in psychology (MA, Psy.D., Ed.D., or Ph.D.) and a license to practice in Arizona.
- Prefer a minimum of five (5) years experience in correctional mental health treatment and /or administration.
- Prefer a Certified Correctional Health Professional (CCHP)
- Doctoral or Masters Degree in Mental Health or related field

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid, class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

In an effort to maintain a safe environment, all employees are required to take a Tuberculosis (TB) test during their New Employee Orientation and every year thereafter.

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

We offer an excellent and affordable comprehensive benefits package to meet the needs of our employees:
- Vacation and sick days with 10 paid holidays per year
- Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
- Robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability options
- Exceptional retirement program
- Optional employee benefits such as deferred compensation plans, credit union membership, and a wellness program
- An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS).

Current ADCRR Employees: Consult with your respective Human Resources Liaison if you are in a different retirement plan than the one indicated above.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 255-2430. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation.