REGIONAL COORDINATOR

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under the guidance of the Assistant Director, Community Services, Division of Mental Health and Hospitals, Department of Health, supervises implements, plans, and coordinates the programs, activities and staff of the Office of Community Mental Health and Social Services related to a multi-county region, including the development of mental health programs at the community level by assisting communities develop applications for Federal community mental health center construction and staffing grants, and State Grant-in-Aid applications, review and monitor inventories of existing resources and needs as a basic for the allocation of state and federal funds; does related work as required.

Examples of work

• Responsible for developing regional plans for delivery of comprehensive mental health services including community services, state psychiatric hospital services, and county psychiatric hospital services.
• Develop unified budget for each region, including budgets of state hospitals and community services.
• Participates in and directs staff for the coordination of local communities, County Mental Health Boards and their administrators, in the development of regional efforts in mental health, developing liaison with related local, state and federal mental health providers in organizing and maintaining unified mental health delivery system.
• Develops and maintains strong liaison with State Hospital Directors and their staffs in the assigned region, in order to develop and maintain a working relationship between the regional community services and the psychiatric hospitals.
• Coordinates and directs the work of all Office of Community Mental Health and Social Services staff assigned to the multi-county regions and supervises the performance of their work.
• Directs and supervises staff in the negotiation and service evaluation of all contracts, Grants-in-Aid and purchase of service agreements established between the state and service provider in the assigned region.
• Supervises the work operations and/or functional programs and has responsibility for effectively recommending the hiring, firing, promoting, demoting and/or disciplining employees.
• Assumes full day-to-day decision making responsibility for all changes in Grant-in-Aid funded agencies service problems and acts in concert with the administrator in the Office of Community Mental Health and Social Services regarding fiscal changes.
• Assists in the preparation of budget requests and annual report for the office of community Mental Health and Social Services providing all input needed for the region assigned.
• Assists in planning, organizing and supervising special projects that affect any service provider in the assigned region.
• Coordinates regional Staff and works in concert with federal programs coordinator for the development and review of federal construction progress, operation and proposed community mental health centers grants.
• Plans and supervises the carrying out of critical studies of local Community attitudes, opinion, and interests relating to all existing and proposed service providers within the assigned region.
• Assists in developing recommendations for goals and objectives for the unified delivery of services by preparing an annual regional priority plan that provides direction for services and the corresponded use of all funds for those services.
• Writes articles pertaining to mental health, mental health programs and problems and services as they exist.
• Prepares and supervises the preparation of clear, sound, accurate, and informative statistical and other reports containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Takes part, and as required assumes a leadership role in conferences and meeting with federal government officers, state officers and other lay and professional groups and establishes and maintains cooperative work relationships.
• Gives talks before lay and professional groups on the general subject of mental health.
• Directs the establishment and maintenance of essential records and correspondence related to assigned region.

Education

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree supplemented by a Master's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Health, Business or Public Administration, or related field.

Experience

Five (5) years of responsible supervisory and/or administrative experience in a social service provider agency and/or related business or governmental organization.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Comprehensive knowledge of the laws, rules, regulations, responsibilities, standards, policies, and programs of the Department of Human Services and National Institute of Mental Health relating to mental health.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the mental health agencies, community mental health centers, child study homes, receiving hospitals, specialty clinics, and other treatment facilities and services available at the local level for social, psychiatric and other services and their location, responsibilities and resources.
• Thorough knowledge of statistical methods procedures and devices and their application to specific situations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the theory, procedures, literature, and methods of modern behavioral sciences and mental health and their application to a program of local community mental health services.
• Ability to analyze and interpret basic laws and regulations and apply these to specific problems.
• Ability to organize responsible technical work which involves field work in local communities.
• Ability to comprehend the administrative and other problems encountered in helping local communities to establish and carry on programs of mental health services.
• Ability to assist in planning and strengthening local mental health services of varied types and to provide assistance as may be required.
• Ability to plan and supervise the conduct of needed surveys, studies and investigations and to prepare and supervise the preparation of reports thereof.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative work relationships with State and Federal mental health departments, local community officers, physicians, and the representative of local health, welfare, education and civic groups.
• Ability to give talks before lay and professional groups and to prepare written materials as may be required.
• Ability to assigned office employees and supervise the performance of their work.
• Ability to compose detailed correspondence relating to the local community mental health services.
• Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative reports of local community mental health services, programs, plans, and surveys containing finding, conclusions and recommendations.
• Ability to direct the establishment and maintenance of essential records and files.
• Ability to conduct workshops, study groups, and other training activities in mental health education.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.

Note

The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.