Behavioral Health Manager - full-time (will also consider part-time applicants)

Position title: Behavioral Health Manager

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

Classification: Exempt

Supervises others: Yes

Salary: $77,705.43 - $94,973.30

Location: 95825 - Sacramento, CA

About us: Opening Doors, Inc., envisions a world in which migrants and refugees lead lives of joy and belonging, embraced by welcoming communities. Our mission is to enrich communities by supporting immigrants, refugees, and survivors of trafficking on their path towards stability, self-sufficiency and belonging.

Opening Doors is guided by our organizational values:

• Rising Together: We are in this together and depend on each other.
• Honoring Dignity: We recognize and honor everyone’s strength and inherent dignity.
• Embracing Courage: We do the right thing, even when the path is uncertain.
• Seeking Joy: We take time to be together, celebrating our diverse cultures and recognizing our victories.
  
  

Opening Doors began in 1993 as a small refugee resettlement agency, and today serves over 3,000 clients per year across our 5 program areas: Refugee Programs, Survivors of Trafficking Programs, Immigration Legal Services, Health Programs and Economic Prosperity Programs.

• Ideal candidate: The ideal candidate has a Master's degree or higher in Social Work or a Mental Health related field. The candidate is a current California License as LCSW or LMFT; organized, proactive and solution-oriented, with strong project management, communication skills and managerial skills. They will have the ability to work effectively in multi-cultural work environments, showing respect and sensitivity for cultural differences, and will be passionate about Opening Doors’ mission.
  
  

Responsibilities: The essential duties and responsibilities of this position include the following:

• Provide behavioral health programmatic oversight.
• Provide clinical and related trainings to staff members.
• Supervise clinicians and B.B.S. registered interns for licensure hours and oversee the internship program.
• Supervise staff and provide weekly individual and group supervision to clinical staff.
• Develop and implement program and clinical policies and procedures.
• Evaluate program assessment data, identify areas of improvement, and monitor clients’ progress.
• Will take up to 10 complex client cases per year (defined as a severe interference of trauma in everyday activities).
• Approve second round of emergency assistance.
• Meet quarterly with the program community advisory board.
• Represent ODI and attend funder and related meetings.
• Develop work plans, timelines, and goals to achieve program deliverables.
• Track program deliverables using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Oversee and ensure progress reports are completed.
  
  

Required Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.

• Master's degree or higher in Social Work or a Mental Health related field.
• Clear and current California License as LCSW or LMFT.
• Minimum of two (2) years of successful experience supervising the delivery of mental health services for children and families. Experience in community mental health is preferred.
• Ability to meet challenges with resourcefulness, easily identifying and resolving problems in a timely manner.
• Strong supervisory skills, including ability to identify and develop staff, coach through learning opportunities, collaboratively problem solve, engage in difficult conversations and advocate on behalf of staff to organizational leadership.
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Capable of responding promptly to client needs and managing difficult client situations.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbal and in writing. Demonstrates strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications: The requirements listed below are not required but are desired.

• Experience working with immigrants, refugees, and survivors of trafficking.
• Bilingual in Spanish, Farsi, Dari, Pashto, Urdu, Ukrainian, Russian or another language.
• Exhibit cultural understanding and ability to work with a diverse population, including language proficiency.
• Have experience in program development, data analysis, and performance management.
• Understanding of non-profit grant-based project budgeting and financial and technical reporting.
  
  

Physical requirements and work environment: The following demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the Behavioral Health Director position. Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people to perform the described essential functions.

While performing this job, the employee is required to sit often and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel and to manipulate keys on a keyboard, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, lift approximately 25 pounds on occasion, and to stoop, kneel, or squat, and drive on occasion. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

Please use the following link to apply: https://openingdoorsinc.easyapply.co

Opening Doors provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees, applicants, and any third parties, for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Opening Doors complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination laws.

All Opening Doors employees must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Accommodations may be requested due to medical or religious reasons.

Opening Doors participates in E-Verify.