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DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in a social or behavioral science or other related acceptable field and experience equivalent to substantial (five or more years of) full-time increasingly responsible professional mental health program or staff work including, at least, two years of responsible professional program monitoring work; qualifying full-time professional mental health program or staff experience may be substituted for the required education, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of four years;

additional graduate coursework in a social or behavioral science or other related acceptable field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis to a maximum of two years, there being no substitution for the required two years of specialized experience.

Necessary Special

Qualifications:

Candidates for positions with the Tennessee Department of Corrections are required upon appointment to be licensed or certified in a mental health related field at the master’s or doctoral level.

Education and experience, 100%.

Summary:

Under general supervision, is responsible for professional mental health staff advisory and coordinative work of considerable difficulty; and performs related work as required.

This is the highest class in the MH Program Specialist sub-series. An employee in this class is responsible for centralized monitoring and the giving of advice and guidance to program persons for a specified major program component or components. This class differs from that of MH Program Specialist 2 in that an incumbent of the latter functions at the working level and is not responsible for duties relative to statewide programs.

• Assists in developing major policy and procedure with wide application such as may relate to the state plan for alcohol and drug abuse services, alcohol and drug abuse training network, major components of the program dealing with children, and other programs.
• For review, prepares major statements of policy and procedure for program; disseminates policy and procedure to the field together with necessary explanation; assists others in understanding policy and procedure.
• Studies program and compares it to existing law, policy, procedure, rules, and regulations and prepares reports on condition of compliance; reviews reports on surveys with superior and with program personnel in order to gain cooperation and compliance; performs follow-up reviews as necessary.
• Performs a variety of personal contacts in giving and obtaining information and in explaining rules and regulations and findings of surveys.
• Prepares a variety of reports relating to functional area of assignment; maintains various records as necessary.
• May train less experienced staff in work.

• Insurance There are a variety of insurance options available to state employees including:
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life Insurance
• Annual Leave Full-time employees earn annual leave each month at a rated based on years of service as follows:
  • Years of Service
    • 0 up to 5
    • 5 up to 10
    • 10 up to 20
    • 20 or more
  • Annual Leave Earned per Month
    • 1 day
    • 1 and ½ days
    • 1 and ¾ days
    • 2 days
  • Maximum Allowable days
    • 30 days
    • 36 days
    • 39 days
    • 42 days
    • Leave earned in excess of the maximum allowable days will be transferred to the employee's sick leave account annually on the employee's anniversary hire date.
• Sick Leave All full-time employees accrue 1 day (7.5 hours) of sick leave per month, provided they work the major portion of that month.
• Bereavement Leave Leave with pay is granted for three days in the event of the death of an employee's spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, parents, grandparents, siblings, stepparents, foster parents, or parents-in-law without charge to the employee's leave time. Two additional days of sick leave may be granted to provide a total of five days absence for this purpose.
• Family Medical Leave Allows up to twelve…