Behavioral Health Division Director

Job Description

A career with a purpose in the community you love!

Salt Lake County invites you to explore our exciting career opportunities. We seek highly enthusiastic individuals to enrich our County with your experience and talent. If you enjoy working in a team environment that is committed to changing the lives of its community, please keep reading.

At Salt Lake County, our culture is woven into all aspects of our work and our employees’ lives, from the way we treat each other to the way we support the community. To promote and foster a fun and healthy work environment, we appreciate employees through great benefits, a healthy work-life balance, and room to grow and develop.

Peers who are motivated to make a difference in the lives of those we serve. We serve Salt Lake County and envision a safe and beautiful place for all to live, work, and have fun. Salt Lake County is about connecting people and championing our community. Our community is more than a place; it's our heart and service that brings us together.

Working for Salt Lake County is more than just a paycheck. A career with us includes several benefits and perks. We support our employees with 12 Holidays, up to 24 vacation days, 12 sick days, and one personal day every year. Some positions have a hybrid work environment, giving you the flexibility to manage working from home and being in the office.

• Retirement options for hybrid pension/401(k) or 401(k) only with 10% employee contribution
• Medical coverage, including a 100% County-paid premium option
• Dental and Vision coverage with coverage for adult designees
• Health Savings account with a County contribution of up to $1,200 per year, or a Flexible Spending Account
• 100% County-paid Long-Term Disability and employee-paid Short-Term Disability options
• Professional Development and professional membership fees paid
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Plus:
  Onsite medical clinic and gym; hospital insurance, auto insurance, and home insurance, and discounts at County facilities

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Salt Lake County is seeking a Director of the Division of Behavioral Health to lead innovative, collaborative efforts to address substance misuse and mental illness in Salt Lake County. This position will oversee a team of 25 and a budget of more than $150M, including approximately $100M in Medicaid funding; manage the relationship and contract with the Managed Care Organization; develop an outcomes reporting structure;

engage state and local policymakers to improve behavioral health policy and funding; and participate in high-level partnerships to address the intersection of behavioral health, criminal justice and homelessness.

This role requires a deep understanding of behavioral health treatment system models and funding strategies, strong organizational and people skills, attention to detail, ability to work in high-pressure and evolving circumstances, positive relationships with non-profit providers, and the ability to communicate effectively with state, county and municipal leaders as well as a broad spectrum of stakeholders.

The County Council serves as the Behavioral Health Authority for Salt Lake County, approving policy and funding to support behavioral health efforts. The Behavioral Health Division sits within the Human Service Department under the Mayor’s portfolio. The Department includes Aging and Adult Services, Criminal Justice Services (pretrial and probation), Public Health, Youth Services, and contracts for Indigent Legal Services and USU Extension Services.

This Director position reports to the Human Services Department Director.

The Behavioral Health Division administers the legacy Medicaid benefit (the state oversees Medicaid expansion products), federal block grant, state and county funding. The Division contracts with a managed care organization to administer the Medicaid benefit. The provider network includes more than 100 providers across Salt Lake County to ensure network adequacy for…