BHRS Program Manager

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At Health & Human Services, we serve our community through the values of support, unity, trust and excellence with one common goal: to promote and protect the health, well-being, safety and self-sufficiency of all in Marin. Join our team of bright, committed, and energetic people who also want to make an impact through public service.

This Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) Program Manager recruitment is to establish an eligible list for all Behavioral Health Programs.

This list may be used to fill BHRS Program Manager vacancies as long as the list is active. As such, you are encouraged to apply even if a vacancy doesn’t exist in the program for which you are interested.

The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.

Marin County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) is a Division of the Marin County Health and Human Services Department. At BHRS, we care for the whole person with compassion and respect for your cultural values. Our goal is to help you achieve and maintain long term health, wellness and recovery, and to foster healthy families and communities.

There is one (1) full-time vacancy in the Health & Human Services, Behavioral Health & Recovery Services (BHRS) Division for a Program Manager in the Crisis and Justice Involved (CJI) Division.

The BHRS Crisis and Justice-Involved Division provides a comprehensive continuum of care that bridges community-based crisis intervention, court and legal collaborative care, and in-custody behavioral health services. The Program Manager will oversee the Crisis Continuum, which includes the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU), Mobile Crisis Response Team, Crisis Aftercare Team, and critical incident response, ensuring timely, person-centered, and effective services for individuals experiencing behavioral health crises across Marin County.

Reporting to the Division Director for the Crisis and Justice-Involved Division, the Program Manager plays a key leadership role in advancing an integrated crisis system that emphasizes prevention, compassionate care, and equitable access to services. Additional responsibilities include ongoing data and performance reporting to support continuous quality improvement.
The Program Manager will oversee a team of supervisors, and collaborate closely with partners across the behavioral health, criminal justice, and community systems to strengthen the County’s continuum of crisis services. Responsibilities include program planning and development, policy and procedure oversight, fiscal and contract management, and supervision of professional clinical and administrative staff. The incumbent will foster a culture of learning, accountability, and compassion, supporting staff development while advancing collective goals for service excellence and equity.

This position also contributes to agency-wide initiatives and strategic planning efforts, collaborating with internal leadership and external partners such as the BHRS Adult and Children’s Systems of Care, Substance Use treatment providers, the Public Guardian, local hospitals, patients’ rights, first responders, and community-based organizations to…