Forensic Support Team Director/Program Management III - Forensic Services Department.

State of Colorado; Colorado; Presencial; USD 120 000 - 170 000; Tempo integral

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State of Colorado, within the Colorado Department of Human Services, is seeking a Program Director for the Forensic Support Team (FST) across Denver and Pueblo locations. You will oversee policy development, staff supervision, budget management, and coordination of services for court-ordered competency evaluation and restoration.

The role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliant and high-quality care across the

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Department Information

This position is open to current Colorado residents only.

Located within the Colorado Department of Human Services, Civil and Forensic Mental Health (CFMH) is responsible for policy development, service provision and coordination, program monitoring and evaluation, and administrative oversight for the public behavioral health system. CFMH funds, supports, and monitors numerous mental health and substance abuse community programs and providers. CFMH also operates the Colorado Mental Health Hospitals at Fort Logan and Pueblo, the Mental Health Transitional Living Homes, the Division of Outpatient Services, and the Forensic Services Division. CFMH executes the States’ federal responsibilities as the State Mental Health Authority and State Substance Abuse Authority for the purposes of administering federal mental health and substance abuse block grant funds.

The Forensic Services Division is responsible for six departments including Forensic Community Based Services (FCBS), Jail Based Evaluation and Restoration (JBR), Outpatient Restoration (OPR), the Forensic Support Team (FST), the Court Services Department, and the Operations Department.

The work unit is responsible for care coordination for in‑custody individuals court ordered to the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) care and custody for a competency evaluation and/or restoration the direction of the Forensic Support Team for the State of Colorado. This unit responds to referrals for individuals’ court ordered for competency evaluation or restoration of competency treatment for adults, as mandated by statute to be completed by CDHS. The Forensic Support Team (FST) works closely with other departments within Forensic Services and CFMH, as well as agencies statewide, including the criminal courts, Bridges Program, and detention facilities statewide.

Our teams work within various settings including community agencies, jails, courts, and hospitals. The locations can include locked units and secure facilities and our clients may at times be unpredictable due to their mental health needs. Our team is required to make critical decisions in dynamic and fast‑paced environments in order to ensure a high level of accountability for patient care. Our staff are required to maintain updated skills, knowledge, abilities, and competencies necessary to the position through continuing education, clinical supervision, literature review, and discipline and team development. This position may be required to travel throughout Colorado to meet the needs of the department.

Description Of Job

Weekly Hybrid Working Arrangements

A minimum of 2-days in office required, at times more

Presence at both office locations in Denver and Pueblo is required

This arrangement is subject to change at any time

This position serves as the Program Director of the Forensic Support Team for the State of Colorado and is responsible for the oversight and management of the Department, including all staff assigned to the work unit. This position exists to direct, manage, train, and provide supervision and oversight of the staff assigned to FST. This position designs, develops, and directs implementation of FST policies, procedures, and protocols for the delivery of all FST‑related services and anticipates future needs based on systemic changes. This position interacts with relevant stakeholders regarding FST programs and practices. The Director also oversees the FST budget, personnel matters, collaborates on legislative requests, consults with stakeholders, and determines position needs, caseloads, and workflows. The position is responsible for all personnel matters, including interviewing, hiring, onboarding, retention, offboarding, and performance issues. The Director supports their team in their collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal service provision. The Director also creates, maintains, and creates reporting for data requirements, including the Consent Decree.

Other Duties Include

• Provides leadership and direction to the daily operations of the work unit, consisting of various staff, and is the direct supervisor to five (5) full-time employees and 22 second‑level employees. In order to provide relevant supervision, this position maintains familiarity with the current status and progress of clients being served by FST, relevant statutes, clinical knowledge, and community resources to assist in problem‑solving, and ensures all clients are receiving appropriate care coordination.
• Required to respond to emergencies directly and in support of team members and also accompanies team members to staffing’s and/or care coordination‑related meetings with stakeholders when requested or required.
• Ensures consistent implementation and compliance with relevant standards and procedures and must have good working knowledge of statutory regulations and sound clinical skills.
• Ensures effective services are being provided by developing, implementing, and monitoring staff and client engagement and quality of services and work products.
• Monitors staff productivity and efficiency and oversees compliance of staff with specific requirements.
• Should there be a need for quality improvement, the Director is responsible for identifying those needs and developing a corrective plan of action.
• Creates work unit protocols, tracking mechanisms, and audit tools.
• Performs all functions and responsibilities of an Appointing Authority as related to personnel and establishes work assignments, schedules, approval of leave, performance planning, corrective and disciplinary actions, and separation of employment.
• As appointing authority powers by Rule or may be delegated appointing authority powers by written delegation.
• Performs all functions and responsibilities of an appointing authority related to accomplishing the goals and objectives of the organization using allocated resources in the most efficient manner.
• Responsible for all recruitment, hiring, onboarding, offboarding, and staff training. Staff training will require flexible and creative learning platforms given the team is primarily remote and statewide.
• Makes efforts to develop and maintain student training opportunities when possible, which requires familiarity with discipline‑specific educational requirements and relationships with educational institutions.
• Provides strategic planning, projections, and creative innovation.
• Responsible for responding in a timely to all Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests.

Contracts And Budget

• Responsible for the oversight of all contracts, memorandums, and statements of work associated with FST stakeholder services. This includes identification of such needs, identification of underused services, identification of increased service needs, contractual editing, ensuring contractual compliance, and serving as a primary point of contact for the contract holder. Should there be an identified deficiency with a contractor, this shall be communicated to leadership, and the Director shall create a corrective plan of action.
• Oversees all finances and expenditures associated with the FST department, including internal tracking systems, invoices, receiving reports, p‑card purchases, and overall budget, as well as policy and procedure associated with successful adherence to established budgets and fiscal rules.
• Monitors trends associated with budgets to identify best use of resource allocation and forecast future departmental needs. There are contracts and internal policies and procedures in place that have implications not only for the Forensic Services Division but also for the mental health hospitals, the Behavioral Health Administration, Rocky Mountain Human Services, and the Department of Health Care Policy and Finance, which require the Director to maintain strong relationships across agencies to support and ensure adherence.