Director, Children's System of Care Strategy

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $210k - $245k / year

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California Mental Health Services Authority

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2009

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Consulting • Healthcare Insurance

California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) is an independent administrative and fiscal public entity representing California counties. It focuses on transforming mental health care by developing electronic health records (EHR) and promoting interoperability among various health IT systems. CalMHSA supports counties in improving mental health services through initiatives like early psychosis intervention, workforce development, suicide prevention hotlines, and research on equity and community impact. The organization works closely with county behavioral health departments to enhance support for mental health initiatives, especially in underserved communities.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute strategy for CalMHSA’s children’s system of care portfolio • Build relationships with CDSS, DHCS, counties, and county placing agencies to advance coordinated service delivery • Serve as CalMHSA’s primary liaison to state and county partners on policy and program matters • Lead engagement, governance participation, and collaborative planning • Oversee the design, performance, and expansion of the children’s system of care portfolio, including the WIN program • Translate state and county policy into business rules, workflows, and operational processes • Direct the integration and use of data from external child welfare and behavioral health systems • Lead requirements definition and operational planning with state and county partners • Identify unresolved policy or program issues and advance initiatives through phased, adaptable approaches • Serve as an escalation point for high-impact program issues • Support the design and piloting of new program models and evaluate outcomes • Monitor program and partner performance and recommend improvements to service delivery and operational efficiency • Ensure documentation of program activities, partnership agreements, governance decisions, and implementation progress • Promote continuous improvement, automation, and data-driven decision-making • Provide leadership, coaching, and strategic direction to assigned staff, project teams, and cross-functional partners • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Counseling, Social Work, Public Policy, Public Administration or a related field, required • Master's degree (MPP, MPA, MA/MFT, MSW, or equivalent) and clinical licensure preferred • Minimum eight (8) years of progressively responsible experience in child welfare and/or children’s behavioral health in California • At least four (4) years in a senior leadership role • Leadership of a program, division, or major initiative serving children and youth • Supervision of managers and professional staff • Fiscal and budget accountability and responsibility for program outcomes • In-depth knowledge of California child welfare and/or children’s behavioral health policy and service delivery • Working knowledge of the other system and of Medi-Cal specialty behavioral health • Experience leading work with county agencies, county placing agencies, Behavioral Health Plans, and/or state departments such as CDSS and DHCS • Demonstrated ability to lead complex, ambiguous, multi-stakeholder initiatives from concept through implementation • Direct experience with foster care placement systems, High Fidelity Wraparound, or comparable therapeutic placement and service frameworks strongly preferred • Familiarity with child welfare data systems such as CWS/CMS and CARES and/or behavioral health data systems preferred • Experience building or scaling a new program or function, including staffing, governance, and operational infrastructure • Experience with fiscal intermediary, third-party administrator, or claims processing operations, including familiarity with 837/835 claims data preferred • Experience partnering with IT/data teams on system configuration, integrations, or reporting such as Power BI or Salesforce preferred • Intermediate knowledge of Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Adobe, and Outlook required • Ability to analyze program, financial, and performance data • Strong organizational, analytical, critical-thinking, facilitation, stakeholder-engagement, written, and verbal communication skills • Ability to exercise sound judgment, maintain confidentiality, work independently, and lead through ambiguity • Ability to drive a motor vehicle on public roads and highways • Ability to travel occasionally within California, including occasional overnight stays

🏖️ Benefits

• Occasional travel within California, including to Sacramento and to county, state, and partner meetings, trainings, and convenings • Company normal business hours of 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday–Friday • Fully remote work arrangement

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