Mental Health Clinician 3 (Maternal Mental Health Specialist PCN 061323)

Job Description

This Individual Position is Exempt from the Hiring Freeze. Qualified Applicants are Encouraged To Apply.

Welcome to the Department of Health! We’d be delighted to have you join our team. If you envision yourself in this role and are ready to start an exciting career with us, apply today!

This position is open to Alaskan Residents only. Please check out the residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What you will be doing: In this role, you will provide consultative services and leadership for Alaska's public health efforts to prevent maternal mortality. You will support the Maternal Child Death Review (MCDR) program by developing and implementing a plan to conduct family interviews, review medical and behavioral health records, compose detailed case narratives, facilitate multidisciplinary case review meetings, and enter case information into a national database. You will work to reduce maternal deaths through trauma-responsive engagement with community partners by facilitating listening sessions. In collaboration with the MCDR Program Manager, you will support and train committee members and conduct quality improvement activities in alignment with federal funding requirements and evidence-based practices.

Our organization, mission, and culture: The Maternal Child Health Epidemiology Unit in the Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health, Alaska Division of Public Health, provides data to measure and track health status, plan and evaluate programs, guide public health policy, and encourage improved health outcomes for women, children, adolescents, and families. The MCDR program aims to identify causes and contributing factors to maternal, infant, and child mortality in Alaska, develop recommendations to prevent future deaths, and promote, facilitate, and track implementation of those recommendations. This position provides trauma-informed support for staff and committee members and plays a vital role in our efforts to reduce maternal mortality in Alaska.

The benefits of joining our team: The MCH Epidemiology team is a group of about 15 members who collaborate and appreciate one another's diverse expertise. Your behavioral health expertise will be highly valued in our interdisciplinary work environment. Hybrid telework is available after an initial orientation period. The position does not provide direct client services, but an element of individual-level practice exists through conducting interviews of family members of recently deceased pregnant and postpartum women, the study of extensive case records, and the development of objective and compassionate written accounts of each maternal death. The position also offers the rewarding experience of providing community- and systems-level interventions and consultation for colleagues in public health. The position's interactions with MCDR's culturally and professionally diverse committee, as well as State and Federal project partners, lend opportunities to enrich and advance a career within or adjacent to public health. Supervisors encourage professional development through both formal and informal learning.Additional benefits include:

• Hybrid telework opportunities (one day per week required in office)
• 12 paid holidays
• Paid Leave
• Retirement Options
• Insurance (health, vision, and dental)
• Job stability and security

The working environment you can expect: This position is based in midtown Anchorage and shares a large, windowed office with other team members. The 7.5-hour days can be flexibly scheduled (typically between 7:30 am and 6 pm). The work may require infrequent (once or twice per year) travel to federal grant-related conferences or meetings in or out of state

Who we are looking for: The ideal candidate will possess some or all of the following position-specific competencies in addition to the minimum qualifications listed below:

• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Human Services: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, theories, and practices used in the planning, design, and implementation of programs that provide a broad range of social supports to individuals and families

Special Notice:• This position requires passing a background investigation including fingerprinting.

• Requires review of confidential records which may contain graphic, disturbing, or triggering content, which may include images/media depicting deaths from violence, disasters, and accidents as well as natural causes.
• Requires an objective but trauma-informed approach, including the ability to exercise discretion to prevent unnecessary exposure to traumatic content for self and other case reviewers.

To view the general description and example of duties for this job class, please go to the following link and search for Mental Health Clinician 3: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/Alaska/classspecs

Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations rather than specific tasks and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Please ensure your application (through work history, training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class. Doctoral degree OR Master’s degree from an accredited college in counseling, psychology, social work, child guidance, vocational rehabilitation, or a closely related field. AND Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities in

• Accountability: Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions and demonstrates commitment to accomplish work in an ethical, efficient, and cost-effective manner.
• Developing Others: Develops the ability of others to perform and contribute to the organization by providing ongoing feedback and by providing opportunities to learn through formal and informal methods.
• Managing Human Resources: Plans, distributes, coordinates, and monitors work assignments of others; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner.
• Psychology: Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of human behavior and performance in various contexts, mental processes, or the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
• Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of diagnosis and treatment of physical and mental ailments, and career guidance.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

Progressively responsible professional experience performing psychotherapeutic casework.

“Progressively responsible” means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity, difficulty, or level of responsibility.

“Professional experience” means work that is creative, analytical, evaluative, and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the profession's principles, concepts, theories, and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to one's own judgment.

"Training" and "education" in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom, on-line, self-study, and on-the-job), from accredited and unaccredited sources, and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.

"Typically gained by" means the prevalent, usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.

Special Note: Some positions require the incumbent be licensed as a Clinical Social Worker or a Licensed Professional Counselor. This requirement will be addressed in the job posting.

Additional Required Information

At the time of the interview, please provide the following:

• Three (3) professional references whom we may contact by phone are required. One (1) of these references must be your current or most recent supervisor, if not already provided in the application.
• Current performance evaluation, if available. If not available, letters of recommendation may be substituted with a letter from a direct supervisor.
• A copy of academic transcripts (unofficial is okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcripts) is used to verify that you meet the minimum qualifications.
• Writing sample (1-2 pages), (e.g. de-identified/sample biopsychosocial assessment, professional or academic article or research paper, professional presentation including presenter notes, training materials, etc.)

Please read the information below carefully. This applies to your application submission.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS For your application to be evaluated, you must answer the Supplemental Questions. The State of Alaska uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicant's competence in applying specific behaviors, knowledge, skills, and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The four proficiency levels are Mastery, Fluency, Literacy, and Discovery. You must rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.

EDUCATION To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts) Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION If education is completed in a foreign college or university, it may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Omitting the required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application, and you will not receive further consideration.

WORK EXPERIENCE When using work experience not documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, job title, employment dates, and whether you worked full-time or part-time Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and if minimum qualifications are met Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position you are applying for.

If you have currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position, please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position This is required as minimum qualifications require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered If this information is not accurately reflected in your application, this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.

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Contact Information

For specific information in reference to the position, feel free to contact the hiring manager at:

Judy Holland/ MCDR Program Manager Phone: 907-269-3446 Email: [email protected]