Director of Intervention, Treatment and Recovery
Apply NowCompany: State of Colorado
Location: Denver, CO 80219
Description:
Salary : $94,008.00 - $150,420.00 Annually
Location : Denver Metro, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: ILA 02363
Department: Colorado Department of Human Services
Division: BHA -
Opening Date: 03/04/2025
Closing Date: 3/11/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address: 710 S. Ash Street, Unit C140, Denver, CO 80246
FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information: Stacy.chinea@state.co.us
Type of Announcement: This position is open only to classified permanent employees of the listed department and division within that department.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
Department Information
This position is open to current Colorado residents only.
This is a hybrid position with in-office days subject to BHA business needs.
Opt in below to receive text message updates on CDHS recruiting events!
CDHSCareers
Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!
Description of Job
This is a hybrid position with 3 days minimum in office per week.
8-5 Monday through Friday
Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change based on business need.
About this Unit:
The Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) is a permanent entity responsible for leading and promoting the state's behavioral health priorities, including efforts across agencies, creating shared goals, improving collaboration, and driving accountability and transparency. BHA provides oversight and coordinates service standards across the hundreds of behavioral health programs that currently exist under multiple state agencies and the Judicial Branch. BHA works to ensure the recommendations that resulted from the work of the Behavioral Health Task Force (BHTF) and multiple ancillary projects evolving out of the work of the BHTF are honored and implemented, to ensure and meet our vision of having a comprehensive, equitable, effective continuum of behavioral health services that meets the needs of all Coloradans. BHA is responsible for policy development, service provision and coordination, program monitoring and evaluation, and administrative oversight of the public behavioral health system. BHA funds, supports, and monitors numerous mental health and substance abuse community programs and providers, and reviews and designates the State's 27-65 providers, and licenses substance use disorder service providers. BHA executes the State's federal responsibilities as the State Mental Health Authority and the State Substance Abuse Authority to administer federal mental health and substance abuse block grant funds.
Located within the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) is responsible for policy development, service provision and coordination, program monitoring and evaluation, and administrative oversight for the public behavioral health system. BHA funds, supports, and monitors numerous mental health and substance abuse community programs and providers, reviews and designates the State's 27-65 providers, and licenses substance use disorder providers. BHA also operates the Colorado Mental Health Institutes at Fort Logan and Pueblo. BHA executes the State's federal responsibilities as the State Mental Health Authority and the State Substance Abuse Authority for the purposes of administering federal mental health and substance abuse block grant funds.
This work unit exists within the Adult Behavioral Health Continuum Division section of BHA, which has responsibility for program oversight, technical assistance, and agency programmatic monitoring. It evaluates service quality and serves as a contact for outside agencies dealing with issues of behavioral health service provision and advocacy for adults with substance use and mental health disorders.
About this Position:
This position provides subject matter expertise at the interpretive and analytic level, delivering technical assistance to the community, provider agencies, other stakeholders, and other state agencies regarding behavioral health intervention, treatment, and recovery support for adults. It analyzes and interprets rules, federal funding requirements, professional research, and literature pertaining to mental health and substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, and develops service programming based upon that analysis. It is responsible for the overall quality of technical assistance provided by the unit it supervises to stakeholders, communities, other CDHS divisions, and state departments and to the behavioral health field in Colorado.
It supervises a team of program managers, and other personnel who each cover a specific and distinct area of services to adults with mental health and substance use disorders. It acts as the primary representative for BHA on outside committees that deal with behavioral health issues and services for this population, and assigns work and supervises a team of professionals who work with programs and community agencies serving adults. These service areas include involuntary commitments for substance use disorder treatment, Medicaid access, Assertive Community Treatment, Individualized Placement Services, best practice in crisis services, recovery support services including peer services and recovery housing, and other Evidence-Based Practices.
Duties:
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Experience and/or Education:
Experience Only:
Nine (9) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to
this position
OR
Education and Experience:
A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation
related to the work assigned equal to nine (9) years
Preferred Qualifications:
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the department's action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.
A standard appeal form is available at: If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.
Supplemental Information
How to Apply
The Assessment Process
For additional recruiting questions, please contact Stacy.chinea@state.co.us
About Us:
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:
*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.
Our Values:
We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans
Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.
We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.
Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.
We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.
Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
ADAA Accommodations:CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~
The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information:
Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.
01
What are the biggest gaps in the behavioral health safety net system for adults? What steps should the BHA take to try to fill them?
02
Tell us about one or two specific things that you have done to promote diversity, equity and/or inclusion in your current job.
03
Your legal name is used in the hiring process for background checks. Did you use your full legal name in your application?
04
The bottom of this job announcement provides links to additional information on how to apply, the assessment process, toll free applicant technical support, and about how the State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer. Please acknowledge below that you have read the information provided in these links.
05
Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application.In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position.
06
If you are a current or former State of Colorado employee, please list your employee number (starts with 997...). Failure to provide this requested information may render your application incomplete, and you may no longer be considered for the position.
Required Question
Location : Denver Metro, CO
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number: ILA 02363
Department: Colorado Department of Human Services
Division: BHA -
Opening Date: 03/04/2025
Closing Date: 3/11/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA: Determined by Position
Primary Physical Work Address: 710 S. Ash Street, Unit C140, Denver, CO 80246
FLSA Status: Exempt; position is not eligible for overtime compensation.
Department Contact Information: Stacy.chinea@state.co.us
Type of Announcement: This position is open only to classified permanent employees of the listed department and division within that department.
How To Apply: Please submit an online application for this position at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/colorado. Reach out to the Department Contact to apply using a paper application, including any supplemental questions. Failure to submit a complete and timely application may result in the rejection of your application. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that application materials are received by the appropriate Human Resources office before the closing date and time listed.
Department Information
This position is open to current Colorado residents only.
This is a hybrid position with in-office days subject to BHA business needs.
Opt in below to receive text message updates on CDHS recruiting events!
CDHSCareers
Most State of Colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the Supplemental Information section below for details!
Description of Job
This is a hybrid position with 3 days minimum in office per week.
8-5 Monday through Friday
Please note: These working arrangements are subject to change based on business need.
About this Unit:
The Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) is a permanent entity responsible for leading and promoting the state's behavioral health priorities, including efforts across agencies, creating shared goals, improving collaboration, and driving accountability and transparency. BHA provides oversight and coordinates service standards across the hundreds of behavioral health programs that currently exist under multiple state agencies and the Judicial Branch. BHA works to ensure the recommendations that resulted from the work of the Behavioral Health Task Force (BHTF) and multiple ancillary projects evolving out of the work of the BHTF are honored and implemented, to ensure and meet our vision of having a comprehensive, equitable, effective continuum of behavioral health services that meets the needs of all Coloradans. BHA is responsible for policy development, service provision and coordination, program monitoring and evaluation, and administrative oversight of the public behavioral health system. BHA funds, supports, and monitors numerous mental health and substance abuse community programs and providers, and reviews and designates the State's 27-65 providers, and licenses substance use disorder service providers. BHA executes the State's federal responsibilities as the State Mental Health Authority and the State Substance Abuse Authority to administer federal mental health and substance abuse block grant funds.
Located within the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), Behavioral Health Administration (BHA) is responsible for policy development, service provision and coordination, program monitoring and evaluation, and administrative oversight for the public behavioral health system. BHA funds, supports, and monitors numerous mental health and substance abuse community programs and providers, reviews and designates the State's 27-65 providers, and licenses substance use disorder providers. BHA also operates the Colorado Mental Health Institutes at Fort Logan and Pueblo. BHA executes the State's federal responsibilities as the State Mental Health Authority and the State Substance Abuse Authority for the purposes of administering federal mental health and substance abuse block grant funds.
This work unit exists within the Adult Behavioral Health Continuum Division section of BHA, which has responsibility for program oversight, technical assistance, and agency programmatic monitoring. It evaluates service quality and serves as a contact for outside agencies dealing with issues of behavioral health service provision and advocacy for adults with substance use and mental health disorders.
About this Position:
This position provides subject matter expertise at the interpretive and analytic level, delivering technical assistance to the community, provider agencies, other stakeholders, and other state agencies regarding behavioral health intervention, treatment, and recovery support for adults. It analyzes and interprets rules, federal funding requirements, professional research, and literature pertaining to mental health and substance use disorder treatment and recovery services, and develops service programming based upon that analysis. It is responsible for the overall quality of technical assistance provided by the unit it supervises to stakeholders, communities, other CDHS divisions, and state departments and to the behavioral health field in Colorado.
It supervises a team of program managers, and other personnel who each cover a specific and distinct area of services to adults with mental health and substance use disorders. It acts as the primary representative for BHA on outside committees that deal with behavioral health issues and services for this population, and assigns work and supervises a team of professionals who work with programs and community agencies serving adults. These service areas include involuntary commitments for substance use disorder treatment, Medicaid access, Assertive Community Treatment, Individualized Placement Services, best practice in crisis services, recovery support services including peer services and recovery housing, and other Evidence-Based Practices.
Duties:
- Supervision: This position directly supervises 4 positions (two of which are supervisors), serves as 3rd level supervisor to 1, and oversees a team that includes 14 subject matter experts (each with a sub-specialty in a specific service area to a specific adult population) who specialize in the statewide oversight of programs and services delivered to this population.
- Representation of the work unit and BHA: This position represents the Behavioral Health Administration on inter-agency work groups on behalf of the work unit, or delegates this representation when appropriate to one of the subject matter experts on the team. This position is the primary BHA contact for stakeholders concerned with services to adults with mental health and substance use disorders.
- Strategic planning and program development: Representation of the interests and needs of adults with mental health and substance use disorders in BHA's strategic planning process. This position analyzes strengths and weaknesses of the service delivery system, recommends courses of action to address barriers to effective service delivery, and formulates and carries out plans of action, developing programming to improve the service delivery system. In coordination with the Community Behavioral Health Director, this position works with stakeholders from multiple and various state and private organizations to reach mutually agreeable solutions to challenges, using mediation, active communication, and negotiation skills to represent the interests of BHA and the treatment population.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Experience and/or Education:
Experience Only:
Nine (9) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to
this position
OR
Education and Experience:
A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation
related to the work assigned equal to nine (9) years
Preferred Qualifications:
- Clinical licensure (LAC, LCSW, LMFT, LPC, Licensed Psychologist)
- Supervisory experience
- Experience and knowledge related to the Behavioral Health Crisis System
- Community Mental Health, Substance Use Treatment, and/or Division of Youth Services,
- Change management expertise
- Problem solving skills
- Master's degree - Social Work, Counseling, Psychology or other related behavioral health field
- This is a hybrid position with in office days subject to BHA business neeeds.
- Standard Background - Name check, TRAILS, CMS, and JBITS
- Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application and provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination, or resignation in lieu of termination will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for this position, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board or request a review by the State Personnel Director.
An appeal or review must be submitted on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative. This form must be delivered to the State Personnel Board by email (dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us), postmarked in US Mail or hand delivered (1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver CO 80203), or faxed (303.866.5038) within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the department's action.
For more information about the appeals process, the official appeal form, and how to deliver it to the State Personnel Board; go to spb.colorado.gov; contact the State Personnel Board for assistance at (303) 866-3300; or refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov under Rules.
A standard appeal form is available at: If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.
Supplemental Information
How to Apply
The Assessment Process
For additional recruiting questions, please contact Stacy.chinea@state.co.us
About Us:
If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference, consider joining the dedicated people of the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS). Our professionals strive to design and deliver high quality human and health services that improve the safety, independence, and well-being of the people of Colorado. In addition to a great location and rewarding and meaningful work, we offer:
- Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
- Medical and dental health plans
- Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
- Paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
- BenefitHub state employee discount program
- Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
- Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
- Remote work arrangements for eligible positions
*Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more
information, go to https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dhr/student-loan-forgiveness-programs.
Our Values:
We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans
Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.
We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.
Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.
We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.
Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
ADAA Accommodations:CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.
~THE STATE OF COLORADO IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER~
The State of Colorado offers permanent employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, as well as a comprehensive leave program. Please click the following link for detailed information:
Please note that each agency's contact information is different; therefore, we encourage all applicants to view the full, official job announcement which includes contact information and class title. Select the job you wish to view, then click on the "Print" icon.
01
What are the biggest gaps in the behavioral health safety net system for adults? What steps should the BHA take to try to fill them?
02
Tell us about one or two specific things that you have done to promote diversity, equity and/or inclusion in your current job.
03
Your legal name is used in the hiring process for background checks. Did you use your full legal name in your application?
- Yes
- No
04
The bottom of this job announcement provides links to additional information on how to apply, the assessment process, toll free applicant technical support, and about how the State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer. Please acknowledge below that you have read the information provided in these links.
- This information is available to me and I have read this information.
- I am unable to access the links with this information on the job posting. (If you select this option, please contact the recruiter, whose information is listed on this announcement, so that they can send this information directly to you.)
05
Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must disclose the information on the application.In the space below, please provide an explanation as to why the prior termination or resignation should NOT disqualify your application from the current position.
06
If you are a current or former State of Colorado employee, please list your employee number (starts with 997...). Failure to provide this requested information may render your application incomplete, and you may no longer be considered for the position.
Required Question