[NYAPRS Enews] Job Opening: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Program Manager in Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) - 9/29/21 Deadline!

[Harvey Rosenthal]

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Program Manager in Center for Practice Innovations (CPI)
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Apply By: September 29th, 2021


The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual for a full-time Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Program Manager in Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) in New York State. This position is located at New York, NY.

Function and Scope

Under the auspices of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH), the Center for Practice Innovations (CPI) promotes the widespread use of evidence-based practices throughout New York State. CPI uses innovative approaches to build stakeholder collaborations, develop and maintain practitioners' expertise, and build agency infrastructures that support implementing and sustaining evidence-based practices. CPI works with OMH to identify and involve consumer, family, provider, and scientific/academic organizations as partners in supporting the goals of OMH and the CPI.

CPI is seeking a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Program Manager. The DEI manager will work to integrate the National CLAS Standards and reduce race/ethnic-based bias in delivering clinical services throughout the New York State mental health system and infuse issues of inclusion and diversity within the CPI internal and external culture.

Duties and Responsibilities

Reporting directly to the Division Director and head of CPI, Lisa Dixon, the incumbent will work within the CPI internal and external communities to influence policies and materials generated by CPI. The incumbent will be a member of the CPI leadership group and will provide consultation to all of CPI's staff. The incumbent will provide supervision to support staff. Specific Focuses of this position include:

  *   Online Training Modules

Develop and implement an online training curriculum to support broad mental health system adoption of the National CLAS Standards. Develop additional modules on - reducing race/ethnic-based bias in the delivery of clinical services, providing language access services, and culturally appropriate clinical services for the primary special population groups served in NYS's mental health system (i.e., transgender/non-binary, racial/ethnic minorities). Review previously developed modules to update for racially and culturally appropriate content.

  *   Technical Assistance and Consultation

Develop and coordinate an ongoing virtual Behavioral Health Learning Community that will support behavioral health providers in identifying and implementing the activities necessary to better their organizations/programs to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for their client populations (National CLAS Standards). This learning community will be offered annually and involve intensive training, support, and activities the participants are responsible for completing at their organizations/programs between sessions.

Upon request, provide individualized consultation and support to organizations/programs in New York State's mental health system. This support will include providing a CLAS Standards Organizational Self-Assessment to better align the consultation with the priority needs at individual organizations.

Create and disseminate tip-sheets and other written resources and guidance to address issues relevant to special populations on an as-needed basis as they arise.

  *   Organizational Infrastructure to Support Behavioral Health Equity

Work to infuse the topics of mitigating bias, workforce diversity and inclusion, and behavioral health equity concepts across all CPI internal and external activities (i.e., other CPI training efforts). This work includes coordinating an internal equity working group responsible for evaluating CPI's internal structures and environment for the presence of bias. In addition, the working group will be responsible for creating and implementing a bi-annual strategic plan that will focus on topics including but not limited to; workforce diversity, workforce inclusion, leadership development, moral/wellness.

Minimum Qualifications

  *   Bachelor's degree and eight years of experience in a related field; Master's degree and six years of experience; or Doctorate and two years of experience. Related experience can substitute for education.
  *   Must possess good interpersonal skills and work with diverse populations at all levels of multiple organizations.
  *   Must have some experience with mental health issues and structures either through work or personal experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  *   Previous work as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer or staff member.
  *   Previous work in the mental health field. Knowledge of the New York State Office of Mental Health system.

Work Location:

Center for Practice Innovations

Division of Mental Health Services and Policy Research

New York State Psychiatric Institute

Box 100, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, New York 10032

To Apply: Submit an application by September 29, 2021 on our website at http://corporate.rfmh.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__corporate.rfmh.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=U92g5iPlAgKH_N4kpS-_Y1W3mtsaPGoWcet8KfFin98&m=y93uKSuVd2LGHB7XcoXGMFpSJqK34bdv4vjIi7PhZ9I&s=STOrQuRxSVXdDkci5DOp1Yvh1Ztp9LKxG2-1eL68rIQ&e=>. Click on Employment Opportunities. Please note only applications submitted through our website will be considered.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package. Employer/Minority/Women/Disabled/Veteran Employer. VEVRAA 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.
Matthew Canuteson
Pronouns: He, Him, His
Diversity and Inclusion Officer
Office of Diversity and Inclusion
New York State Office of Mental Health
44 Holland Ave 2nd Floor
Albany, NY 12229
518-473-4548
matthew.canuteson at omh.ny.gov<mailto:matthew.canuteson at omh.ny.gov>
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