Public Health Unit Supervisor – Healthy Family Programs

ABOUT US

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES :

At Health & Human Services, we serve our community through the values of support, unity, trust and excellence with one common goal: to promote and protect the health, well-being, safety and self-sufficiency of all in Marin. Join our team of bright, committed, and energetic people who also want to make an impact through public service.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Public Health (PH) Unit Supervisor within the Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Public Health oversees the Healthy Families Marin Home Visiting Program, an early childhood initiative designed to support parents of newborns. The program focuses on fostering positive parent-child relationships and healthy attachments by providing home visits that share valuable information on child development and parenting. The supervisor plays a key role in guiding home visitor staff through reflective practice and clinical supervision, ensuring best practices in hiring, training, mentoring, and overseeing home visits. Responsibilities also include maintaining program accreditation through the Healthy Families America (HFA) model, monitoring program operations, ensuring documentation accuracy, and overseeing data collection and reporting.

In addition to overseeing daily operations, the PH Unit Supervisor is responsible for implementing and maintaining the evidence-based HFA home visiting program for early childhood intervention. This includes hiring, training, and supervising staff, ensuring program compliance, managing quality assurance/quality improvement processes, and overseeing budgetary needs. The supervisor ensures that the program delivers culturally sensitive, comprehensive services to at-risk families. This involves assessing family needs, connecting them with resources, and ensuring effective engagement with families, staff, and the community. The supervisor also uses data and feedback from staff and families to recommend improvements to program policies, procedures, and overall operations.
The Department of Health and Human Services currently has two (2) vacant full-time Public Health Unit Supervisor positions.

Highly Desirable: Bilingual skills in Spanish and English are highly desirable.

BILINGUAL TESTING/CERTIFICATION : The successful candidate must possess bilingual skills and must demonstrate proficiency in both Spanish and English prior to appointment. A bilingual proficiency exam will be administered to ensure the candidates possess the appropriate skill level to meet the requirements.

ABOUT YOU

Our Highly Qualified Candidate:

Our ideal candidate has expertise in working with at-risk children and families and is versed in tenets of trauma-informed care and strength-based and family-centered care to promote nurturing parent-child relationships, enhancing family functioning and promoting healthy child growth and development. The ideal candidate has experience specifically in home visiting with a strong background in early childhood prevention services with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in utilizing evidence-based and reflective practice (and/or has undergone the Healthy Families American supervisor training).

Our ideal candidate has a solid understanding of/or experience supervising and motivating staff, particularly in a in stressful work environment. The ideal candidate has knowledge of infant and child development, is culturally sensitive, able to manage change, and demonstrates good communication and critical thinking skills. The successful individual must be able to establish effective collaborative relationships and provide quality assurance/improvement direction for the staff and program.

Our ideal candidate has three (3) years of relevant evidence-based early home visitor program experience. Experience in Healthy Families America specifically, is highly desired. The ability to speak, read, and write in English and Spanish is also highly desired.

Qualifications
Knowledge of:

• Applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Principles of supervision and training.
• Community organization and the use of public and private community resources.

Ability to:

• Effectively train, plan, assign, supervise, and evaluate the work of staff.
• Participate in program planning and evaluation.
• Interpret rules and regulations to staff, applicants, recipients or others.
• Provide consultative services to staff.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted during the performance of duties, including multi-disciplinary staff, community members and organizations, public and private agencies, and local, state and federal agencies.
• Work collaboratively to enhance service integration within the department and non-profit community partners.
• Prepare and present effective written and verbal reports, policies, procedures and other written materials.

Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and experience which would provide the required knowledge and skills listed. Typically, a Bachelor's degree in public health, health care administration or a related field and two years of experience in public health work that is closely related to the assignment. Lead experience is highly desirable.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

All applicants will receive email notifications regarding their status in the recruitment process. Please be sure to check your spam settings to allow our emails to reach you. You may also log into your Governmentjobs.com account to view these emails.

Testing and Eligible List: Depending on the number of qualified applications received, the examination may consist of a highly qualified review, application screening, online assessment, written examination, oral examination, performance examination, or any combination to determine which candidates' names will be placed on the eligible list. The eligible list established from this recruitment may be used to fill the current vacancy, and any future vacancies for open, fixed-term, full-time or part-time positions which may occur while the list remains active.
LiveScan:
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Candidates selected are subject to fingerprinting by the Sheriff's Department and must pass a Department of Justice LiveScan background check prior to appointment.
Disaster Service Workers: All County of Marin employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local law (California Government Code Section 3100-3109). Employment with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to complete all Disaster Service Worker-related training as assigned, and to return to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: If you have questions regarding equal employment opportunities, please contact Roger Crawford, Equal Employment Opportunity Director, at 415-473-2095. If you have questions concerning this position announcement, please contact Sarah Githens at sarah.githens@marincounty.gov .

PLEASE NOTE: The benefits described herein do not apply to temporary (contingent) or to part-time employees that work less than 50%.

COUNTY OF MARIN BENEFITS: GENERAL
Below are some of the excellent benefits the County offers. More information about our benefits can be found on the Marin County's Benefits Homepage .

Paid Time Off : Competitive vacation accrual; 12 holidays per year; and generous sick leave accruals. Additional types of paid leaves are available for some bargaining units.

Health Plan : Choice of four health plans (two Kaiser HMOs, Western Health Advantage HMO, and an Anthem Blue Cross PPO) along with dental through Delta Dental PPO, and vision through Vision Service Plan (VSP). There is a County contribution toward the premiums (the contribution amount varies depending on coverage tier elected such as employee only, employee + 1, employee + family). Plus, the County offers excellent Life Insurance, Disability, Flexible Spending Plans, a Dependent Care Assistance Program, professional development and more.

Retirement : Defined benefit plan under the County Employees Retirement Act of 1937. More information can be found online at www.mcera.org.

IRS 457 Plan : Choice of pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) employee contribution up to the IRS annual maximum.

Retiree Medical : The County provides access to group health plan coverage to eligible retirees.

For specific questions regarding the employment process, please contact Human Resources at (415) 473-6104. For additional details about the benefits or retirement, please contact the Benefits Division at (415) 473-2197.

*IMPORTANT NOTE: Benefits described herein do not represent a contract and may be changed without notice.

Closing Date/Time: 4/24/2025 11:59 PM Pacific

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