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Sergio Conti

Columbia Southern University

Solving problems in Public Health

Unit II Project Proposal


A - Proposed interviewee’s job title:

The job title of the person I will interview is Mental Health Program Coordinator

for the County of San Diego.

This person will be in charge of a department of 12 employees that will work in

mental Health Programs.

B. - Proposed interviewee’s job description or duties

The person chosen to occupy this position of Mental Health Program Coordinator

should plan, developing, coordinating, directing, implementing and testing the

activities and services of our help program for people suffering from mental

problems and drug addictions. The candidate must have great knowledge in

behavioral health.

One responsibility is that you will work with other human care services within a

certain region of the city.

Essential Functions:

1. - Direct and coordinate the services of our program in the management of

mental health and drug addiction with other County services, with non-profit

organizations and contract providers

2. - Supervise, train, review and test the work of professionals and support staff.

3. - Identify the needs of the community, testing mental health services, handling
the problems and developing plans and objectives.

4.-Develop, implement and monitor mental health programs and expand them

when they have the funds to do so.

5. - Serve as a leader and / or technical advisor over task forces and projects

necessary to improve in mental health in our region.

6. - Prepare a proposal to present to organizations that can help us with funds to

support and improve our programs.

7. - Hold and conduct meetings with mental health service providers that allow a

high level of delivery of these services

8. - Monitor and test if the mental health services provided by our programs are

of the quality of services and requirements specified in the contracts signed with

the city.

9. - Review policies and procedures of mental health services and deliver

information to staff.

10. - May serve as a representative on behalf of the County at meetings involving

outside public and private agencies.

C. - The organization where the professional is working.

The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) in San

Francisco.
The department combines key homeless serving programs and contracts from

the Department of Public Health (DPH), the Human Services Agency (HSA), the

Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), and the

Department of Children Youth and Their Families (DCYF). This merged

department has a singular focus on preventing and ending homelessness for

people in San Francisco.

D. - Reasons for choosing this candidate as your selection.

The person I am interviewing for this position meets the Education requirements

because she has a Master Degree in Public Health from the University of Berkeley,

CA issued in 2010.

In the last five years she was working with the San Francisco program helping

homeless and drug addict patients. She was in charge of this program for the last

two years when she was working in a management capacity.

E. - How this assignment will help contribute to your future.

I think this assignment will help me understand interviewing a candidate who can

work in my organization. For a leader it should be one of the more important

decision that you need to take. If you choose the right person to work in your

team can help to improve the programs and outcomes that will help to serve

better to the population.

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