Title
Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution No. 98-394 to adjust the salary range for Deputy Director of Behavioral Health as shown in Attachment A.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Amend Personnel Policies and Practices Resolution No. 98-394 to adjust the salary range for Deputy Director of Behavioral Health as shown in Attachment A.
SUMMARY:
A compensation survey of Deputy Director of Behavioral Health conducted by CPS HR Consulting found that Deputy Director of Behavioral Health was below mean of the County's comparable agencies and recommended that the salary range for Deputy Director of Behavioral Health be raised from $10,267/month at Step 7 to $11,113/month at Step 7.
DISCUSSION:
Until early 2011, the management organizational structure of the Monterey County Behavioral Health Bureau within the Health Department included a Director of Behavioral Health, a Deputy Director of Behavioral Health - Adult Services, and a Deputy Director of Behavioral Health - Children's Services. After the retirement of the Deputy Director of Behavioral Health - Adult Services, the Deputy Director of Behavioral Health - Children's Services assumed management responsibility for both Adult and Children's services to ensure an integrated approach to these services. The Department has found this to be an effective structure that has increased not only greater integration of these services, but also greater consistency across services in performance expectations and service delivery. The classification specification for Deputy Director Behavioral Health has been updated to reflect the changes in scope of responsibility.
Within the Behavioral Health Bureau, Adult Services employs approximately eighty-five [85] employees and Children's Services employs approximately one hundred [100] employees. Functional/programmatic areas of responsibility for the study position are:
* Adult Services
* Children's Services
* Co...
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