State of Maryland

ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION SUPERVISOR (#004404)

- Hourly / - BiWeekly /
- Monthly / $57,095.00-$95,449.00 Yearly


GRADE

16

CLASS ATTRIBUTES

SKILLED SERVICE         BARGAINING UNIT: S

NATURE OF WORK

An Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Supervisor is the supervisory level of work in a multi-person program, assessing, designing, coordinating and implementing alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs within a local health department. Employees in this class supervise Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinator, or Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Specialists and may supervise support staff.

Employees in this classification receive general supervision from a higher-level healthcare administrator in the Maryland Department of Health’s headquarters office.

Positions in this classification are evaluated using the classification job evaluation methodology. The use of this method involves comparing the assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work sections of the class specification.

The Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Supervisor is differentiated from the Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Specialist in that the Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Supervisor has full supervisory responsibility for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinator and Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Specialists while the Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Specialist performs the full range of staff duties and responsibilities in a multi-person program under general supervision.  The Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Supervisor is differentiated from the Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinator in that the Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinator is responsible for administering a single person program, performing the full range of duties and responsibilities under general supervision.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

Supervises Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Coordinators or Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Specialists, in the development, coordination and implementation of prevention program activities;

Monitors data collection to identify the problem areas specific to the community in order to develop, in the assigned local health department, addictions prevention plans and increase community awareness;

Directs the development, coordination and implementation of prevention educational programs and alternative youth activities to decrease and prevent drug and alcohol involvement and related risk behavior;

Interprets State, federal and local government regulations and laws to Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Specialists and to other staff;

Maintains and distributes alcohol and drug abuse prevention educational materials;

Assists community groups, or agencies and organizations in developing, organizing and conducting programs to prevent and resolve conditions and problems related to alcohol and drug abuse;

Plans, organizes and conducts training for staff of other State and local agencies, schools, local businesses, industries and community groups involved in alcohol and drug abuse programs;

Prepares and maintains reports, records and documents pertaining to funding sources, program evaluation and reference information on chemical dependency;

Develops and implements the alcohol and drug abuse prevention policies and procedures in the assigned local health department;

Prepares grant proposals for addictions prevention projects;

Evaluates the alcohol and drug abuse prevention program activities of the local health department to determine effectiveness and efficiency;

Confers with the local health officers and program directors to recommend remedial or corrective actions to prevent alcohol and drug abuse problems;

Develops and maintains a wide variety of alcohol and drug abuse educational services for use by program directors, school personnel, private and public organizations and the general public;

Performs administrative functions related to the overall direction of the addictions prevention components within the local health department;

Performs other related duties.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of the principles of supervision;

Knowledge of disease concepts of alcoholism and drug abuse dependency;

Knowledge of principles and practices involved in the development and implementation of alcohol and drug abuse educational and intervention programs;

Ability to stimulate community action in the development of effective alcohol and drug prevention programs;

Ability to compose promotional and educational literature relating to alcohol and drug abuse prevention;

Ability to provide consultation in the areas of occupational alcoholism and/or drug abuse for employee assistance programs;

Ability to effectively present topics on substance abuse;

Ability to instruct, plan, direct and evaluate the activities of subordinate employees;

Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with other professionals and agencies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education:   A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with thirty credits in behavioral science, health services, human services or education.

Experience: Three years of experience managing or directing alcohol and other drug prevention services in a community and/or school setting.

Notes:

1. Applicants may substitute sixty credit hours from an accredited college or university, 18 of which are in the behavioral sciences, health services, human services or education and an additional two years of experience as specified above for the required education.

2. Additional experience as specified above may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

3. Applicants may substitute graduate level education in behavioral sciences, health services, human services or education, on a year-for-year basis, for up to two years of the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Drug and Alcohol Counseling or Health Care Administration classifications or Mental/Behavioral Health and Drug and Alcohol Counseling or Health Services Administration specialty codes in the health related field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required education.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Class specifications are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies. Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

This is a Skilled Service classification in the State Personnel Management System. All positions in this classification are Skilled Service positions. Some positions in Skilled Service classifications may be designated Special Appointment in accordance with the State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 6-405, Annotated Code of Maryland.

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit as indicated by the designation of S (supervisor), M (manager), T (agency head), U (Board or Commission member), W (student), X (Used by agency or excluded by executive order), or Z (confidential). As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining. Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and therefore, all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.

Date Revised

March 2, 2018

Approved By

Director, Division of Classification and Salary

CLASS: 004404; REV: 7/1/2019;

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