Behavioral Health Policy Manager 1

Initial Posting Date:
10/23/2026
Application Deadline:
11/09/2026
Agency:
Oregon Youth Authority
Salary Range:
$6,834.00 - $10,569.00
Position Type:
Employee
Position Title:
Behavioral Health Policy Manager 1
Job Description:
OREGON YOUTH AUTHORITY
Behavioral Health Policy Manager 1
Woodburn, OR – MACLAREN YOUTH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Join our team as a Behavioral Health Policy Manager 1 at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility! In this leadership role, you’ll oversee behavioral health services and clinical treatment programs for youth in OYA care, while providing clinical supervision, guiding program development, and supporting a team of dedicated Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHPs). You’ll collaborate with facility leadership and community partners to ensure youth receive individualized, evidence-based, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive care that supports positive outcomes and successful transitions.
Top duties for this role include:
Providing clinical supervision specific to mental health treatment as assigned and per agency policy to QMHPs within the youth correctional facilities to coordinate and support evidence-based mental health treatment services, programs and curricula.
Providing consultation and oversight to assigned staff to facilitate the creation and maintenance of specialized programming for acutely mentally ill youth, consistently aggressive youth, or other youth who require specialized programming to succeed in a facility setting.
Act as a member of the facility-wide Management Team. Taking action to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the facility through the use of policy, procedures, budget controls, and accountability of delegated responsibility. Including assisting the Superintendent with strategic planning for the facility and the agency.
Reviewing psychiatric, psychological, and other specialty behavioral health recommendations and provides consultation to treatment teams regarding implementation and integration into individualized youth case and treatment plans.
Overseeing and managing inter-institutional transfer process for youth with acute or chronic mental health needs, who require admission to Oregon State Hospital and DHS-designated inpatient programs for adolescents. Coordinating with OYA Treatment Services on all transfers. Ensuring involvement by OYA facility clinicians to effectuate planned discharges from these inpatient settings to the facility
We invite you to apply and bring your clinical expertise, leadership, and passion for helping youth make meaningful, lasting changes in their lives.
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Additional Information:
Multiple Positions: OYA is currently hiring for one permanent position, and one limited duration position.
Limited Duration: One of these available positions is a limited duration appointment that is expected to end on June 30, 2027 but has the potential to be extended. Limited duration appointments are regular status, benefits eligible, with a designated maximum length of service. This position has the potential of becoming permanent.
This recruitment will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill multiple, current, and future vacancies.
For a complete list of duties and responsibilities, please contact HR Recruitment at OYAJOBS@oya.oregon.gov
Your application materials are used to determine your starting salary range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying. For more information on pay equity, click here.
The salary range listed is the non-PERS