Fort Health · 4 months ago
Behavioral Health Case Manager
New Jersey
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
$70K/yr - $80K/yr
1+ years expFort Health is a mental health company focused on improving access to care for children and adolescents. The Behavioral Health Case Manager will be responsible for supporting and coordinating care for a caseload of patients, providing psychosocial interventions, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality mental health care.
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Responsibilities
Screen and assess patients for common mental health disorders, facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care
Provide patient education about common mental health disorders and the available treatment options
Systematically track treatment response and monitor patients for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications
Support psychotropic medication management as prescribed by medical providers, focusing on treatment adherence monitoring, side effects, and effectiveness of treatment
Provide brief behavioral interventions using evidence-based techniques (e.g., problem-solving treatment, motivational interviewing, behavioral activation)
Identify appropriate resources and coordinate referral processes to community resources when appropriate
Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient’s medical provider
Collaborate with the collaborative care team to provide personalized treatment plans for every child and their family
Communicate and work with the family to drive the treatment plan forward
Track patient follow up and clinical outcomes using a registry and document patient progress and treatment recommendations in the electronic health record
Develop and complete relapse prevention self-management plan with patients who have achieved their treatment goals and are soon to be discharged from the caseload
Participate in individual supervision with a psychologist to ensure you have the support you need to be successful
Expand and strengthen your clinical skills through the AIMS center, and take advantage of additional ongoing training and educational opportunities, conferences, and more
Qualification
Required
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), or advanced practice psychiatric practitioner (NP)
Licensed independently to practice
Minimum 1-year of direct clinical experience working with children, adolescents and their families (e.g., ages 4-24 years old)
Experience and training in delivering brief psychosocial evidence-based treatments (e.g., CBT, problem solving treatment, behavioral activation, motivational interviewing)
Experience with care coordination
Strong experience with screening for common mental health disorders and symptom assessment with children and adolescents
Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health disorders
Strong skills in engaging parents and children, developing appropriate treatment planning, and ability to collaborate and communicate effectively in a team setting
Experience using measurement-based care tools (e.g., PHQ-9, GAD-7, SCARED, etc.)
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Desire to work with and learn from some of the top child mental health experts in the field
Preferred
Preferred experience working in a team-based healthcare setting
Benefits
Generous paid time off including paid company holidays, mental health days
1 Paid week of company-wide shutdown between Christmas and New Year's Day
Ability to be part of a startup and help build a new treatment model
Collaborative and supportive mission-oriented work environment
Company
Fort Health
Fort Health offers a solution that provides mental health care for families.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$14.25M2024-11-12Seed· $5.5M
2023-02-03Seed· $8.75M
Leadership Team
Natalie Schneider
Chief Executive Officer
Ruth D. Schultz
Director of Partnerships
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