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Fort Health · 3 months ago

Behavioral Health Care Manager - Part-Time

New Jersey

Part-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

$35K/yr - $40K/yr

1+ years exp

Fort Health is a mental health company dedicated to improving access to care for children and adolescents. The Behavioral Health Care Manager will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality, evidence-based mental health care by coordinating with medical providers and providing direct support to patients and their families.

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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)

Identifies appropriate resources and coordinates referral process 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

Constantly communicating and working 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

Have access to consultation and materials from our non-profit partner to bring to bear the most cutting edge treatment protocols and methods for our clients

Expand and strengthen your clinical skills through the AIMS center, and take advantage of additional ongoing training and educational opportunities, conferences, and more

Qualification

Licensed Clinical Social WorkerEvidence-based treatmentsCare coordinationMeasurement-based care toolsTeam-based healthcare experienceTelehealth experienceEngaging parentsChildrenCommunication skills

Required

Must be independently licensed clinician

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), or any other independent licensures

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

Experience providing telehealth

Must have reliable, high-speed internet access with minimum speeds of 50 Mbps download and 10 Mbps upload

Desire to work with and learn from some of the top child mental health experts in the field