Behavioral Health Care Manager - Ashtabula

Achievement Center of LECOM Health • Erie, PA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Achievement Center of LECOM Health is seeking a part-time Behavioral Health Care Manager to support patients in the Ashtabula, Ohio area. This role is an extension of the Achievement Center agency in Erie, Pennsylvania, and offers flexibility based on the candidate’s interests, qualifications, and desired schedule. As part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, the Care Manager helps patients access behavioral health, medical, and community resources, overcome barriers to care, and remain engaged in treatment. The role includes coordination with primary care providers, behavioral health professionals, psychiatric consultants, and other members of the treatment team, with weekly psychiatric consultation and supervision with a clinical director.

The Achievement Center describes itself as a mission-focused nonprofit with a legacy of service dating to 1923. It emphasizes employee engagement, flexibility, a supportive workplace, and professional growth through annual professional development dollars, tuition discounts, and year-round training. The organization encourages bilingual applicants and is committed to inclusion, compassion, diversity, equity, and cultural humility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or a related human services field.
• Experience working with individuals who may experience barriers to healthcare or behavioral health services.
• Knowledge of behavioral health and community resources.
• Strong communication, organization, and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to effectively coordinate services across multiple providers and systems.
• Ability to work independently while functioning as part of an interdisciplinary team.

Nice To Haves

• Three years of experience working in a behavioral health, healthcare, human services, care coordination, or related setting is preferred.
• Experience working within a Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) or integrated behavioral health setting.
• Experience with electronic health records and clinical documentation systems.
• Experience with motivational interviewing, behavioral activation, problem-solving approaches, care coordination, patient navigation, or other brief behavioral interventions.

Responsibilities

• Build supportive relationships with patients.
• Support the behavioral and physical healthcare needs of an assigned patient caseload.
• Coordinate care with primary care providers, behavioral health professionals, psychiatric consultants, and other members of the treatment team.
• Help patients navigate healthcare, behavioral health, and social service systems and connect them with appropriate resources.
• Conduct health and behavioral health screenings and facilitate referrals.
• Provide brief, evidence-based behavioral interventions, including motivational interviewing, behavioral activation, problem-solving strategies, and other appropriate approaches.
• Maintain contact with patients to support treatment engagement and re-engage individuals who may have fallen out of care.
• Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with a psychiatric consultant.
• Communicate treatment recommendations to medical providers and other members of the care team.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience; base salary begins at $21.50 per hour.
• Vacation time awarded semi-annually for employees averaging at least 15 hours per week over a six-month period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Employee referral program.
• 403(b) savings plan with company match of up to 6% of the employee’s contribution after one year of service, subject to the stated service-hour requirements; returning employees may receive the match immediately or earlier.
• Discounted membership to the LECOM Wellness Center.
• Annual professional development dollars, tuition discounts, and year-round trainings.
• Potential eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through the organization’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit status.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time