Behavioral Health Case Manager

Fort Health • NJ

134d • $70,000 - $80,000

About The Position

Fort Health is a mental health company that is on a mission to 'Opening more paths to better care for more families'. We're all about making a real difference in the lives of children and adolescents. With a whopping 50% of kids in the US missing out on mental health care, we're determined to change that statistic. And with a market size of over $50 billion, we're not just dreaming big - we're making it happen! Our vision? Picture this: a world where every child has access to the support they need to thrive mentally and emotionally. With the help of our amazing partners, like the Child Mind Institute, we're creating a one-of-a-kind support system that combines digital tools with virtual clinicians. Because at Fort Health, we believe 'we're stronger together'.

Requirements

• 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.
• Preferred experience working in a team-based healthcare setting.
• 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.

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.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees