Amity Foundation

Manager

• Supports ECM students with behavioral health conditions, with particular attention to ECM Students with SMI and/or SUD needs, through brief interventions and behavioral activation strategies.
• Primarily works with a caseload of Students with behavioral health needs (majority of Tier 1 or 2).
• Utilizes brief behavioral health therapeutic interventions as necessary to improve the student’s ability to manage their own health.
• Provides brief crisis interventions and warm hand-offs to local crisis resources as needed to address behavioral health needs.
• Provides Student and family education about chronic medical and behavioral health conditions to improve health literacy.
• Provides formal and informal training and support for ECM Students on behavioral health conditions, including treatments and evidence-based treatments.
• Assists with the coordination of medical and behavioral health access issues with PCP offices, specialists, and ancillary services.
• Tracks medical and behavioral health outcome measures in a patient registry.
• Ensures smooth transitions of care, coordination with psychiatric hospitals for M1 and with IEHP transitions of care team for M2, regarding client admission/discharges.
• Collaborates on Student care issues with other ECM Care Team members, participating in weekly systematic case reviews and ad hoc case reviews.
• Works with Students to identify health/wellness goals and incorporates these goals into the Student’s Care Plan to facilitate communication among Students and Providers.
• Aids RN Care Manager in the overall review of student Comprehensive Health Needs Assessment upon completion by another care team member.
• Engages with Students, both in-person and on the phone, utilizing evidence-based approaches (such as Motivational Interviewing) that promote collaboration between the student and their medical/behavioral team, as well as increase the student’s sense of control over their whole health.
• Provides consultation for all students of the team when discussing tasks of a clinical nature.
• Supporting the learning and practice of the Teaching and Therapeutic Community model as well as training faculty that incorporates essential elements of the Teaching and Therapeutic Community.
• Attend workshops, meetings, and trainings as requested by supervisor.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Behavioral Health Care Manager – ECM