Lead Advocate – Licensed BH Care Manager
Benchmark Health
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: South Shore • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Screen and assess patient for behavioral health symptoms and conditions
- Work with patients to set measurable personalized goals and provide brief behavioral interventions
- Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant
- Serve as ongoing liaison between providers to coordinate patient’s care
- Systematically track treatment response, any changes in clinical symptoms or treatment side effects that may arise
- Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected
- Collaborate with and provide clinical support to non-licensed Advocates and Behavioral Health Care Managers
- Coordinate care with referral sources as clinically indicated
- Offer patients continuous follow up and redirection to new resources as needed
- Partner with team on process improvement efforts
Requirements
- Master’s in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy
- LICSW, LMHC, LADC-1, or LMFT in the state of practice required
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience of direct clinical practice in behavioral health
- Previous experience providing measurement-based care preferred
- Previous experience managing clinical escalations and performing safety risk assessments
- Previous experience working with patients with serious mental illness and substance use disorder preferred
- Comfortability and experience working with children and adolescents preferred
- Previous experience with AIMS Collaborative Care Model strongly preferred
Benefits
- The opportunity to serve within a mission-driven behavioral health care coordination organization.
- A competitive, salaried, and benefitted compensation package with performance incentives and equity participation.
- A collaborative and dynamic workplace with significant professional growth opportunities.
- A diverse and inclusive company culture that values every team member's contribution to our mission.
- Generous paid time off.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
behavioral health assessmentbrief behavioral interventionstreatment response trackingclinical symptom monitoringtreatment plan facilitationmeasurement-based caresafety risk assessmentsclinical escalation managementAIMS Collaborative Care Model
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationgoal settingproblem solvingprocess improvementpatient follow-upliaison skills
Certifications
LICSWLMHCLADC-1LMFT