Licensed Care Management Specialist; LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, or Psychologist

Licensed Care Management Specialist (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, or Psychologist)

Job Category: Clinical

Requisition Number: LICEN
003616

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• Posted :
  February 10, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

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Riverside FQHC
4371 Latham Street
2nd Floor
Riverside, CA 92051, USA

Community health is about more than just vaccines and checkups. It’s about giving people the resources they need to live their best lives. At Neighborhood, this is our vision: a community where everyone is healthy and happy. We’re with you every step of the way, with the care you need for each of life’s chapters. At Neighborhood, we are Better Together.

As a private, non-profit 501(C) (3) community health organization, we serve over 506,563 medical, dental, and behavioral health visits from more than 96,867 people annually. We do this in pursuit of our mission to improve the health and happiness of the communities we serve by providing quality care to all, regardless of situation or circumstance.

Since 1969, our employees have been making this mission a reality. Regardless of the role, our team focuses on being compassionate, having integrity, being professional, always collaborating, and consistently going above and beyond. If this sounds like an organization you would like to be a part of, we would love to meet you.

ROLE OVERVIEW and

PURPOSE:

The Licensed Care Management Specialist will support Enhanced Care Management (ECM) patients with behavioral health conditions, severe mental illnesses (SMI), and substance use disorders (SUD) needs using brief interventions and behavioral activation strategies. This role will provide care coordination and connection to services and social supports for ECM patients, including appointment scheduling and referral management. This role is different than the Care Management Specialist - ECM in that they provide BH support and resources to patients with behavioral health needs ranging from mild to severe.

This position provides BH consultation as needed to the team and health assessment reviews. This is a licensed position and can review and triage other behavioral health needs of the patient.

This is a hybrid position; on site expectations are dependent on performance. Proposed schedule shifts:
Mondays through Fridays 8:30 AM - 5 PM (30-min lunch), or 9 AM - 6 PM (1-hour lunch).
* This position is eligible for a $10,000 signing bonus!*

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilizes Targeted Enrollment List (TEL) to make outreach with patients in need of care
• Serves as an alternative reviewer of Complex Behavioral Health cases that require a Systematic Case Review and reviews Comprehensive Health Assessments (CHA) as required by managed care plan
• Utilizes brief behavioral health therapeutic interventions to improve patients’ ability to manage their own health
• Handles brief crisis interventions and makes warm hand-offs to local crisis resources to address behavioral health needs, as needed
• Educates patients and families about chronic medical and behavioral health conditions to improve health literacy
• Provides formal and informal training and support for ECM patients on behavioral health conditions, including treatments
• Assists with the coordination of medical and behavioral health access issues to primary care physician (PCP) offices, specialists, and ancillary services
• Tracks medical and behavioral health outcome measures in a patient registry
• Coordinates with psychiatric hospitals to ensure smooth transitions of care
• Participates in weekly systematic and ad hoc case reviews to collaborates with ECM team on patient care issues
• Works with patients to identify health and wellness goals to incorporate into patients shared care plan with providers
• Reviews patient community health assessments (CHAs) upon completion by another care team member to ensure completed accurately
• Maintains engagement with patients in a manner that utilizes evidence-based approaches that promotes collaboration between the patient and their medical/behavioral team, such as motivational interviewing
• Participates in caseload discussions with Psychiatric Medical Director and Champion Medical Director
• Documents care coordination, education, and other services provided…