What Is a Behavioral Health Care Manager and How to Become One
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What Does a Behavioral Health Care Manager Do?
As a behavioral health care manager, your duties are the coordination and provision of mental health and behavioral health care treatment options for an inpatient or outpatient clinic. Your responsibilities are to work with each patient, their health care provider, and other mental and behavioral health workers and physicians to plan how to tailor treatment and recovery options that meet the patient’s needs. In addition to working with patients, you provide administrative and practical support to other counselors and workers at your office.
How to Become a Behavioral Health Care Manager
To become a behavioral health care manager, you need to have advanced educational qualifications and professional certifications or licenses. Some behavioral health care managers begin as nurses and work in a behavioral health care setting. You must then earn a master’s degree to become a nurse practitioner, licensed psychologist, or therapist. In addition to education and clinical training, you need to have a variety of skills to succeed in this career. These include having excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills, the ability to handle a large caseload and support numerous projects at once, and the ability to work in a team care setting.
