Neurodiversity Navigator

The role

You will support individuals and families with neurodiversity-related needs through phone, video conference and email. You will help clients understand their situation, provide psychoeducation, and connect them to evidence-based diagnosticians, services and providers. The work includes caregiver training and managing a caseload of complex clients.

What you will do

• Support clients by understanding their situation, conducting brief assessments of needs and risk, and creating client-centered care plans.
• Use an assessment rubric to determine whether neuropsychological testing is indicated.
• Administer psychoeducational training to caregivers of children and teens with neurodiverse conditions.
• Serve as a neurodiversity subject matter expert and consult with cross-functional and clinical teams.
• Independently manage a caseload of complex, multi-need neurodiverse clients.
• Manage client crises with brief risk and needs assessments and connect clients to treatment or crisis resources.
• Respond to in-the-moment callers seeking crisis support with brief, evidence-based coping skills.
• Use Lyra's matching software and other methods to identify and connect clients to treatment options.
• Coordinate care and communicate with clients' health plans, billing team, and clinical and support teams.
• Provide feedback to leadership for continuous program improvement.

Required qualifications

• Master's degree
• Board Certified Behavior Analyst; BCBA certification and/or independent licensure is required
• Significant experience managing neurodiversity-related clinical situations
• Experience providing training and/or education on behavior and neurodiversity topics to caregivers and/or clients
• Deep understanding of the neurodiversity care navigation landscape at national, state and regional levels, for children and adults
• Comfort in environments with constantly evolving responsibilities
• Passion for connecting individuals with client-centered care and ability to provide short-term support via phone, videoconferencing and email
• Full-time resident of the United States

Nice to have

• Experience providing case management expertise
• Bilingual, Spanish-speaking

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurance)
• Access to Lyra for Lyrians coaching and therapy for you and your dependents
• 4 weeks vacation, sick days and company holidays
• Paid Parental Bonding Leave
• 401K with up to 3% matching
• Employee Well-Being Program with fertility and family building, maternity program, employer discount marketplace, pet insurance and financial planning tools
• Free live and recorded CE-approved webinars
• Malpractice liability insurance policy
• Licensure renewal reimbursement for up to 5 state licenses
• Opportunity for cross-licensure sponsorship and support, if eligible
• A new Chromebook and a monthly technology stipend
• A caseload of motivated clients matched with your expertise

Before you apply

• Must be a full-time resident of the United States
• BCBA certification and/or independent licensure is required
• Lyra is unable to provide supervised hours toward licensure

About the company

Lyra Clinical Associates partners with Lyra Health, a provider of evidence-based mental health care. You will be employed by Lyra Clinical Associates P.C.