A practice document · Michigan edition · the role · the licensure path · sources checked August 2026
The Career Path Guide
A salaried role few people hear about in graduate school: care-manager work on a medical team, following patients between visits, tracking whether treatment is helping, and coordinating with a psychiatric specialist. The Guide describes what the role is, what it is not, and what remains unresolved about how it relates to licensure.
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Written from the primary sources and the Behavioral Health Workforce Observatory’s records.
Inside
The role
what the work actually involves, day to day
The licensure path
degree, limited license, supervised experience
Supervision
who can supervise, how to find one, what it costs
Finding the work
where these roles sit, and what to ask an employer
The work itself
follow-up, brief interventions, measurement, coordination
The open hours question
whether this work counts toward supervised experience
Source notes
where each requirement comes from, and when it was checked
Related research · The trainee study
What happens in the distance between the degree and the full license?
The Observatory is asking the people living through it about work, pay, supervision, placement, and how long the path is actually taking.
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