Chad Michael Fortner
Kansas City,MO
Summary
Dedicated and compassionate Behavioral Health provider with over 8 years of experience. I have extensive knowledge of mental health support methods and strategies. My experience includes teaching and maintaining daily living skills and family reinterrogation. I am particularly skilled in providing access to needed community resources I can understand peers needs and provide tailored solutions. I am articulate in both written and verbal communications. I am skilled at designing, developing, and delivering problem-based solutions. I can understand peers needs and provide tailored problem based solutions.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Sales Representative, Navy Reserve Prior Service Recruiter
United States Navy Reserve
Dallas Forth-Worth, TX
05.2025 - 10.2025
- Conducted through interviews, assessments, and background checks to evaluate candidate qualifications against Navy standards
- Provided comprehensive guidance to 13 prior service applicants on positionings processes and career prospects within the Navy
- Mentored and trained new recruiters on effective recruitment techniques and candidate relationship management, improving team performance
- Delivered engaging presentations and career counseling to diverse 11 civilians, promoting benefits and career openings
- Demonstrated strong leaderships by supervising and guiding 2 others, mirroring sales team mentorship development
- Offered professional answers and advise to curious applicants encouraging them to schedule a time and date for various
- Expertise in using various software to track leads and manage client data
- Setting and achieving sales quotas and other various targets
- Ability to handle rejection and setbacks which in turn allowed me to switch techniques to and place 4 prior service members into the Navy Reserves in a non-Navy concentrated area
Behavioral Technician
Behavioral Innovations LLC.
Kansas City, MO
09.2021 - 05.2025
- Collaborated with 17 clients, families, and teams to support development growth
- Applied reinforcement strategies and behavior modification techniques to reduce challenging behavior
- Managed crisis situations and implemented de-escalation strategies effectively
- Communicated empathy and compassion to clients and their families
- Fostered positive client outcomes and increased independence through consistent support
- Implemented individualized behavior intervention plans and skill acquisition programs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Utilized therapies such as Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma-Informed Care principles
- Collaborated with BCBA’s, caregivers, and families to develop and update comprehensive, evidence-based treatment plans
- Managed crisis situations and provided immediate support
- Facilitated 13 parent training sessions to support consistent behavior management strategies in the home environment
- Conducted and evaluated mental health needs while collecting and analyzing behavioral data
Navy Recruiter
United States Navy
St. Louis, MO
09.2018 - 09.2021
- Presented formal and informal skills at civic and service organizations and student bodies
- Coordinated marketing, prospecting, interviewing, processing
- Bolstered recruitment efforts by 30 percent using competitive strategies, market analyzes, and effective communication
- Personally responsible for the enlistment of 30 highly qualified candidates into the United States Navy, and overseeing their orientation and training for entry to Naval Basis Training
- Provided high level of professional courtesy, tailored to the individual clients’ needs and circumstances to build a positive rapport for implementing or creating future relations
- Resolved customer questions, issues and complaints to ensure customer satisfactions
Community Support Specialist, Behavioral Health-Children’s Division
Swope Health Services
Kansas City, MO
10.2015 - 09.2018
- Managed a caseload of 21 clients and their families
- Assessing and monitoring an individual’s adjustment to community living
- Monitoring the individuals’ participation and progress in organized treatment programs to assure the planned provision of service according to individuals treatment plan
- Participating in the development or revision of a Person Centered Individual Treatment Plan
- Intervened during times of crisis or emergency, provided counseling and access to outside services
- Interceding on behalf of individuals within the community-at-large to assist the person in achieving and maintaining their community adjustment
- Assisted in everyday activities of individuals to ensure self-awareness as well as awareness of their surroundings
- Documented digression and progression through notes
- Accompanied clients to medical appointments, serving as a liaison and client-advocate
- Educated clients and family members regarding diagnosis, medication, and treatment plan
- Completed documentation that is required for successful reimbursement of services and maintains clinical documentation that meets Health Center and payer requirements
- Providing support to families in areas such as treatment planning, dissemination of information, linking to services and parent guidance
Training Manager
Naval Operational Support Center
Kansas City, MO
10.2008 - 09.2018
- Trained 13 individuals on a monthly basis on health care, mental wellbeing, and public/home safety
- Conducted over 70 training evolutions
- Delivered and evaluated 6 training programs at a high level of participant satisfaction, utilizing varied teaching methods to accommodate diverse learning styles
Youth Specialist II
Division of Youth Services, Missouri Department of Social Services
Kansas City, MO
05.2015 - 10.2015
- Assisted in implementing treatment plans and developed constructive relations
- Monitored teens’ behavioral issues caused by traumas
- Worked collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team to develop and implement plans for youth
- Provided intensive supervision and direction to emotionally and behaviorally challenged youth
- Supervised up to 15 youth
- Wrote articulate progress notes at the end of each week; treatment, their interactions with other youth, digression and progression through treatment plans
- Supervises morning routines on the unit; provides guidance during evolutions in the living area and class room, and group meetings
Education
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
University of Central Missouri
Skills
- Empathy
- Communication skills
- Ethical Integrity
- Critical Thinking
- Self-Awareness
- Data Collection and Analysis
- Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) Devlopment
- Crisis Management
Timeline
Sales Representative, Navy Reserve Prior Service Recruiter
United States Navy Reserve
05.2025 - 10.2025
Behavioral Technician
Behavioral Innovations LLC.
09.2021 - 05.2025
Navy Recruiter
United States Navy
09.2018 - 09.2021
Community Support Specialist, Behavioral Health-Children’s Division
Swope Health Services
10.2015 - 09.2018
Youth Specialist II
Division of Youth Services, Missouri Department of Social Services
05.2015 - 10.2015
Training Manager
Naval Operational Support Center
10.2008 - 09.2018
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
University of Central Missouri