Intake Specialist (Full-Time)

Job description

About NOCD Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a stigmatized and mistreated chronic condition that affects over 8.25 million Americans and 181 million people globally. Often perceived as a personality quirk, this mental illness is far more severe than is currently understood. It’s ranked by the W.H.O as a top 10 most disabling condition, causes people to become 10x more likely to die by suicide when left untreated, and costs the healthcare systems tens of billions of dollars annually. Yet, despite its prevalence, severity, and costliness, OCD is treatable. People with the condition can get better by doing a specific type of therapy called Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), although specialists who deliver ERP historically have months-to-years-long waitlists and cost 3X more per session than generalist therapists. As a result, people with OCD today suffer for 14-17 years on average before getting effective care, leading to many preventable suicides and overdoses. Co-Founder and CEO Stephen Smith formally launched NOCD in January 2018 to end this crisis, inspired by his personal experience suffering with OCD and the challenges he faced navigating the behavioral health treatme...