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Senior Social Worker Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
The Senior Social Worker's primary assignment will be at the Santa Rosa Community Based Outpatient Clinic, Mental Health Clinic which serves veterans with mental health problems, emphasizing combat and sexual assault-related posttraumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, anger management, late life depression, chronic mental illness, psychiatric illness co-occurring with medical illnesses, traumatic brain injury, and mental health problems associated with homelessness.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Senior Social Worker at this level may diagnose mental disorders, treat mental disorders through a variety of modalities, and provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders.
- →Among the modalities provided are individual, family, and group psychotherapies and other interventions such as behavioral health and community interventions.
- →The incumbent may consult with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues.
- →The Senior Social Worker may be involved in program evaluation, teaching, training, and research activities.
- →The incumbent understands and applies professional psychological treatments to the full range of patient populations; provides professional advice and consultation in areas related to professional psychology and behavioral health; and maintains knowledge of clinical research literature.
- →The incumbent does not administratively supervise staff or write performance appraisals.
- →The incumbent may provide supervision of trainees.
- →Duties: Diagnoses mental disorders Treats mental disorders through a variety of evidence based psychotherapies, and provide adjunctive interventions for treatment of medical disorders Consults with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues.
- →Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assist in their formulation of the psychological characteristics and appropriate treatment expectations regarding their patients.
- →May participate in mental health research or program development endeavors at CBOC.
- →May participate in the establishment of program monitors and outcome measurements using a data-driven quality assurance processes.
- →May present outcome data and research results at VA and regional and national scientific or professional meetings.
- →May hold a faculty appointment at University of California, San Francisco Provides clinical supervision to fellow social workers and social work interns.
- →Is involved in the training of medical students, medical and psychiatric residents, nursing students, fellows and other graduate or post-graduate trainees, as appropriate.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7e6ea1cd-6377-4c19-9767-9424f6dba3de
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