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Senior Social Worker (Mental Health)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
The Senior Social Worker functions as part of the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) interprofessional primary care teams, and delivers brief, consultation-based mental health services to Veterans, primary care providers, and allied team members. These positions provide support to the National Center for Warrior Independence at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles, California.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU This announcement will fill Senior Social Worker vacancies within the Mental Health - Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and the Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) Program located at the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles, California.
- →Duties may include but are not limited to: Mental Health - Assertive Community Treatment (ACT): Provides advanced-level intensive case management services to assigned Veterans consistent with the goals and methods of ACT and the VA Mental Health Initiative and with all relevant Medical Center policies and procedures.
- →Assist with collecting, evaluating, and monitoring Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) and Northeast Program Evaluation Center (NEPEC) Data.
- →Independently conducts advanced-level psychosocial assessments and psychosocial treatment to Veterans diagnosed with severe, persistent, and complex mental illness.
- →Social Worker ensures mobilization of environmental and organizational supports, including family members, professional, and other interested parties.
- →Participates in team staffing regarding patient selection, determination of treatment plans and goals, progress evaluation, discharge planning, and after care.
- →Works assertively and consistently with inpatient teams to assure continuity of care by providing consultation regarding clinical needs, treatment plans, and case management services for assigned patients.
- →Completes clinical documentation according to ACT, Medical Center, and Social Work standards; this includes but is not limited to progress notes, clinical assessments and progress reports, the Treatment Planning Review Form, and the Rehospitalization Review Form.
- →Works with other clinical programs and product lines that share in the care of assigned ACT patients, including but not limited to each product line and Rehabilitation Care Program.
- →Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PCMHI): Assigned to work with special patient populations who present highly complex mental health problems in primary care and provide direct clinical services in this integrated program.
- →Serves as a mentor to other Social Workers, particularly those at the entry level.
- →Provides clinical supervision for unlicensed Social Workers, Social Work Associates and/or MSW Advanced Practice Social Work Interns.
- →Develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty areas, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services.
- →Demonstrates knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses, substance use disorders, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 3e877c1f-64b9-4d38-aca5-f0f396ad6764
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