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Senior Social Worker- Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 50 days ago
About the Role
Senior Social Worker functions as a member of the Primary Care Mental Health Integration team within the Behavioral Health Service at VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System (VASNHS); they may be located at the VA Medical Center or at an outpatient primary care clinic. The PCMH team directly supports the behavioral health needs of the Patient Aligned Clinical Team(s) (PACT) within the Primary Care Service.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Veterans requiring mental health interventions come from a wide geographic area and present with simple to complex psychosocial and/or medical needs.
- →Behavioral health treatment interventions may be short term or long-term requiring a higher level of clinical oversight and problem solving.
- →Duties may include but are not limited to: Provide support to the BHIP team by evaluating Veterans presenting at the walk-in clinic, assisting in mental health emergencies.
- →Adheres to all current directives of Veterans Health Administration (VHA), meets with Joint commission and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities standards, state licensure.
- →May serve as a VVC point of contact for other disciplines within VASNHS, providing clinical services and case management-based services.
- →Conduct psychological assessments and diagnoses mental health disorders based on DSM-5 criteria Treat adjunctive interventions for treatment of mental health disorders Conducts initial and comprehensive psychosocial assessments of Veterans referred by the Primary Care Providers.
- →Makes clinical assessments, identifying needs and strengths Effectively uses professional skill, objectivity and insight.
- →Uses clinical training and experience to interpret data and identify viable treatment options.
- →Assesses high risk factors, acuity and need for services.
- →Based on comprehensive assessment, uses professional judgment and advanced practical skills to make a clinical diagnosis and prognosis Coordinates and provides mental health treatment for Veterans assigned to PACT; actively contributes and communicates with their PACT teams Provides short-term individual, family and group therapy services.
- →Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
- →Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Authorized AD HOC Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 00953F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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 examination.
- ✓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: 412aa0f5-90fa-4314-8a54-1a3374f92a19
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