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Senior Social Worker - Primary Care Mental Health Integration
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 50 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional This position is a senior social worker appointment located within the Mental Health Service of the VA Western Colorado Health Care System (VA WCHCS).
- →The incumbent is assigned to the Mental Health Service line in General Mental Health.
- →The incumbent provides behavioral health services in individual, couples, and group modalities in accordance with the Uniform Mental Health Services Policy and Handbook (VA 1160.01), VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines for The Management of Substance Use Disorders, and VHA Handbook 1160.04 VHA Programs for Veterans with Substance Use Disorders.
- →The Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) senior social worker provides functional assessment, triage, brief intervention, education, and consultative services upon referral from primary care providers and allied Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) members.
- →The senior social worker uses population-based practice management strategies and maintains competences in the following core domains: Conducts brief, focused functional assessments (e.g., 30 minutes or less) to assess substance use concerns and triage/refer to specialty care as appropriate.
- →Applies principals of population-based care (defines role and identifies problems rapidly).
- →Uses brief measurement-based care assessments routinely (e.g., BAM-IOP, PHQ-9, PCL-5, AUDIT C etc.).
- →Bases initial consultation appointments on the PCMHI Functional Assessment model and develops recovery-oriented treatment goals based on functional outcomes.
- →Maintains daily same day access slots.
- →Regularly reviews schedule/grid and works to maintain next available "scheduled" appointment within two weeks.
- →Provides brief, time-limited, evidence based mental and behavioral health interventions (e.g., 1-6 sessions) in both individual and group therapy formats.
- →Incumbent will be based at the Montrose CBOC and will provide virtual appointments in the other CBOC's.
- →Academic/Teaching/Training: Provides clinical supervision to social work interns and unlicensed social workers.
- →Supports activities of training programs and participates in relevant educational seminars.
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
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