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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 17 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
- →This Senior Social Worker position is located in the Mental Health Service Line, Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH-RRTP) as a mental health provider with expertise in the treatment of substance use disorders and mental health conditions.
- →This position reports administratively and clinically to the Chief of MH-RRTP/SUDP, NWI Health Care System.
- →The incumbent plays an active role on MH-RRTP team which meets daily to review and discuss clinical and administrative issues within the residential program.
- →The health care and psychosocial needs of this population are highly complex and require a significant degree of independence, case management, clinical oversight, and creative problem solving.
- →The incumbent is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns in close collaboration with the Chief of MH-RRTP.
- →The incumbent closely collaborates with the MH-RRTP staff, including mental health clinical nurses and advanced practice registered nurses, nursing managers, social workers, licensed professional counselors, pharmacists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and medical support assistants to coordinate patient care.
- →The incumbent is the point of contact for MH-RRTP admission screening and coordination.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: Provides services to Veterans with substance use and other mental health conditions needing specialized services, through the provision of psychotherapy using the most appropriate evidence-based modalities.
- →Exercises mature and professional judgment and flexible use of a wide range of clinical skills, and actively participates in program planning in the identification of program needs and utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes.
- →The incumbent directly contributes to stronger treatment engagement and improved Veteran experience.
- →Facilitates Veterans' timely referral to specialty mental health or substance abuse treatment as appropriate.
- →Improves coordination across all phases of care to enhance outcomes in MH-RRTP by ensuring timely communication among disciplines, reducing delays from screening to admission, supporting solid discharge planning, and ensuring seamless transitions throughout the care continuum.
- →The incumbent is the point of contact for MH-RRTP admission consults and participate all necessary local and VISN-level meetings to perform admission consultation tasks in a timely and efficient manner.
- →Provides clinical and administrative duties in support of MH-RRTP service including: Scheduling of Veterans and related issues Assisting with timely and efficient Veterans' admission and discharge Initiating and returning Veteran's phone calls Being responsible for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the medical center or healthcare system, 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.
- ✓IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 4987579a-9428-4e7f-8972-7afe93e1983b
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