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Social Worker - Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 43 days ago
About the Role
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What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Outpatient Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team-based care provides Veteran-centered, recovery-oriented, and evidence-based care.
- →The incumbent in this position functions as a Social Worker / Mental Health Therapist for Veterans on a BHIP team and is responsible for coordination and continuity of care for Veterans receiving services throughout the Mental Health Service (MHS).
- →Veterans treated in Social and Behavioral Health come primarily from the Anchorage catchment area.
- →Their health care and psychosocial problems and needs are complex and require clinical oversight and creative problem solving.
- →Interviews Clients and Conducts Psychosocial Assessments & Makes Psychosocial Diagnoses Interviews veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the veteran's functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment.
- →Reviews all data, subjective and objective, and makes a clinical assessment identifying needs and strengths.
- →Evaluates the client's situation, including the veteran's reaction and ability to cope with his/her life stressors and arrives at a reasoned conclusion.
- →Assesses at-risk factors and develops a preliminary disposition plan involving the veteran and family or significant others.
- →Plans Effective Treatment & Implements Treatment Develops psychosocial treatment plans in coordination with interdisciplinary team members, including goals for psychosocial clinical treatment.
- →Provides consultation and recommendations to interdisciplinary team on course of treatment.
- →Coordinates screening of patients for provision of evidence-based therapies, referral to mental health programs, and can incorporate different strategies to address ongoing care for presenting mental health needs.
- →Determines the appropriate action in collaboration with supervisor, even in instances where actions can have serious impact on the life of the veteran.
- →Adjusts the psychosocial treatment plan and interventions based on changing needs and response to interventions.
- →Provides clinical services to veterans and family members/significant others in support of the veteran's treatment.
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 dentification 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
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