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Social Worker - Inpatient Mental Health
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 58 days ago
About the Role
The Social Work Service Mental Health Care Line Inpatient Program (MH IP) is composed of two inpatient mental health units located at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC). The mission of MH IP is to provide effective and timely services that are respectful of and responsive to the needs of the veterans and reflect the mission and values of the medical center.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties of the Social Worker (MH IP) may include, but are not limited to: Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs.
- →Possesses the knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities, provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families and groups.
- →Conducts psychosocial assessments and makes psychosocial diagnoses based on assessment.
- →Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
- →Possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and measures outcomes to interventions.
- →Coordinates internal and community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
- →Identifies patients at high-risk for potential discharge problems.
- →Leads discharge planning in order to begin planning and resolving barriers to discharge before the discharge date.
- →Possesses working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures in order to facility patient and family education re: chronic conditions.
- →This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
- →Provides supportive psychotherapy, crisis intervention, family psychotherapy and formal individual evidence-based psychotherapy as part of the overall treatment plan decided by the team.
- →Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families.
- →Provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan.
- →Work Schedule: Sunday - Thursday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (subject to change based on the needs of the facility) Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
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.
Personality Fit
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