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Social Worker (Primary Care Mental Health Integration)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
This position is located within the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network, and Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center. It is aligned under the Primary Care Mental Health Integration Program and Behavioral Health Laboratory Hub, under the Mental Health/ Behavioral Sciences Service. Functions as part of patient aligned care teams, and delivers brief, consultation-based services to Veterans within the primary care service context.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Clinical Responsibilities Provides access to clinical assessment,care, and treatment for those experiencing mental health symptoms or behavioral health issues.
- →Provides interventions to support patients that are coping with health psychology presentations, psychosocial stressors, grief or phase of life difficulties, and mild-moderate mental health presentations.
- →Practices collaborative, stepped and measurement-based care, to address common mental health and behavioral health conditions.
- →Functions successfully as a member of a team of providers and provides consultation about mental health diagnoses and appropriate treatment plans.
- →Provides cognitive screenings to address specific functional and/or cognitive ability questions.
- →Provides education to patients, family members of patients, professional staff, and trainees.
- →Completes thorough risk assessments and follows mental health crisis procedures.
- →Maintains therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families.
- →Will be required to work with Veterans and their families who are experiencing a wide range of complicated, medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems.
- →Completes psychosocial assessments to determine the functioning and needs of Veterans and their families.
- →Participates as a member of the treatment team and participates in the development and implementation of a treatment plan that focuses on strengthening a Veterans ability to address acute and chronic problems.
- →Must provide individual and group therapy.
- →Possesses a working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures.
- →Facilitates continuity of care by collaborating and providing consultation with the treatment team to promote treatment and rehabilitation in discharge planning.
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 if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 93256114-d0ad-45ab-a290-5493b50dded0
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