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Social Worker (Program Coordinator) - Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program Care Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 59 days ago
On-site Jackson, MS $90K – $116K Apply by Jul 27, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP OperationsHealthcare
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The Social Worker-Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) will provide expert clinical and care coordination services to Veterans served by the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center's interdisciplinary Mental Health Outpatient and Access Clinic (MH-OPAC) in Jackson, MS. This position is responsible for providing treatment coordination and service delivery for Veterans who require a higher level of mental health specialty care than can be provided in the primary care setting.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Social Worker-Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Care Coordinator is an interprofessional that relies on the collective expertise of multiple disciplines to provide and/or coordinate care for Veterans who have severe and/or complex mental health needs.
- →The duties Social Worker-BHIP Care Coordinator may include, but are not limited to: Implements the Collaborative Chronic Care Model (CCM) to facilitate coordinated, proactive, population-based care.
- →Follows referral management procedures that focus on timely and person-centered care coordination, as well as continuity for Veterans.
- →Utilizes procedures to promote re-engagement, referral, or transition to other levels of care, as deemed appropriate based on their stability and recovery.
- →Collaborates with the other members of the treatment team in the provision of comprehensive health care services to Veterans, ensures equity of access, service, and benefits to this population, ensures the care provided is of the highest quality.
- →Completes needs assessments identifying the Veterans' needs, strengths, abilities and preferences.
- →Uses advanced clinical training, insight, and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options.
- →Assesses high risk factors, including suicidal and homicidal ideation, as well as acute needs for VHA or community-based services.
- →Provides crisis intervention, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary treatment team, for Veterans who are experiencing severe social or mental health crises.
- →Develops and updates intervention plans using required documentation.
- →Demonstrates a detailed knowledge of VHA programs and community services, to meet the needs of Veterans.
- →Completes all documentation in the electronic medical record within established timeframes.
- →Provides motivational enhancement activities to prepare Veterans to participate in clinically appropriate care.
- →Provides liaison services with other programs referring MH-OPAC Veterans to ensure engagement in MH services, access, continuity of care, and successful transition of Veterans from one program or level of care to another.
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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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