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Social Worker - Program Coordinator - Local Recovery Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The Cincinnati VA Medical Center (CVAMC) is a two-division campus located in Cincinnati, OH and Fort Thomas, KY serving 15 counties in Southwest OH, Northern Kentucky, and Southeast Indiana with 6 Community Based Outpatient Clinics located in Bellevue, KY; Florence, KY; Lawrenceburg, IN; Hamilton, OH; Clermont County, OH, and Georgetown, OH. The CVAMC also supports two off main campus locations in the Cincinnati area via an Eye Center and Mental Health Outreach Community Division.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU The Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC) is located in the Mental Health Care Line and serves to assist in implementation of policies and procedures from the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC).
- →The LRC will also facilitate implementation of recovery-oriented services in Mental Health programs, which includes education of providers and veterans and their families on recovery and evaluation of implementation efforts.
- →Duties and responsibilities included but not limited to: Training and consulting with facility leadership, staff, veterans/family, and community regarding recovery-oriented services and the transformation of VHA mental health services.
- →Facilitates the integration of recovery-oriented services across all mental health programs in VA Medical Centers and Community Based Outpatient Clinics to help ensure that Veterans have access to services (e.g., peer support, family services, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Centers, skills training and therapeutic and supported employment programs).
- →Assists with the implementation of policies and procedures related to mental health recovery and psychosocial rehabilitation.
- →Collaborates through the LRC Community of Practice to share innovative and best practices across facilities, to assist with new or changing initiatives, directives, priorities, and metrics.
- →Collaborates with the VA medical facility Inpatient Mental Health Program Manager, develops a local Standard Operating Procedure addressing the education, staff training and implementation of recovery-oriented care on the inpatient mental health unit.
- →Supports periodic climate assessments and observations of staff interactions with Veterans in the milieu.
- →Reviews policies, procedures, staff trainings, Veteran treatment materials, and other components of Inpatient Mental Health Services at least annually.
- →Collaborates with the local mental health executive committee in the development and implementation of a multi-year local plan to bring about a recovery-oriented continuum of mental health care in which there are strong partnerships between VHA MH leaders, clinicians, veterans, and family members.
- →Consults with MH Chief or program directors on filling peer specialist positions and serves as a consultant to peer support specialists.
- →Assists with VA regional or local recovery-oriented trainings, meetings, conferences, community outreach events, including the annual Cincinnati VA Mental Health Summit.
- →Serves as a MH Liaison to the facility Veteran Mental Health Council and supports inclusion of Veterans voice in leadership decisions related to mental health care.
- →Provides an annual report on implementation progress to the VISN RC and the NRC; other reports will also be prepared as requested.
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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