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Social Worker (Program Coordinator) - Marriage and Family Clinical Program
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 54 days ago
On-site Columbia, MO $98K – $127K Apply by Sep 30, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP OperationsHealthcare
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This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →Uses advanced clinical training to select, utilize, and interpret appropriate outcome measures.
- →Integrates all subjective and objective data into a comprehensive assessment that informs treatment planning.
- →Makes independent clinical diagnoses, decisions, and recommendations for agency action.
- →Due to the complex nature of Veterans' diagnoses, the consequences of these decisions may be serious and results unpredictable.
- →Develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders.
- →Coordinates assessment and screening of patients for specific mental health programs, including PTSD Clinical Team, Addictions Treatment Programming, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC), and Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (PRRTP), and provides referrals to internal and external therapeutic resources, as clinically indicated.
- →Routinely utilizes Measurement Based Care, per VA initiative, with Veterans to inform treatment planning and track therapeutic outcomes.
- →Coordinates the Marriage and Family Clinical Program with other services offered in the treatment program assuring such services are complementary and comprehensive.
- →Directs activities to maximize effectiveness, efficiency, and continuity of care for Veterans.
- →Conducts staff development trainings for other providers to improve availability and access to competent Marriage and Family services.
- →Serves as a mentor to other Social Workers, particularly those at the entry level.
- →Provides clinical supervision for unlicensed Social Workers and for Social Work associates.
- →Is viewed by Social Workers and interdisciplinary team members as a senior clinician with advanced practice skills and expertise.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00-4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
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
Job ID: 1241137b-9a04-4b77-a772-53885a275dc6
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