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Social Worker (Program Coordinator)- Suicide Prevention
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The incumbent functions as the Social Worker (Program Coordinator) Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) under the direct leadership of the clinical coordinator. This position will serve Central Iowa Healthcare System in the CBOC along with the main medical center with the physical office in the Des Moines office. This position will provide local oversight for an interdisciplinary team of clinicians focused on decreasing suicide for the veterans treated at the VA CIHCS.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU FUNCTIONS The Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) functions as a coordinator of care for veterans at high risk for suicide.
- →Identifies and tracks high-risk patients and monitors treatment to ensure that needed services are received.
- →Completes consults from the Veteran's Crisis Line by arranging follow-up mental health assessments, treatment, health and safety checks in the home, and if needed follow-up hospitalization and/or outpatient care.
- →Plays an active role in the (Root Cause Analysis) (RCA) Suicide Team by performing individual case reviews, assisting with preparation of yearly aggregate summaries, and facilitating the implementation of system improvement and policies/ procedural changes recommended by the RCA team.
- →Utilizing specialized suicide prevention knowledge in multidisciplinary teams are required.
- →Provides training to clinical and non-clinical staff in the Medical Center, CBOC's and community about risk factors, warning signs, treatment options and resources for patients identified to be at risk for suicide.
- →Establishes an on-going Gatekeeper Training program with non-clinical frontline staff to assure that staff is alert to patients who are at risk for suicide and are aware of options for patients whom they may encounter in crisis situations.
- →Ability to organize work such as on-going Gatekeeper Training program with non-clinical frontline staff to assure that staff is alert to patients who are at risk for suicide and are aware of options for patients whom they may encounter in crisis situations.
- →Provide orientation, consultation and guidance within the facility promoting the use of specialized practice of suicide prevention.
- →Promotes the use of evidence-based interventions and strategies for suicide prevention in the medical center.
- →Evaluates program effectiveness through aggregation of data.
- →Collects feedback and creates program improvement based on Veteran need and resources.
- →Develops and distribute outreach materials to include brochures, fact sheets, web content, and other targeted information which highlights suicide prevention, warning signs and risk factors.
- →Develops and implements ongoing plans for providers, veterans, families and members of the community on risk factors and warning signs for suicide and treatment options.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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
Job ID: 46e4b39a-981f-4e53-8d12-4ca1d6ae4df6
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