Senior Social Worker

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Duties for Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder/Substance Use Disorder (MHRRTP PTSD/SUD) Team Specialist.

Provides consultative services to other clinical and administrative staff, and to VA programs, focused on any aspect of the Veteran's Care.

Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions including individual therapy, group therapy, and psychoeducation classes.

Develops person-centered, culturally sensitive treatment plans to address mental health needs of patients and ensures care provided is of the highest quality with little oversite/supervision required.

Conducts evaluations to aid in the differential diagnosis of complex cases.

Complies with national and local performance measures, including timely health care screening and completion of clinical reminders for all patients. Provides supportive consultation in the development and utilization of Medical Center and community resources.

Consults with providers on behavioral or treatment concerns related to Veteran treatment while on the MHRRTP. Acts as subject matter expert with substantial responsibility, consulting with providers of high-risk complex patients.

Provides training to clinical and non-clinical staff in the Medical Center, Community Based Outpatient Clinics resources.

Provides crisis intervention, when indicated, including timely evaluation, assessment, and triage of at-risk Veterans in crisis to identify immediate needs, evaluate risk, and initiate safety plan as appropriate.

Serves on Interdisciplinary Treatment Team(s).

Facilitates liaisons with other service lines and medical center programs in order to effectively coordinate services.

Supports team education and compliance with national and local performance measures, including timely completion of Clinical Reminders as well as utilization of Measurement Based Care.

Attends and participates in administrative and informational meetings held by the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS), MHSL and any other mandatory meetings regularly.

Supports and assists supervisors in strategic planning related to creation of clinic profiles, provision of groups programming, and utilization of tele-mental health.

Expands clinical expertise in the psychology profession in order to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to MHRRTP service delivery. Supports the provision and implementation of clinical supervision and training to provisionally licensed Social Workers, social work interns, fellows, and students. This is done in close coordination with direct supervisors, discipline executives, and training directors.

Is a member of the MHRRTP Consult Review Team to support triage of consults and coordination with other VISN RRTP's to ensure safe/timely admissions.

Provides teaching and mentoring on selected mental health topics to community organizations or other allied VA services; provides direction, orientation, coaching, and staff development for the MHRRTP team.

Serves on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility, VISN, and/or National level as deemed appropriate by the supervisor.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Full-time. Mon-Fri; 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Compressed/Flexible: Compressed available for highly qualified candidates

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework: Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.