Senior Social Worker - PCMHI EDRP Approved

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. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Primary Purpose of the Position is: Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) is a term Veterans Affairs uses to describe a set of mental and behavioral health care services that are provided to Veterans in collaboration with primary care providers. These services are fully integrated into the primary care setting and support treatment of both mental health conditions and behavioral aspects of chronic medical conditions. PCMHI groups seamlessly combine evidence-based care management and co-located collaborative care components.The Senior Social Worker supports PCMHI Program by providing brief, 20 to 30 minutes sessions, normally three to six sessions, providing intensive case management, psychotherapy engagement to ensure continuity of care. The Senior Social Worker provides case management and psychotherapy interventions to promote sustained mental health stabilization. The Senior Social Worker is an expert at the community mental health resources and available to assist all staff and Veterans who are receiving care from the medical and mental health Team by linking them to supportive resources found within Veterans Affairs and the community at large. Duties may include but are not limited to: The incumbent performs specialized treatment of physical or mental illness as it relates to mental health illness, severe mental health illness and comorbid substance use disorders. Incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved scope of practice. The incumbent expands clinical knowledge in the profession, demonstrating innovation in the creation of new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention to identify and address specialized clinical needs of mental health, severe mental health, substance use disorders and comorbid diagnoses. Ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the specialty population or specialty treatment program. The incumbent develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services, utilizing outcome evaluations and use of evidence-based treatment modalities that are effective with Veterans who demonstrate signs of mental health illness, comorbid and substance use disorders along with medically and psychiatrically conditions. The incumbent also provides specialized assessments, and treatment planning, as well as mental health, substance use disorders and comorbid consultation, to other team members to provide interventions and strategies for engagement for clients. The incumbent independently conducts comprehensive assessments and develops treatment plans in collaboration with Veteran, family, and interdisciplinary treatment team. The incumbent will monitor e-consults, complete assessments, and make recommendations to the Mental Health Division Outpatient Teams in addition to provide direct clinical care to Veterans demonstrating mental health illness, substance use disorder and comorbid concerns. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact vhaedrpprogramsupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authori

Salaire : $125,621 – $163,311/Per Year | Avantages : http://www.vacareers.va.gov/why-choose-va/benefits/index.asp

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS) is the second busiest VA system in the nation and we are growing! Comprised of the Dallas VA Medical Center, Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center in Bonham, Fort Worth Outpatient Clinic and Tyler VA Primary Care Clinic, VANTHCS is an integrated health care system with approximately 4,000 employees and over 1,600 volunteers and clinical trainees. VANTHCS also coordinates a Community Based Outpatient Clinic program throughout its 40-county primary service area to improve access to care for veterans throughout 38 North Texas and 2 in southern Oklahoma. Through these four distinctive facilities and relationships with