Description du poste
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
The PRRC Marriage and Family Therapist will work with the interdisciplinary team and provide evaluation/consultation, psychosocial assessments, and referrals to various community agencies and hospital services to patients enrolled in the PRRC. The PRRC Marriage and Family Therapist will meet with participants to assist them in identifying and developing their goals. Duties include, but not limited to: Reviews all data, subjective and objective, to make a clinical assessment of the Veteran, their family, economic, community, and psychosocial support systems. Clinical interview skills will be used to gather and document data that analyze and interpret relevant strengths and needs directly related to patient health, care planning, treatment, education, internal/external support and case management needs in order to identify viable treatment options and support the Veterans' discharge planning goals. Based on the psychosocial assessment, uses professional judgment and independent practice skills to make a psychosocial diagnosis. Assesses at-risk factors and develops a preliminary disposition plan involving the Veteran. Performs insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness and substance use. Makes professional decisions and recommendations for treatment. Treatment is aimed at helping Veterans find practical solutions to their psychosocial problems which may include substance use, psychiatric diagnosis, or other various concerns. Assessments will reflect a skillful and comprehensive view of the Veteran's current state of functioning and support, as well as high risk factors, acuity, and need for services. This includes Suicide Risk Assessment as appropriate. The Marriage and Family Therapist is experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans. The Marriage and Family Therapist is also skilled in communication techniques to de-escalate or bring comfort to Veterans in crisis. Marriage and Family Therapist will have knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side effects; and medical terminology. Consults with other specialists in planning treatment for Veterans and with co-morbidities, and those who may be treated in other specialized programs. Provides psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds. This requires knowledge of human development and behavior (physical and psychological), and the differential influences of the environment, society, and culture. Actively participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team which includes working with the Veteran/family in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team members to develop and implement a recovery plan. This also includes participation in interventions with the team as needed. The Marriage and Family Therapist provides consultation to VA staff regarding the psychosocial needs of the Veterans and the impact of their problems on their health and adherence to their recovery plan. Demonstrates acceptance, interest, encouragement, and selective use of questioning, explanation, and guidance in working with veterans to help them explore their problems. Employ systemic therapy methods and techniques to maintain a therapeutic relations
À propos de Veterans Health Administration
The VA Orlando Healthcare System provides you with outstanding health care, trains America's future health care providers, and conducts important medical research. We provide you with health care services at 12 locations serving east central Florida. Facilities include our Orlando VA Medical Center and 11 community-based outpatient clinics in Clermont, Daytona Beach, Deltona, Kissimmee, Orlando, Palm Bay, Port Orange, Tavares, Viera, and Winter Park. We also have a mobile care unit that is based at our Winter Park VA Clinic for Veterans who are unable to visit our hospital or outpatient clinics. To learn more about the services each location offers, visit the VA Orlando health services page. The VA Orlando Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Sunshine Health Care Network. We're an innovative care center within Health Service Area (HSA) 2.3. At Orlando VA Medical Center, we conduct research to discover knowledge, develop VA scientists an