The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Senior Social Worker to service the Outpatient Mental Health Division, Mental Health Care Line at the facility.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU The Senior Social Worker position is a clinical position with a primary assignment in the Outpatient Mental Health Division (OMHD) and may be located at the medical center or at a Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) or another location. This assignment mission dependent and includes primary responsibilities of management of mental health referrals from across the facility as well as provision of mental health intakes, diagnostic assessment, crisis management/triage and psychotherapy. The responsibility of the position will include the management, coordination, and provision of social work and supportive services to Veterans and/or their families, and other duties as assigned. The incumbent is a member of the BHIP team and is primarily referred for Outpatient Mental Health services without limitation as to difficulty or complexity. The incumbent will provide and document services according to IAW established treatment team meetings. The incumbent must demonstrate the following: Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in psychiatry treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Their experience and training qualify them to treat patients who may have multiple co-morbidities, suffer from broad variety of conditions, experience chronic, intense symptoms, may have minimal social supports. They will have training in two or more evidenced-based psychotherapy interventions developed to treat complex psychiatric conditions including but not limited to the following: Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causations to make differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. They also should have the ability to use the criteria outlined in the latest version of Diagnostic and Statistical Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) to conduct clinical assessment, case formulation and treatment planning. Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area. Ability to receive and track referral for their BHIP team within 24-hours to complete an initial chart review and suicide risk assessment and schedule and complete a comprehensive mental health assessment as mandated by VA policies. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 93555-A
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Ellen.Cole@va.gov (317) 988-4508
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