Senior Social Worker

3 months ago

Augusta, United States Department Of Veterans Affairs Full time
Summary

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT for Social Worker positions at the VA Augusta Health Care System, Augusta, GA. This announcement will be posted until September 30, 2024 and can be taken down at anytime. Selections will be made as positions become available.



Duties

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

The Augusta VA Health Care System is seeking highly qualified applicants for our Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team in the outpatient mental health clinic at our Uptown Division in Augusta, GA. The incoming clinician will function as a part of an interdisciplinary outpatient mental health team, diagnose and treat mental disorders, and provide consultation to other providers regarding mental disorders. Primarily responsibilities include service delivery for Veterans with a wide range of psychopathology receiving care within the mental health clinic, including services for patients with complex mental health problems. The clinician will coordinate with providers of various disciplines for completion of intakes and treatment plans with patients. Ideal applicants should be have expertise in delivering evidence-based psychotherapy and assessment, which may include individual, family, and group psychotherapy and psychoeducation. Experience providing tele-mental health services is desired. Interest and/or experience in process improvement is highly valued on all our teams.

Provides a full range of advanced practice psychological assessment services and diagnose mental disorders, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients.

FUNCTIONS:
Independently provides clinical psychosocial and case management services at an advanced practice level for Veterans, in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, who tend to have frequent and severe crises, lack family or an adequate community support network, are poor at self-monitoring, frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, or have significant deficits in coping skills.

Provides supportive counseling and appropriate case management services to reduce the Veteran's stress throughout all phases of treatment. Incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.

Specific tasks may include:
A. Interviews Clients and Conducts Psychosocial Assessments

  • Interviews Veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the Veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the Veteran's functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment. Interprets and explains VA's treatment and benefit programs.
  • Reviews all data, subjective and objective, and makes a clinical assessment identifying needs and strengths.
B. Diagnoses Psychiatric Conditions
  • Provides supportive counseling, develops collaborative mental health treatment plans, and provides appropriate case management services to reduce the Veteran's stress throughout all phases of treatment.
C. Plans Effective Treatment
  • Develops psychosocial treatment plans in coordination with interdisciplinary team members, including goals for psychosocial clinical treatment. Using known available resources and the initial assessment of the Veteran's likelihood to accept differing types of assistance, make initial and continuing decisions regarding use of VA and non-VA services and referrals. Arrives at a reasoned conclusion as to the preferred course of agency action. Provides independent consultation and makes recommendations to interdisciplinary team on course of treatment.
D. Implements Treatment
Provides clinical services to Veterans and family members/significant others in support of the Veteran's treatment. Gives guidance, emotional support, and other assistance. Provides individual and group counseling services, including psychotherapy in some settings. Assists and encourages Veterans and significant others in facing problems, thinking them through, evaluating the situation realistically, considering alternative courses of action, and arriving at plans for using resources to resolve problems.

E. Evaluation, Education, Supervision, Coaching, and Mentoring
Establishes a continuing relationship with the Veteran, evaluating progress towards goals and adjusting the treatment plan as appropriate. Meets with Veteran to assess accomplishments and re-establish goals. Monitors Veteran's progress, maintains comprehensive documentation, ensures expert diagnosis and treatment of clinical disorders, and shows competent discretion in decision to adjust treatment. Makes recommendations for care and changes to interdisciplinary treatment plan.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm, (subject to change based on agency need; alternate work schedules available for qualified candidates).
Telework: Available for qualified staff.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized for qualified candidates.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.

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