USAJOBS · 3 months ago
Senior Social Worker/Psychotherapist (SUDTP)
Tucson, Arizona, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$98K/yr - $128K/yr
2+ years expUSAJOBS is seeking a Senior Social Worker/Psychotherapist to join the Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program (SUDTP) at the Tucson VA Medical Center. The role focuses on providing mental health care for addiction treatment, managing PTSD and SUD, staffing cases, and educating on substance use disorders and co-occurring PTSD.
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No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
The incumbent must possess the knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities, identify level of functioning, degree of impairment in occupational, social, academic, interpersonal and family
Perform mental status exams (MSE)
Identify psychiatric manifestations of various medical conditions
Possess knowledge of the criteria and state laws for legal commitment and involuntary hospitalizations
Ability to assess and intervene with patients of suspected abuse
The incumbent is able to independently provide substance use and mental health focused psychosocial interventions outlined in the VA/DoD Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Substance Use Disorders and Mental Health
The incumbent independently completes thorough biopsychosocial assessments to determine the substance use and mental health diagnoses, psychosocial functioning, and associated needs of the Veteran and/or their family. The social worker utilizes this assessment to develop and implement a comprehensive treatment plan in Mental Health Suites to address assessed needs including community integration. The incumbent follows the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Adult Patient Placement Criteria for the Treatment of Psychoactive Substance Use Disorders to assess and assigning a level of care and setting for treatment
The incumbent is able to independently provide trauma informed therapies such as CPT, PE, or EMDR as well substance based therapies such as CBT-SUD
Possesses working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures in working with diverse populations and circumstances. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, psychiatric, medical and social problems, common medications and their effects/side effects and medical terminology
Social work coordination with members of the treatment team is required, to ensure a collaborative effort to meet the treatment goals for a Veteran
Monitors high-risk patients on their team
Collaborates with the Suicide prevention team and the Local Recovery Coordinator and will be well versed in suicide prevention SOPs
Performs advanced level management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with poly-trauma injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, addictions, and serious mental illness
Facilitates completion of advance directives and psychiatric advance directives with Veterans and their families
Provides for Documentation per the SAVAHCS policies
Documents staff interventions and activities in patients' clinical record {CPRS) and ensures appropriate hand off using SBAR when transferring patients care
Documents all contacts with patients/families in the medical charts per policy
Completes all clinical reminders per policy
Completes consults management per policy
Completes statistical and other reports in accordance with the SAVAHCS and respective professional discipline service policies
Collaborates with community agencies to strive for developing more effective and efficient ways of delivering healthcare services for Veterans
Supports the mission, policies, and procedures of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and the Southern VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS)
Willing to modify their tour of duty to accommodate patient care needs on evenings and weekends
The incumbent must function independently in (four) 4 or more of the following supervisory assigned social work activities: a) Provide clinical supervision to social workers working toward their advanced level licensure (LCSW or equivalent); b. act as a social work clinical supervisor to social work interns; c. provide coverage and serve as back-up to SUDTP case managers and/or care coordinators when relevant; d. assist in mental health consult review and management; e. Provide training and consultation to other staff on evidence-based psychotherapies; (Additional Social Work duties of this complexity may be added or removed as workload dictates)
Qualification
Required
United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English
Master's degree in Social Work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the school of social work is fully accredited. Note: A doctoral degree in Social Work may NOT be substituted for the master's degree in Social Work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work
Licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure
At least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level
Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty 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
Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice
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
Preferred
Experience providing harm-reduction-based psychotherapy using evidence-based practice protocols
Experience providing psychotherapy for dual-diagnosis adults to include PTSD, depression, and anxiety
Experience working with the Veteran and/or military population
Benefits
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
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