Pcmhi Social Worker Lpmhc Primary Care Mental Health Integration

We're Looking for a skilled Pcmhi Social Worker Lpmhc Primary Care Mental Health Integration in the Veterans Health Administration based in Canandaigua, New York. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Noncitizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Social Worker (1) Experience and Education: In addition to the education requirement one year of experience equivalent to the GS9 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Candidate may have certification or other postmasters degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience. (2) Licensure/Certification: Individuals assigned as program coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level and must be able to provide clinical supervision. (3) Demonstrated Knowledge Skills and Abilities: In addition to the experience above candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (a) Knowledge of community resources how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services and ability to coordinate services. (b) Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socioeconomic cultural ethnic educational and other diversified backgrounds (c) Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses disabilities and treatment procedures (i.e. acute chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries common medications and their effects/side effects and medical terminology) to formulate a treatment plan. (d) Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals families groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric medical and social problems to achieve treatment g (e) Ability to provide consultation services to new social workers social work graduate students and others about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment. Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (1) Experience Education and Licensure: In addition to the basic requirements candidates must have at least one year of postmasters or post doctoral degree mental health counseling experience (VA or nonVA experience) and must be licensed to practice at the independent practice level and demonstrate the KSAs below. LPMHCs may provide clinical supervision over the clinical practice of an unlicensed LPMHC or LPMHC trainee. Some state licenses do not license an individual to provide clinical supervision to trainees or unlicensed LPMHCs. Please refer to specific state licensing laws regarding the requirements for providing clinical supervision. (2) Licensure/Certification: Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS0101 series in VHA must hold a full current and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor which includes diagnosis and treatment. (3) Demonstrated Knowledge Skills and Abilities: In addition to the experience above candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Ability to make professional evaluations decisions and recommendation for treatment planning and implementation. Advanced knowledge and mastery of the fundamentals of the counseling process which includes defining patient/family problems and maintaining an effective counseling relationship. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and trainees on the counseling process within various specialty areas build on the foundation of competence through regular meetings and discussions to explain assignments review progress of cases and confer about the counseling perspectives and orientation. Ability to provide complex crisis intervention and stabilization to patients who are in psychological distress. Requires independent judgment and skill. Ability to establish goals/treatment through a collaborative process with the patient utilizing advanced counseling skills including evidenced based practices screening and psychosocial assessment. Ability to use a wide variety of individual group or familial counseling interventions demonstrates sensitivity to diversity and possesses multicultural counseling skills. Ability to fully utilize the current DSM in making diagnoses and formulation of treatment goals and application of appropriate clinical intervention using professional counseling practices. Ability to develop and facilitate psychotherapy and psychoeducation groups that include life skills family support and community integration. This may include evidencebased psychotherapy. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: This position may be filled at the GS11 Grade level as a Social Worker or Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor The full performance level of this vacancy is GS11. .

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.