Social Worker- Substance Use Disorder Clinic (EDRP)

About the role

Make a difference in the lives of Veterans as a Clinical Social Worker on the Substance Use Disorder Clinical (SUD-C) Team at Battle Creek VA Medical Center. As a key member of a multidisciplinary team, you'll provide compassionate - recovery-focused care to Veterans and their families - helping them overcome substance use and mental health challenges. VA Careers - Social Work video

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive mental health and substance abuse assessments for Veterans and their families - developing individualized treatment plans using evidence-based approaches
• Deliver a broad range of therapeutic interventions-including individual - group - family - and educational therapies-addressing substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric conditions
• Provide crisis intervention - suicide prevention - and both short- and long-term counseling for Veterans with complex needs
• Collaborate with clinicians - community agencies - and stakeholders to ensure continuity of care and appropriate referrals - acting as a liaison and resource for Veterans and their families
• Participate in admission and screening processes - ongoing assessment of patient progress - and development of discharge plans - utilizing Measurement Based Care principles
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation - participate in treatment team meetings - and contribute to program evaluation and quality improvement initiatives
• Offer outreach - education - and psychoeducational interventions to enhance Veterans' coping skills and social functioning
• Supervise and mentor graduate social work trainees - and provide educational presentations to staff and community partners
• Uphold the highest standards of patient privacy - ethical practice - and customer service - adapting care to meet the age - developmental - and cultural needs of a diverse Veteran population
• Engage in infection control - health and safety practices - and maintain a safe environment for patient care

Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education: Have a 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. 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