Marriage and Family Therapist-Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs Counselor

Summary

This clinical position include the delivery of evidence-based psychosocial and environmental interventions for reducing behavioral and psychological symptoms - such as various mental health conditions - dementia - and other neuropsychiatric conditions. Delivers clinical case management and specialized - complex - highly professional services that are important program components of the Sheridan VA HCS and VISN 19's compendium of mental health services.

Duties

• Identifies problems/needs from the assessment to be treated and develops the individual treatment plan
• Provides individual professional input and addressing the social aspect of the patient's situation with the treatment team
• Assists Veterans and the treatment team in navigating problems in the residential milieu
• Ensures all case management as assigned for the duration of the Veteran's admission through post-discharge follow-up
• Conducts therapeutic counseling in accordance with specific guidelines and handles crises regularly with minimal supervision
• Serves as therapist/counselor with individuals and groups
• Observes and documents behavior and reaction patterns of patients to be utilized by the multidisciplinary treatment team - and final disposition for follow-up
• Develops and conducts lectures and educational presentations for patients related to various specialty aspects of general mental health - substance use disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - or Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
• Educates the veteran - their families - and the team on all the options available to them and will collaborate with the veteran and family on the preferred option
• Develops - organizes - and implements a wide variety of outpatient aftercare treatment for patients and their collaterals
• Develops and implements methods to motivate veterans to attend aftercare and/or participate in the outpatient program
• Transports veterans to assist them in assessing resources or taking care of essential business
• Government vehicle will be used as well as all processes - trainings - and requirements related to Government vehicle use
• Collaborates with other service providers in reassessing the Veteran's needs
• Educates the veteran and/or caregiver about the available services and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on the veteran's preference or that of the surrogate decision-maker
• Serves as a field instructor - preceptor - and/or mentor to interns - new/unlicensed - or newly licensed clinicians and peers as needed
• Enters all veteran/family contacts in the electronic record using appropriate/approved formats and templates
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with employees - volunteers - consumers - and stakeholders within the VA and outside community agencies
• Attends all appropriate staff meetings - team meetings - committee meetings - or group meetings and perform other duties as required
• Collaborates in the performance improvement process and complies with performance measures as required by the appropriate program offices and local policies
• Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assists in their formulation of the psychological characteristics and appropriate treatment
• Offers consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in specialty areas - rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise - and role modeling effective clinical practice skills
• Demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday
• 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 51238-A
• 51239-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May Be Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized