Social Worker (General Mental Health)

This Social Worker position is in Mental Health services at the VA Boston Health Care System, located at the VA Lowell Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). The Mental Health (MH) Social Worker serves in the outpatient General Mental Health Clinic (GMHC). The Social Worker, (SW) is responsible for the provision of direct clinical care, including intake/diagnostic assessment, triage and telephone screening, risk/safety evaluation, crisis management, evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy, couples therapy as appropriate, and case management. The SW collaborates within an interdisciplinary team on treatment planning and care coordination for patients. The patient population is varied and is comprised of complex outpatients with a range of MH disorders, including mood and anxiety disorders, trauma-related disorders, substance-use disorders, personality disorders, and others. The SW additionally provides consultation and guidance to colleagues and teaches or provides orientat