Assessment Specialist for Veterans Village of San Diego’s program at St. Vincent de Paul
Full Time, 40 hours a week, Monday thru Friday
Must have minimum of 6 months of experience working with adults and experience in dealing with Veterans issues is preferred
- Must have an MSW, or be pre-licensed clinician (MFT Intern, MSW Intern)
- Understanding of issues affecting Veterans issues
- Ability to recognize drug and alcohol abuse and report it to superiors
- Knowledge of CSTAR a plus
- Experience working with adult homeless population preferred
- Able to assess and diagnose pursuant to DSM IV criteria
- Must be able to fluently read, write and communicate in English
- Must be able to comfortably, both mentally and physically, perform all aspects of job description in addition to other duties as assigned by supervisor
- Must be able to comfortably sit for long periods of time
- Must be able to pass criminal background check and drug screen
- Veteran Status a Plus!
Job Summary
Supervised by VVSD COO and SVdP
Meet with assigned Veteran clients and perform bio-psycho-social assessment, develop comprehensive plan recommendation and make referrals to appropriate medical, mental health and addiction services.
- Interview Veterans and complete psycho-social assessments
- Make informed recommendations about which track a Veteran should be assigned to and the services the Veteran would benefit from, showing special awareness of needs, strengths and symptoms of Veterans
- Identify physical health, mental health and addiction issues of Veterans and make appropriate and timely referrals for services
- Administer standardized assessments to Veterans, interpret assessment results, write summary reports and make recommendations based on the results
- Maintain accurate and timely files for Veterans including completing case plan narratives, case notes and completing CSTAR service entries
- Complete functional assessments with Veterans assigned to the Veterans Team to support the Veterans application for permanent benefits
- Assist Veterans Team members with preparation of medical summary reports needed for permanent benefits applications
- Under supervision of licensed clinician, provide ongoing assessment and intervention to Veterans with a variety of mental health symptoms using individual and group processing formats
- Attend multidisciplinary team meetings and present information, when required
- Co-facilitate a Veterans support group, weekly, at SVdP
- Attend all required staff meetings and training’s at VVSD and SVdP
- Adhere to all VVSD and SVdP policies and procedures
- Report suspected child abuse and neglect to Child Protective Services (CPS) and elder abuse to the Elder Abuse Hotline
- Function as team member to accomplish program and agency goals
- Pursue continuing education as required
Other duties as assigned by supervisor
Veterans Village has 12 paid holidays a year, paid time off between Xmas and New Year’s, 403(b), vacation and sick leave.
This position is stationed at St. Vincent de Paul Village
Application Procedure: Submit cover letter/resume to: jeanie.levinson@vvsd.net or jonathan.thackston@vvsd.net, or fax to: 619-393-2060 please put in subject line: Assessment/SVdP.
If a client of VVSD, you must have been out of all VVSD programs for a minimum of 2 years prior to possibility of employment.
VVSD is an EEOC employer
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