[MSW] 2023-2024 Interprofessional SUD Fellowship Announcement: DUE BY 6/5/2023

[Leanne Farquhar]

I am reaching out to share information concerning a 1 year paid fellowship in substance abuse disorders VA North Texas Health Care System offers.  If you are aware of a MSW graduate who would be interested in applying for this fellowship, please share.

Best,

Tim

Timothy M. Brown, LCSW-S, ACSW
Interim Associate Chief of Staff Mental Health Associate Chief Social Work Mental Health VA North Texas Health Care System
4500 S. Lancaster Rd.  549/116A
Dallas, TX 75216



From: Roberts, Jennifer A. <Jennifer.Roberts14 at va.gov<mailto:Jennifer.Roberts14 at va.gov>>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2023 9:31 AM
To: NTX SOCIAL WORKERS <NTXSOCIALWORKERS at med.va.gov<mailto:NTXSOCIALWORKERS at med.va.gov>>; NTX MH Social Workers <NTXMHSocialWorkers at med.va.gov<mailto:NTXMHSocialWorkers at med.va.gov>>; NTX SOCIAL WORK SERVICE <NTXSOCIALWORKSERVICE at med.va.gov<mailto:NTXSOCIALWORKSERVICE at med.va.gov>>
Cc: Spain, Sarah E. (she/her/hers) <Sarah.Spain at va.gov<mailto:Sarah.Spain at va.gov>>
Subject: FW: 2023-2024 Interprofessional SUD Fellowship Announcement: DUE BY 6/5/2023

Good morning,
We're extending the application deadline to June 5th - please see the attached announcement and share widely (external applicants can apply)!

VA North Texas Health Care System has two openings for the 2023-2024 Interprofessional SUD Fellowship for Social Workers.  Please see the attached announcement and share widely!


Application Deadline: June 5, 2023

*Late applications will be considered only for positions that are not filled by applicants who applied by the deadline



[cid:image003.jpg at 01D98C8F.A3E64750]2023-2024 INTERPROFESSIONAL SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER FELLOWSHIP


The Mental Health Gold Team at
VA North Texas Health Care System in Dallas, Texas announces two openings for Post-Master's Social Work Fellows.



The social work fellowship position is embedded in the Mental Health Gold Team.  Selected fellows will be supervised by a clinical social worker and offered an opportunity to participate in LCSW clinical supervision, if eligible.  The tour of duty will be 7:30 am - 4:00 pm.


The Mental Health Gold Team is a multifaceted interprofessional clinical team that specializes in providing mental health care to Veterans who has a substance use disorder as their primary diagnosis.  Most Veterans engaged in care also have co-occurring psychiatric disorders, which may include anxiety disorders, mood disorders, trauma related disorders, psychotic disorders, and/or personality disorders.  The Gold Team is comprised of a 40-bed residential rehabilitation treatment program, intensive outpatient treatment program, opioid replacement clinic, and outpatient substance use disorder clinic.

The fellow will assess and treat Veterans in the residential rehabilitation treatment program and outpatient substance use disorder clinic.  Within the residential rehabilitation treatment program, the fellow will facilitate psychoeducational groups such as relapse prevention, coping skills, co-occurring disorders, etc.  Additionally, the fellow will be assigned as a primary clinician to Veterans participating in the residential rehabilitation treatment program.  As the primary clinician, the fellow will follow a Veteran through the rehabilitation treatment process and conduct assessments, provide individual therapy, and coordinate their care with the interdisciplinary treatment team.   The interdisciplinary team is comprised of psychiatrists, psychologists, physician assistants, nurses, social workers, addiction therapists, occupational therapists, nursing assistants, chaplains, a medical internist, pharmacist and peer support specialist.

Within the outpatient clinic, the fellow will assess, treat, and coordinate the care of Veterans who have substance use and co-occurring psychiatric disorders by providing follow-up care, individual and/or group psychotherapy, crisis intervention and social work interventions.  The fellow can also learn an evidence-based psychotherapy under the supervision of a trained licensed independent provider and complete a rotation in the opioid replacement clinic.

Our primary goal is to provide fellows advanced training to develop effective skills in the field of social work and specialized clinical skills in substance use and co-occurring psychiatric disorders.  Fellows will spend approximately 75 percent of their time in direct clinical care activities.  The remaining 25 percent of their time will be in training activities such as diagnostic case studies, process recordings, general didactic seminars, substance use disorder didactic seminars and fellow case presentations.  The fellow will be expected to present a case presentation and substance use disorder didactic seminar, both of which will be evaluated by a multidisciplinary panel of staff.

If you have any questions, please contact me - thank you!

v/r,
Jennifer A. Roberts, LCSW, BCD
VA North Texas Health Care System
Clinical Director, MH Gold Team
Clinic: 214-857-4279, select 4

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