The VA San Diego Healthcare System/University of California San Diego Interprofessional Fellowship in Psychosocial Rehabilitation & Recovery Oriented Services (“PSR Fellowship”) is currently recruiting for one social work fellow position for the 2024-25 training year. We provide one year of paid, full-time, intensive training on psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR) services and empirically supported psychotherapies for Veterans diagnosed with serious mental illness, primarily psychotic disorders. We also recruit psychology and vocational rehabilitation fellows as part of this interdisciplinary fellowship. Our interdisciplinary fellowship has earned the American Psychological Association Division 18 President’s Excellence in Training Award.
PSR fellows work primarily at the VA San Diego’s Center of Recovery Education (CORE), an award-winning CARF-accredited psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery center (PRRC) with an energetic and committed interdisciplinary team of staff and trainees who provide an impressive menu of evidence-based and innovative PSR services in a positive team culture. Fellows also complete a rotation on our inpatient psychiatry unit. Fellows spend 60-80% of their time conducting clinical work under the supervision of licensed social workers and psychologists, up to 20% on a scholarly project, and 10-15% in didactics and training activities. Our fellows have consistently ranked the program very positively and many have gone on to satisfying careers in the VA and elsewhere.
The deadline for social work applicants is February 9, 2024. The fellowship and application details are in the attached brochure, which is also available on VA Interprofessional Fellowship Program in PSR and Recovery Oriented Services – MIRECC / CoE. The salary mentioned in the announcement is $45,831, but SW fellows starting in 2024-2025 training year were recently approved for a raise and we are awaiting confirmation of the final amount. Fellows must have earned their MSW before starting the fellowship on August 26, 2024.
Please forward this job listing to any students who may be interested. Please email any questions as well as any completed applications via email to Dr. Jessica McGovern, Ph.D., associate director of VA San Diego’s PSR Fellowship at jessica.mcgovern@va.gov. We will also be hosting an informational session on 1/25/24 @ 11 AM PST. Please see below for event details.
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