VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU
Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf
The Senior Social Worker for the CBOC provides advanced clinical social work services to Veterans and families in the Primary Care outpatient clinic setting. Social work services provided include psychosocial screening and assessment, psychosocial treatment and intervention, specialized case management and care coordination, discharge and/or after-care planning, health education and advanced health care planning, supportive counseling and caregiver support, and administrative and professional duties. The incumbent works closely with other members of the interdisciplinary treatment teams. The Senior Social Worker for the CBOC serves a highly rural population, and must be adept at developing relationships with the community in order to maximize resources available to Veterans served. Senior Social Worker for the CBOC maintains a high level of independence in assisting Veterans with social work needs, including complex comorbidities and significant mental health concerns.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Working as a collaborative member of an interdisciplinary Primary Care team, participating in team huddles, providing consultation, and accepting consults and warm hand-offs from team members.
- Providing comprehensive psychosocial assessment and engaging in strategies to address social determinants of health.
- Providing case management and care coordination services for Veterans.
- Providing support in implementation of Advance Care Planning, which may include Advance Care Planning Groups.
- Reviewing and supporting revisions of policy, procedures and practice guidelines pertaining to service delivery and will report recommendations as identified.
- Providing assessment and management of suicide/homicide risk.
- Expanding clinical social work knowledge by providing consultation and guidance to colleagues.
- Mentoring less-experienced social workers and collaborating with PACT Lead and Social Work Supervisor to facilitate the orientation of new employees in assigned area(s), acting as the clinical expert in case consultation and assisting with the acclimation of new social workers to the CBOCs.
- Working in conjunction with the PACT Lead and the Social Work Supervisor to develop best practices that ensure consistency and excellence in social work practice within assigned area(s).
- Conducting training for staff, students, and community providers, will provide education, information, and liaison with resources for Veterans in the community, and will provide technical assistance and educational sessions to community organizations as needed.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.
Compressed/Flexible:Not Available.
Telework: Telework Ad-Hoc work maybe performed as needed and as determined by Service Line.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: PDF05665
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
NOTIFICATIONS: - This position is in the Excepted Service.
- This position is a NAGE Bargaining Unit position.
- Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.
- Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.
- Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.
- The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.
- This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
- Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Starting at $98,240 Per Year (GS 12)