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
If you ARE NOT a current, permanent VA employee or Federal employee from another agency, you should apply using announcement: CBST-12624792-25-AB.
This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be December 12, 2024, with subsequent cut-off dates on the 1st of each month. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.
Duties include, but not limited to:
- Provide individual and group evidence-based therapy to Veterans enrolled in Mental Health in a Community Based Outpatient Clinic.
- Function as a licensed independent provider of mental health services.
- Conduct full psychosocial diagnostic evaluations using the DSM-V-TR.
- Screens, assesses, creates treatment plans, provides clinical crisis intervention, and discharge plans at an advanced practice level.
- Represents the social work profession and perspective on a multidisciplinary team that may include other social workers, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other disciplines.
- Provide and maintain expertise regarding VA and community psychosocial resources.
- Participate in program development within their assigned program including community outreach.
- Participate in tracking the care of Veterans as they move through the treatment process. The Social Worker will also be involved in measuring treatment outcomes through the use of testing and other measures.
- Utilize outcome evaluations to further treatment and design system changes based on empirical findings.
- Responsible for participating in clinical program development and is accountable to clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.
- Work in conjunction with the Veterans Justice Outreach Coordinator for any Veterans they are treating who are enrolled in Veterans Treatment Court, assuring timely documentation and thorough treatment planning.
- Demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications.
- Responsible for the independent planning and provision of treatment services for those veterans assigned to his/her case-management.
- Independently identifies high risk patients and provides safety planning, crisis intervention, coordinates staffing with other team members and/or family conferences when clinically indicated.
- Maintain a thorough knowledge of residential programs and other VA resources that specifically serve the Veteran population they are working with.
- Serves in a liaison capacity, arranging referral of veteran for adjunctive diagnostic treatment, and ancillary services within the VHSO, VHA and community-based agencies and organizations as required.
- Participate in the development of a plan of care for each patient assigned, with measurable goals outlined, based on relevant psychological, medical and psychiatric treatment information.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Jennifer.Isbell-Gross@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
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)
Telework: Available (ad-hoc)
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 564-00299-F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $88,466 Per Year (GS 12)