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Primary Care Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 40 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →The role of a social worker case manager in Primary Care is to assess and treat psychosocial and environmental factors that impact the patient's ability to achieve maximum health and wellness.
- →This position is located in the Social Work department within the VA Manchester Healthcare system and is full-time at 40 hours per week.
- →The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Assessing the patient's psychological and emotional adjustment to illness within the context of medical diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment options.
- →Assessing environmental factors includes a review of the dynamics of the patient's support system, functional status, vocational, economic, housing, spiritual, cultural and legal factors that influence their ability to adhere to medical recommendations and management of self.
- →Assessing the underlying factors that contribute to the presenting concerns and develops interventions designed to promote lasting positive change to decrease stress, promote health and wellness and remove barriers to care.
- →Maintaining effective therapeutic relationships with veterans in the primary care clinic and/or their families.
- →Completing thorough psychosocial assessments to determine the psychosocial functions and needs of veterans and/or their families.
- →Actively participating as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
- →Facilitating action for community placements through collaboration with veterans and their families as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members to ensure that appropriate community placements are completed in a timely manner.
- →Serving as a liaison between veterans and/or their families and VA and community resources in order to ensure thorough delivery of services.
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc telework authorized.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: PDF02513 and PDF2514 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized.
- →EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 09ed5cc1-91e7-41a1-a4aa-e8b66a58914b
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