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Senior Social Worker - Caregiver Support Program
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 14 days ago
About the Role
Primarily located on site at Gainesville, the Senior Social Worker develops, implements, evaluates and maintains the Caregiver Support Program and ensures compliance and collaboration with local facility, VISN and VA Central Office Caregiver Support Program initiatives in accordance with VA policy and guidelines, OIG reviews, Joint Commission requirements, and others, as appropriate.
What You'll Do
- →The Senior Social Worker works in the day-to-day operations of the Caregiver Support Program and ensures compliance and collaboration with local facility and VA Central Office Caregiver Support Program initiatives.
- →The incumbent collaborates with the other members of the CSP team to ensure the care provided is of the highest quality.
- →The incumbent provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs as assigned.
- →The Senior Social Worker is responsible for monitoring and facilitating the implementation of assigned specialty program and tracking program growth.
- →Responsible for attending Local, VISN and National specialty program calls and trainings to stay current on program implementation, trends and use knowledge gained to evaluation NF/SGVHS program efficiency and effectiveness.
- →Major duties include but are not limited to: Completes screening and assessment of the Veteran/caregiver in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
- →Identifies psychosocial, medical and mental health needs and formulate a plan to meet those needs.
- →Demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment interventions and skills required to implement.
- →Treatment may include specific evidence-based interventions related to positive outcomes for psychosocial and mental health care for assigned specialty care population.
- →Interventions are conducted in individual, family and group settings.
- →Responsible for receiving, processing and tracking applications to the program from receipt to determination, and following all processes and procedures outlined in guidance provided by VACO, VISN and local facility.
- →The Senior Social Worker administers information and analytical systems to evaluate and enhance the quality of Veteran/caregiver contacts.
- →Utilizes various telehealth modalities to conduct/facilitate group visits across NF/SGVHS.
- →Develops, implements, evaluates and maintains a variety of ways to meet clinical contact requirements through face to face, telephone, Clinical Video Technology (CVT) and ensures compliance and collaboration with local facility VISN telework policies and procedures, as well as, VA Central Office Caregiver Support Program initiatives and guidelines with respect to required program visits/contacts.
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 evaluation/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: b96aacd4-40e2-402b-866d-4537464f10db
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