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Senior Social Worker- Caregiver Support
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 46 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 individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent participates in all aspects of application processing in accordance with national program office guidelines to ensure required metrics are met.
- →The incumbent provides direct services, resource navigation and clinical interventions to approved PCAFC caregivers and Veterans.
- →The incumbent collects, analyzes, and reports program data to local management, VISN Caregiver Support Coordinator Lead and the National Caregiver Support Program, Care Management and Social Work Service, Office of Patient Care Services.
- →Evaluates program and outcomes and utilizes data to continuously modify and improve the program and processes.
- →The incumbent will prepare reports as request by the VA Portland Health Care System, VISN and VA Central Office.
- →The incumbent implements training focused on specific caregiver needs/issues.
- →Provides education and in-service training to VAMC employees, Veterans, families, and caregivers.
- →Provides ongoing consultation and support to colleagues regarding caregiver support.
- →Develops and facilitates caregiver support groups (faceto-face or VVC)) and educational programs.
- →Distributes educational materials provided by VA, local, state, and national caregiver organizations.
- →The incumbent conducts caregiver and family clinical interventions to facilitate the identification of caregiver stress, psychiatric illness, emotional distress, and social needs as treatment issues.
- →Advises and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams throughout the health care system on Caregiver issues.
- →The incumbent serves as the major consultant for information on negotiating the complex processes Caregivers, Veterans and families encounter when interacting with government and community agencies.
- →The incumbent will collaborate with the patient aligned care team, mental health, and geriatric primary care clinicians to provide Veteran and staff education on caregiver issues.
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: 47ae4a39-13fe-4e26-b974-dccb30f8ed69
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