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Senior Social Worker (Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery Services)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
This Senior Social Worker role is in VHA VISN 7 at the VA Augusta Health Care System within Social Work Service. The non-supervisory position reports to Social Work leadership and functions independently at the advanced license level, providing psychosocial and case management services to Veterans and their families to meet biological, psychological, social, and environmental needs.
What You'll Do
- →They will provide short-term, solution-focused counseling to individuals and families in crisis, along with education, resource referrals, case management, and follow-up support.
- →Provides psychosocial treatment; Independently assesses the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members.
- →Formulates and implements a treatment plan, identifying the patient's problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed, in collaboration with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary treatment team.
- →Independently provides a full range of assessment and evaluation services appropriate to the care setting.
- →Works with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues to include patient's decision-making capacity regarding health care; Develops treatment plans to address the needs of patients.
- →Creates plans of action to ensuring assessment and crisis intervention services are maximized based on circumstances and availability of resources.
- →Conducts crisis intervention strategies, including assessment and diagnosis.
- →Conducts outreach to vulnerable populations, including disadvantaged areas.
- →Identifies impacted Veterans and connect them with VA and community resources.
- →Assists with locating family members and loved ones.
- →Assists with contacting hospitals or other relevant locations to locate medical records or emergency documentation Provide subject matter expertise in all phases of disaster response plans, including mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM to 4:30PM Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: 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) and eligibility period( one to five years)are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 187150eb-4bd9-406e-97c5-ea6b1b4e116b
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