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Senior Social Worker - Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The Senior Social Worker practices in the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MH RRTP), which services a Veteran population with highly complex health and mental health problems. The Senior Social Worker is responsible for providing clinical, evidence-based services and interventions, as well as leading continuous quality improvement initiatives to enhance Veteran care.
What You'll Do
- →Collaborates with the multidisciplinary treatment team, and Veteran's family/support system to facilitate recovery.
- →Provides a full range of clinical service within the Social Work Scope of Practice and within a whole health, evidence-based framework to Veterans who are experiencing a range of mental health, substance use, medical and social problems.
- →Provides clinical consultation to other clinical staff and clinical supervision to unlicensed staff counselors and/or counseling trainees/students, as assigned.
- →Operates a motor vehicle and transports patients off-site as required.
- →Program Development: Actively participates in program planning and development, advising the supervisor of shifting Veteran care needs and identifying the need for policy or procedure changes.
- →Coordinates and monitors MH RRTP daily clinical operations , for the assigned MH RRTP track of care, which may include Substance Use Disorder (SUD), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans (DCHV).
- →Participates in and serves on facility, VISN, and National committees, work groups, and task forces, as directed by the supervisor.
- →Assists the MH RRTP Program Manager and/or Medical Director with clinical metrics, such as the MH RRTP Annual Performance Improvement Plan, MH RRTP Veteran and Staff Standdown, and other outreach activities.
- →Prepares reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use and provides analysis and evaluation of clinical program data and computerized programs to identify system-wide trends and needs to enhance the quality of service.
- →Aids with the orientation and learning of less experienced social workers and, if interested and approved, serves as a clinical supervisor for social workers who are not independently licensed and/or social work students.
- →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: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 92830-0 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
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: 48740671-5eb7-4da3-89df-d4d129068d4e
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