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Senior Social Worker (Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) and Same Day Access (SDA))
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 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
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Functions Provide a full range of services within the Social Work Scope of Practice based on Veteran needs, acuity level, and preferences for care.
- →Provide consultation and psychoeducation to Veterans and Veteran families on topics including community resources, Advance Directives, VA benefits, budgeting, activities of daily living, and recovery goals.
- →Act as a consultant to other team/staff members and take a lead clinical role in case consultation.
- →Document all Veteran care in the electronic health record.
- →Ensure compliance with standards and expectations.
- →Actively participate in program planning and development, advising the supervisor of shifting Veteran care needs and identifying the need for SOP or policy changes.
- →Provide supervision to students, interns, or unlicensed Social Workers.
- →Maintain familiarity and responsibility for all behavioral health performance measures.
- →Assist in development and maintenance of operational plans and strategic goals related to these measures.
- →Responsible for participation and leadership in process improvement, system redesign, and/or other applicable workgroups and committees, to include creation of standard work documents or strategic plan implementation.
- →Take responsibility for improving professional competencies by participating training programs and continuing education.
- →Complete all mandatory VA trainings in a timely manner.
- →Provide training, education, and consultation to trainees, VA staff, and community partners as a subject matter expert in specialized practice area(s).
- →Triage Veterans in SDA walk-in clinic, PES, and via phone/triage tool, and refer Veterans to needed VA and Community mental health and primary care and resources.
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.
- ✓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
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