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Senior Social Worker (PTSD Clinical Team)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 47 days ago
On-site San Jose, CA $129K – $168K Apply by Aug 10, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP OperationsHealthcare
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The incumbent in this position functions as a Senior Social Worker under the guidance of the PCT Program Clinical Coordinator, who is ultimately responsible for all the PCT Clinics. The incumbent is the Site Coordinator for the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Clinical Team (PCT). The PCT is a state-of-the-art specialized outpatient team providing evidence-based PTSD treatment and treatment for specific comorbid disorders to Veterans of all eras.
What You'll Do
- →One hundred percent (100%) of the incumbent's time is spent in the PCT.
- →The Senior Social Worker has specialized knowledge of practice related to PTSD, its complexities, and specific comorbid disorders, such as substance use, depression, and relational problems.
- →The Senior Social Worker has the ability to provide independent and expert clinical psychosocial, psychotherapy, and case management services in the specialized area of practice for PTSD to Veterans who tend to have serious and severe crises, may lack any familial and community support, may be poor self-monitors, may frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, etc.
- →Diagnosis: Incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved scope of practice.
- →Treatment Planning/Goal Setting: Incumbent is responsible for working with the interdisciplinary treatment team to develop a treatment plan with the Veteran based on their assessment, setting achievable treatment goals with the Veteran/family.
- →Advocacy: The incumbent understands the intimidation of bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the Veteran/family.
- →Crisis Intervention: In the event of a medical or psychiatric emergency, staff will follow the protocol of the program at this VA facility.
- →Supportive counseling: Social worker will provide the Veterans and their caregivers with ongoing supportive counseling.
- →Other duties as assigned Work Schedule: M-F 8:00 am - 4:30 pm or as determined by the supervisor.
- →Compressed/Flexible: This may be authorized at the supervisor's discretion.
- →Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- →When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
- →Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
- →Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
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 a 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. *There is no Foreign Education Equivalency* Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 997fafe6-6d32-452e-8168-d84f67931aed
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