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Senior Social Worker (RRTP)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 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
- →Interviews Veterans to establish facts about the Veteran's situation, presenting problems and the impact of such problems on the Veteran's functioning and health.
- →Reviews all referral data from social workers, case managers, managed care staff and discharge planners to identify patients' needs.
- →Makes a clinical assessment identifying the Veteran's needs and strengths.
- →Uses advanced clinical training, insight, and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options.
- →Has the ability to serve Veterans who may be experiencing severe crises, lack family or adequate community support, frequently fails to comply with instructions and treatment, or have significant deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychosocial support.
- →Independently evaluates the Veteran's situation, including the Veteran's reaction and ability to deal with it, and arrives at a reasonable conclusion.
- →Based on psychosocial assessment, professional judgment and advanced practice skills to make psychosocial diagnoses.
- →Assesses at-risk factors and develops a preliminary disposition plan involving the Veteran and family or significant others.
- →Performs an insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases including illnesses involving psychiatric, medical conditions, dementia, and other high-risk diagnoses.
- →Make independent professional decisions and recommendations for agency action.
- →Assures the transfer of health care, both inpatient and outpatient to the appropriate VHA and community resources.
- →When provision of direct services is indicated, psychosocial treatment plans are developed in coordination with other social workers, case manager, managed care staff and discharge planners.
- →Using known available resources and the initial assessment of the Veteran's likelihood to accept differing types of assistance makes initial and continuing decisions regarding use of VHA services and referrals.
- →Is responsible for clinical social work practice in the area or program to which assigned, including promotion of Mental Health services as a key component of treatment.
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: 93fec0b6-0095-4fe1-93b0-b3e1e8896c84
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