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Senior Social Worker (Suicide Prevention)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 39 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 The Suicide Prevention Coordinator is a Senior Social Worker who will serve to facilitate implementation of suicide prevention strategies to help ensure that all appropriate measures are taken to prevent suicide in our veteran population.
- →As a Senior Social Worker, the Suicide Prevention Coordinator facilitates efficient and appropriate delivery of mental health services across episodes of care within the Medical Center and Community Based Outpatient Clinics.
- →The work of this position is highly complex, involving a combination of mental health administrative skills and intensive clinical services in serious and complicated cases, and carries full professional responsibility for cases presenting a wide range of psychosocial and environmental problems.
- →The Suicide Prevention Coordinator must have previous specialized experience providing direct care to suicidal and/or behavioral health patients and previous experience providing patient and staff education.
- →The Suicide Prevention Coordinator is required to use a government vehicle while doing community outreach but is not required to transport Veteran's.
- →The Suicide Prevention Coordinator implements information systems to track services including visits, referrals, inpatient admissions, patient demographics, and patient satisfaction.
- →The incumbent provides programmatic guidance, including technical and clinical assistance, to other staff in the Suicide Prevention Program.
- →T he Suicide Prevention Coordinator is responsible for data collection and monthly reports on all veterans who have had a recent suicide attempt and monitors the completion of the Suicide Behavior Report by other providers.
- →The Suicide Prevention Coordinator is responsible for data collection, administrative record keeping, monitoring of patient or program clinical indicators, and performance measurements as further delineated by Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL).
- →Duties are continued in the Education Section.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 4:45 PM Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →Contact the EDRP Coordinator at vhaedrpprogramsupport@va.gov for questions/assistance.
- →Learn more 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 offer 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.
- ✓Must have a valid driver's license Must pass a pre-placement examination to operate a government vehicle.
- ✓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.
- ✓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: 28550cd3-defe-4241-8b09-e61895ab10dd
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