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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 46 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 Major Duties and Responsibilities: Perform a comprehensive mental health assessment and comprehensive suicide risk assessment of the Veteran in collaboration with the Veteran, family members and significant others.
- →Demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment and skills needed for all adult patients including geriatric patients related to their physical limitations, psychological needs and age associated illnesses and conditions.
- →Performs DSM diagnoses, arranges for medication assessments with psychiatrists, coordinates care, makes referrals to VA or community resources, and recommends further treatment either within the mental health spectrum of care, to include admission, or to other specialty clinics/inpatient units in the VA Healthcare System.
- →The social worker will develop a DSM diagnosis based on the assessment.
- →Conducts timely assessment of at-risk Veterans in crisis to identify immediate needs, evaluate risk and initiate referrals to the Suicide Prevention Team members when indicated.
- →Social Worker will develop crisis management plans for admissions to mental health inpatient programs when indicated.
- →Social Worker has access to multiple resource directories in addition to previously developed resources to meet the demands of a crisis.
- →May provide individual and family psychotherapy and psychoeducational services.
- →Social worker will practice at an independent and advanced practice level.
- →The incumbent is the subject matter expert on VA and/or community resources.
- →The social worker collaborates with other service providers concerning available resources and services.
- →The social worker is responsible for educating Mental Health Intake Clinic psychiatrists and psychologists of the available services and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on the veteran's preference.
- →The social worker is responsible for using the current social work resource file of VA and community social service programs and enhancing the content to the benefit of Veterans.
- →The social worker will refer the Veteran to needed services.
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/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
Job ID: 31aa5fe0-b1e9-40d4-8ef1-547f2332f40b
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