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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 14 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
- →The social worker is a master's prepared clinician who provides Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) services for the Domiciliary Veterans and is a resource for domiciliary Veterans for case management services, therapy and aftercare planning and follow up.
- →The incumbent completes a psychosocial assessment on Veterans admitted to the Domiciliary Program at VA Central Iowa.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: The incumbent will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of Veterans and family members.
- →The incumbent will conduct assessments of patients to determine appropriate VA program needs.
- →The incumbent will provide referral services to VA or community providers as needed to meet the client's particular treatment needs.
- →The incumbent is an active participant in the treatment planning process with the Veteran other treatment disciplines.
- →The incumbent will participate in discharge planning with the Veteran and other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
- →The incumbent will provide individual, family and group counseling as appropriate.
- →The incumbent will provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
- →The incumbent will act as a consultant to other team/staff members.
- →The incumbent will provide consultation/education to students of all disciplines on social work practice and VA policy and procedure.
- →The incumbent will act as liaison between VA and community resources, to include marketing and public relations duties as needed.
- →The incumbent will provide case management to Veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
- →The incumbent will provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
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.
- ✓NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position.
- ✓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: 6947ea75-c0ad-472b-9b6c-9a68e5e69d1b
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