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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 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
- →Maintains a caseload of High-Risk Veterans, providing case management and enhanced care.
- →Responds to crisis callers and other clinicians regarding Veterans at immediate risk.
- →Participates in daily interdisciplinary meetings with Suicide Prevention Team and weekly meetings to review Consults to Suicide Prevention Program for Veterans to be deemed high risk for Suicide, provide Veteran outreach up to 90 days on a monthly, bi-monthly, or monthly basis D.
- →Develops plans of care to link high risk veterans to mental health access clinic or specialty clinic E.
- →Serves as subject matter expert in Root Cause Analysis Teams on a rotating basis with other SP Team members.
- →Participates in monthly National SPC calls.
- →Completes Behavioral Autopsy after completed suicide.
- →Monitoring the record of Veteran, ensuring compliance with appointments I.
- →Assures that all High-Risk Veterans and staff have familiarity and access to the 24-hour Veteran Crisis Line number 988.
- →Works with community resources such as Veteran Service Organizations and Vet Centers to ensure that they are aware of warning and risk factors of a High Risk Veteran and providing subsequent education for getting these Veterans assistance.
- →Assesses and evaluates Veteran's suicidal risk factors and severity of symptoms to make decisions regarding the level of care and type of interventions needed to prevent suicide.
- →This can be done face-to-face, over the phone, or via record reviews.
- →Participates in the development of an ongoing education plan for Mental Health Service Line, Facility Health Care Providers, Veterans, families, and members of the community on risk factors and warning signs for suicide, and treatment options.
- →Serves as a subject matter expert on Suicide Prevention and consults as needed to inpatient and outpatient providers.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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 may be required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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