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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 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 Senior Social Worker is responsible for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the Medical Center, as appropriate.
- →The incumbent should be capable of practicing at the advanced level.
- →This position will serve as Mental Health Treatment Coordinator for a Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Team.
- →The Senior Social Worker's duties include, but are not limited to: Conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of Veterans and family members.
- →Active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines and/or participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
- →Provide individual, family and group psychotherapy as appropriate.
- →Provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on available services for Military Sexual Trauma.
- →Act as a consultant and provide relevant training on Military Sexual Trauma to other staff members in the facility.
- →Collect and manage data about Veterans with Military Sexual Trauma veteran at facility.
- →Ensure compliance at local facility with VA and national standards of care.
- →Provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
- →Act as a consultant to other team/staff members.
- →Act a s liaison between VA and community resources, to include marketing and public relation duties as needed.
- →Provide case management to Veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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