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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The Muskogee, OK VA, Senior Social Worker is currently recruiting one (1) Senior Social Worker for Social Worker service
What You'll Do
- →Advocacy -understands the complexity of bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the Veteran/family.
- →Crisis Intervention -provides crisis intervention, stabilization, and follow-up for Veterans and significant others including evaluation and management of suicidal/homicidal patients and other psychiatric emergencies.
- →Education/Health promotion and prevention - Provides education related to VA and community resources, entitlements, Coordination of non-institutional and institutional services - Reviews the progress notes from the other providers to accurately determine the strengths and limitations of each Veteran being.
- →Supportive counseling -Provides the Veterans and their caregivers with ongoing supportive counseling.
- →Content development- Develops content for individual, marriage, family, couples and group therapy.
- →Resource Usage/Development The social worker will refer the Veteran to needed services as determined by Veteran's needed level of care.
- →Advocacy - Social worker understands the complexity of bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the Veteran/family.
- →Crisis Intervention - Social worker is experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to residential and dual disorder inpatient programs and detoxification services.
- →Education/Health promotion and prevention - Social worker provides education related to VA and community resources, entitlements, Advance Directives/Living Will and will refer Veterans/families/couples to the appropriate service provider for identified health education needs.
- →Coordination of non-institutional and institutional services - The social worker will review the progress notes from the other providers to accurately determine the strengths and limitations of each Veteran being referred for SUD/Marriage/Family/Couples counseling services.
- →The social worker will work with other disciplines to coordinate the most effective care that can be provided.
- →Supportive counseling - Social worker will provide the Veterans and their caregivers with ongoing supportive counseling.
- →The purpose of such counseling is to deal with the psychosocial impact of coping with addiction, relapse, recovery, and interpersonal relationships.
- →Content development- Social worker will develop content for individual, marriage, family, couples and group therapy to obtain SUD goals and objectives.
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
Job ID: ce29ba9b-206f-4d1a-991d-e8eb97ea5c47
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