Job Listing
Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 68 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 This position is located within the Mental Health Service Line at VA Altoona.
- →The PTSD Specialist provides comprehensive, evidence-based treatment for Veterans diagnosed with PTSD.
- →As a Senior Social Worker, the incumbent has the overall responsibility for providing the full-range of psychological services to the patients in the clinic.
- →Services include, intake evaluations, rendering diagnostic opinions, treatment planning, and the provision of evidence-based individual; group and family psychotherapy using a variety of techniques based on psychological principles.
- →Major duties include, but may not be limited to: The psychosocial interviews & assessments are thorough and include pertinent information in all the required areas of functioning in order to determine appropriate diagnoses and other treatment related conclusions.
- →Emergency/crisis interventions are provided to patients in an effort to stabilize.
- →Psychotherapy as individual, group and/or family interventions are provided when clinically indicated/appropriate and when of therapeutic benefit to the recipients.
- →Provides consultation to other treatment teams and staff members regarding psychosocial needs of Veterans and/or their families and the impact of the identified psychosocial problems on the Veteran's health care planning, compliance with treatment, and discharge planning.
- →Performs psychological testing and/or exempt testing (based on hospital privileges or scope of practice) when it is clinically appropriate to a treatment question as part of an assessment.
- →Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans in the Mental Health Center and/or their families.
- →Possesses a thorough knowledge and have experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.
- →Independently completes psychosocial assessments and be able to independently provide a DSM diagnosis to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and/or their families.
- →Utilizes standardized instruments in the assessment of mental health problems and/or conditions.
- →Serves as a liaison between Veterans and/or their families and VA and community resources in order to ensure thorough delivery of 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.
- ✓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: d6d40e12-93eb-4d6e-adf1-6ac1b3bab4b2
Posted via USAJobs