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Social Worker - BHIP
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 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 Duties include but are not limited to: Interviews veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the veteran's functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment.
- →Collaborates with Veteran using a shared decision making model to develop treatment plan.
- →Independently evaluates the client's situation.
- →Evaluates the veterans adaptation and accommodation to the illness or situation.
- →Develops a preliminary treatment plan involving the veteran and family or significant others.
- →Uses the initial assessment to determine the veteran's likelihood to accept differing types of assistance/interventions.
- →Develops psychosocial treatment plans in coordination with interdisciplinary team members.
- →Makes adjustments to the psychosocial treatment plan and interventions based on changing needs and response to interventions.
- →Collaborates with other specialists in planning treatment for veterans with comorbidities.
- →Provides individual and group counseling services, including psychotherapy.
- →Facilitates referrals to other agencies, community resources, and other government agencies.
- →Documents independently in the medical records utilizing electronic formats, including psychosocial assessments, treatment plans, progress notes, follow up, and referral.
- →Other duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment evaluation.
- ✓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: 29c49c41-3ff2-4eb6-9b1e-2470126f53f3
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