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Social Worker - Caregiver Support Program
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
Hybrid Tuscaloosa, AL $83K – $108K Apply by Jun 12, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP EngineeringHealthcare
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The Caregiver Support Program (CSP) is one of the Veterans Health Administration's (VHA) most rapidly growing service areas, as a result of infrastructure modernization, programming innovation, and expansion of population-served by the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) under the MISSION Act, CSP expansion puts VHA out front of the health care industry as a health care system pioneer-caring for the caregiver.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UUTotal Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but not limited to: Assists in the day-to-day operations of the Caregiver Support Program and ensures compliance and collaboration with local facility and VA Central Office Caregiver Support Program initiatives.
- →Collaborates with the other members of the CSP team in the provision of comprehensive health care services to Veterans.
- →Develops and facilitates caregiver support groups and educational programs and distributes educational materials provided by VA, local, state and national caregiver organization.
- →Participates in direct caregiver and Veterans contacts to assess caregiver stress/burden and the development/application of directed clinical treatment interventions.
- →Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams throughout the medical center on caregiver issues.
- →Responsible for creating educational tools, developing programs, and implementing training focused on specific caregiver needs/issues and providing in-service training to VAMC employees, Veterans, families and their caregiver.
- →Respond to inquires from the Centralized Eligibility and Appeals Team and will be responsible for tracking and processing Functional Assessment consults.
- →Assist in coordinating events and programs for the annual National Family Caregivers Month in November.
- →Has knowledge, skills, and abilities of practice related to a specific diagnoses or with special populations of Veterans, such as those in the Caregiver Support Program (CSP), who have medical and/or mental health conditions requiring psychosocial intervention.
- →Assess Veterans need for personal care services, particularly Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), supervision, protection or instruction, working closely with the Caregiver Support Manager and/or designee(s), to complete Veteran functional assessments and re-assessments.
- →Provide referrals or consults and in some cases facilitate direct admission of a Veteran to other VA programs including but not limited to the Community Residential Care Program, Respite Program, Community Health Care Coordination Program, Hospice, Home Based Primary Care, Telehealth, and the Community Nursing Home Program.
- →Conducts caregiver and family clinical interventions to facilitate the identification of caregiver stress, psychiatric illness, emotional distress and social needs as treatment issues.
- →Serves as a consultant for navigating the complex processes caregivers, Veterans, and families encounter when interacting with government and community agencies.
- →Collaborate with the VA Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), mental health, and geriatric primary care clinicians to provide Veteran and staff education on caregiver issues.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the 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 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 79e4e4e9-eded-47dc-b050-e98f24857f10
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