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Social Worker - Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation and Treatment Program (DRRTP)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is a GS11 Social Worker position that is assigned to the Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation and Treatment Program (DRRTP). The candidate must use a high level of skill in assessing and treating the complicated psychosocial problems of Veterans.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Care management responsibilities include the management, coordination, and provision of social work and supportive services to Veterans and/or their families.
- →The candidate is a member of an interdisciplinary team that thoroughly assesses the needs of Veterans in order to plan and provide a therapeutic environment that will assist the Veteran in rehabilitation of optimal levels of medical and psychological health, chemical abstinence, vocational assistance, and securing benefits needed to reintegrate to community living.
- →Duties of the Social Worker may include but are not limited to: Establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and/or their families.
- →Complete thorough psychosocial assessments to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and/or their families.
- →Actively participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and actively participate through collaboration with Veterans and family as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members in the development and implementation of a resident centered treatment plan.
- →Possess a working knowledge and 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.
- →Facilitate discharge planning through collaboration with Veterans and their families as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members to ensure that appropriate discharge plans are executed in a timely manner.
- →Collaborate with active duty service members and their command.
- →Possess knowledge and ability to implement treatment and modalities, provide individual or group counseling and/or supportive groups for Veterans and families.
- →These will be signed off by the program Supervisory Social Worker.
- →Provide consultation and education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits, and specialty programs, and advance directives.
- →Provide consultation to other treatment team and staff members regarding psychosocial needs of Veterans and/or their families and the impact of the identifies psychosocial problems on the Veteran's health care planning, compliance with treatment, and discharge planning.
- →Possess skills and knowledge to provide case management services to Veterans and their families throughout the continuum of care.
- →As well as assigned Administrative Functions.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination 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 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: 9a969e04-fb0c-4c1f-8840-76350e748527
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