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Social Worker - Emergency Department/Acute Psychiatry
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in Gainesville, FL with the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System (NF/SGVHS) Emergency Department and Inpatient Acute Psychiatry section. The social worker's responsibilities include the assessment of psychosocial and mental health problems, actively participating in multi-disciplinary treatment planning, individual and group counseling, and evidence based therapies with Veterans and/or their family members/significant others/caregivers.
What You'll Do
- →The social worker is responsible for ensuring appropriate patient centered discharge plans aimed to achieve maximum independence are prepared for Veterans.
- →Work duties are performed with appropriate level of licensure and within the guidelines of state licensure laws.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Provides a range of duties to include clinical assessment, case management, discharge planning, groups work and serves as the subject matter expert related to discharge planning.
- →Works within the interdisciplinary treatment team, to share in the development of a comprehensive treatment plan with the Veteran based on psychosocial assessment.
- →With the treatment team, the social worker will assess and determine needs for high risk suicide protocol to be implemented.
- →The social worker will collaborate with PACT social workers, Suicide Prevention Coordinators, Mental Health Treatment Coordinators, Health Care for Homeless Veteran (HCHV) social workers, SATT Program, Residential Programs and other key internal and external stakeholders as appropriate for the Veterans care.
- →The social worker must have proven and consistent excellence in customer service.
- →Develops the discharge plan through collaboration with the Veteran, family members/caregiver, and the interdisciplinary team.
- →The social worker establishes plans, goals and evaluates outcomes of interventions Responsible for planning and organizing work, coordinating with clinical interdisciplinary staff, other professional and clinical staff, and management personnel.
- →This social worker is responsible for reviewing and coordinating all phases of the continuing care for Veterans served within scope of practice and level of licensure.
- →Responsible for educating the Veteran and family members/significant others/caregivers of the available VA/Community Resources, other various services/programs related to treatment and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on Veterans preference.
- →The social worker will ensure discussion on resources and referrals, along with all interventions are documented same day in the electronic health record.
- →Provides individual and group evidence-based therapies and treatment appropriate to level of licensure and complimentary to interdisciplinary inpatient treatment to Veterans and their families/caregivers.
- →Preferred experience: Experience working with interdisciplinary teams, discharge planning, conducting individual and group behavioral health and/or evidence based treatment.
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 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.
- ✓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: a79475ae-9483-458a-8f13-e25b1e831acd
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