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Social Worker - Emergency Department
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is actively recruiting for a Social Worker within the Emergency Department. The incumbent is responsible for providing assistance with care coordination for veterans who are being referred from community health care organization for VA services/programs, direct social work services to veterans being seen for treatment in the emergency department.
What You'll Do
- →This position is located primarily in the WP Emergency Department (ED) and the Patient Transfer Center (PTC) located in the Patient Business Office.
- →The ED social worker provides direct social work services to patients presenting for care in the ED and to begin discharge planning from the ED as a bridge to inpatient care.
- →The social worker will also screen, as part of the GERI-VET program, patients 75 years of age or older to assist in care coordination and work to reduce admissions for non-acute medical, social concerns.
- →All veterans referred from the ED staff presenting with psychosocial issues that may inhibit medical care follow through, independent care / social functioning or the need for possible social admission will receive a thorough psychosocial assessment of the presenting problem(s).
- →The social worker will seek to identify additional psychosocial issues (e.g. psychiatric, substance abuse, economic, housing, legal, interpersonal) that may also require treatment or referral.
- →The primary goal is to assess the patient's current level of social functioning, to assist them in moving towards a higher level of functioning, stability, self-sufficiency, and prevent unneeded social admissions by providing them and their caregivers with needed services and referrals to VA and community programs.
- →The social worker will also work with the discharge planning staff at outside area hospitals who have referred hospitalized veterans to the PTC for assistance with discharge planning, by providing the same level of services and referrals to help facilitate their discharge planning process and prevent unnecessary delays or readmissions.
- →The Social Worker (Emergency Department) duties include, but are not limited to: Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patient for psychosocial needs.
- →Assists outside hospitals or health care organization with discharge planning.
- →Provides counseling or brief psychotherapy for individuals and families.
- →Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran, family, and interdisciplinary treatment team.
- →Coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
- →Provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and services as liaison to family members.
- →Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families.
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: e706523b-09ed-4021-bcfa-a10aacf5f121
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