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Social Worker (PACT)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
About the Role
The Patient Aligned Care Team Social Worker (PACT) member eliminates barriers to care through assisting Veterans and their families with a variety of needs related to resolving psychosocial, emotional, and economic barriers to health and well-being. The position will provide coverage for equivalent level social workers within TVHS.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Must have a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with veterans, their families, and caregivers.
- →The incumbent is able to independently work with veterans, their families and caregivers] who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems.
- →Must independently complete thorough psychosocial assessments to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of veterans, their families and caregivers.
- →The incumbent must be able to utilize this assessment in treatment planning with the goal of attaining the highest level of independence and benefit that is possible and practical.
- →The content and documentation of psychosocial assessments must be consistent with professional standards, guidelines, and agency policies.
- →Must actively participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and actively collaborate with veterans, their families and caregivers as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members in the development and implementation of treatment goals and interventions.
- →The content and documentation of treatment plans and progress notes must be consistent with professional standards, guidelines, and agency policies.
- →Must possess a working knowledge 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.
- →Must facilitate action for community placements through collaboration with veterans, their families and caregivers as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members to ensure that appropriate community placements are completed in a timely manner.
- →Community placements can involve but are not limited to referrals to contract nursing homes, Community Living Centers, residential care homes, inpatient and outpatient hospice services.
- →The incumbent must possess a high level of ability in the use of assessments, forms, and processes needed to facilitate placement (.e.g., Form 10-10 EC) The incumbent must possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to refer veterans to VA programs.
- →This includes but not limited to the following programs: Homemaker I Home Health Aide, Veterans Directed, Medical Foster Home, Community Residential Care, Community Nursing Home.
- →The incumbent must possess a high level of ability in the use of assessments, forms, and processes needed to facilitate placement.
- →Must serve as a liaison between veterans, their families and caregivers and VA and community resources in order to ensure thorough delivery of social work services.
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 evaluation/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: 8052243d-1544-4fc9-86fd-03f2d24839be
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