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Social Worker-Post 911 Military 2VA Case Manager
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 62 days ago
About the Role
The Incumbent is a professional social worker and provides social work services to combat and non-combat post 9/11 Veterans, severely injured Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/Operation New Dawn (OND) service members and Veterans treated at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.
What You'll Do
- →Screening/Assessment: Evaluates the Veteran's situation, abilities, and capabilities, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion including an assessment of a wide range of complicated mental, emotional, behavioral, physical, psychosocial, and environmental problems.
- →Assesses at-risk factors and develops a preliminary plan, involving the Veteran and family or significant others, and performs an insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness which may also include, catastrophic medical condition, dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and other high risks diagnoses.
- →Consult Management: The Social Work Case Manager receives and completes consults requesting services from interdisciplinary team members and from other mental health professional on complex, difficult cases, using clinical practice skills and expertise in collaboration with supervision.
- →May also provide consultation to interdisciplinary team members and is responsible for development and maintenance of professional standards of practice and educating others about them.
- →Case Management Planning/Goal Setting: Works closely with the Service member/Veteran, to develop a mutually agreed upon case management plan, which will build on the analysis of information gathered in the assessment and the strengths and perceived barriers identified by the Veteran.
- →Will work with the Veteran to develop goals and objectives that are specific, measurable, realistic and time limited.
- →Referral to Service Providers: Throughout the course of treatment the incumbent is the subject matter expert on VA and/or community resources.
- →The Social Work Case Manager will collaborate with other service providers in reassessing the Veteran's needs.
- →Responsible for ensuring community providers are educated on the available services/resources and assisting the Veterans in connecting them with the appropriate referrals based on the preference expressed by the Veteran, or that of his surrogate decision-maker.
- →Crisis Intervention: Is experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpatient programs.
- →Has access to multiple resource directories in addition to previously developed resources to meet the demands of a crisis.
- →Supportive Counseling/Case Management: Will provide the Veterans and their caregivers with ongoing supportive counseling.
- →The purpose of such counseling is to deal with the psychosocial impact of coping with the challenges of transitioning from active duty and any medical, mental health and/or psychosocial stressors.
- →Advocacy: As many of these Veterans suffer from multiple complex health and mental health problems, including traumatic brain injury (TBI), amputations, burns, combat stress and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), this position is dedicated to ensuring severely injured Service Members and Veterans have a personal advocate as they move through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system.
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 dentification 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 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: 256345fb-3ba2-4af7-ad8f-df938ac14834
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