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Social Worker (Program Coordinator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
Social Workers are licensed or certified to independently practice social work. They are assigned to all program areas, including inpatient or outpatient medicine, community living center, surgery, mental health, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, and geriatrics. Employees provide professional, independent social work services in the assigned area.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but are not limited to: Administers information and analytical systems to evaluate and enhance the quality of services provided to patients.
- →Performs the administrative and personal management function relative to staff supervised.
- →Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs.
- →Diagnoses Veterans according to the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or other recognized diagnostic manuals of mental disorders.
- →Coordinates community-based services, including information and referral to or from other VA programs, government programs, and community agency programs.
- →Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families.
- →Provides consultation services to VA staff regarding the psychosocial needs of the Veterans and the impact of their problems on their health and adherence to their treatment plan.
- →Uses word processing software to execute several office automation functions such as storing and retrieving electronic documents and files.
- →Serves as a Social Work representative on Service and facility committees/work groups/task forces, and on community agency boards as assigned.
- →Develop a treatment plan with the Veteran based on this assessment.
- →Provides specialized consultation on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective Social Work practice skills Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm; Subject to change based on the needs of the facility.
- →Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- →When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
- →Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
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: 9a91f23d-3e5e-4d08-8764-c883ca8a85f7
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