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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 47 days ago
About the Role
The VA Eastern Oklahoma Health Care System is currently recruiting for one (1) Social Worker within Mental Health who will be responsible for the management, coordination and provision of social work services on the inpatient psychiatric unit.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Other duties may include but are not limited to: Work with Veterans and family members from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, education, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills.
- →Participates in the treatment of all Veterans on the inpatient psychiatric unit regardless of socioeconomic, cultural, ethic, education or other backgrounds.
- →Assesses the biopsychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and family members and formulates and implements a treatment plan identifying a Veteran's problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed.
- →Conducts psychosocial assessments and participates in developing the treatment plan in conjunction with Veterans, families, caregivers and multidisciplinary staff, under the clinical supervision of an LIP.
- →Implements treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals.
- →This requires judgement and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques.
- →Identify problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed.
- →Complete Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation (CSRE) and safety planning, under clinical supervision.
- →Facilitation of discharge planning.
- →Provides individual, family and group counseling under the supervision of their clinical supervisor.
- →Provides case management services to Veterans.
- →Establishes and maintains effective working relationships and communicates with Veterans, staff, and representatives of community agencies.
- →Provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
- →Acts a liaison between VA and community resources.
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: 0d37a164-8af5-450e-ac01-121a6681c5ff
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