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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
About the Role
The Women Veterans Program Perinatal Social Worker is a professional social worker assigned to the VA NCHCS Women Veterans Program (WVP) under the Chief of Staff.
What You'll Do
- →The position functions a member of the multidisciplinary Women Veterans Program including the Maternity Care Nurse Coordinator and Postpartum/Lactation Nurse Coordinator as well as the larger Women Veterans Program team.
- →Social Work Services are carried out in full accordance with specific program goals and broad objectives of the VA health care system.
- →Major Duties include but are not limited to the following: Clinical: 1.
- →Employs a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with women Veterans and their families, being sensitive to the unique issues of women Veterans. 2.
- →As part of the perinatal team, builds and implements perinatal mental health monitoring across VA NCHCS. 3.
- →Conducts comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments to identify those at high-risk for mood disorders or other mental health concerns and identify social determinants of health. 4.
- →Accepts referrals from the team for any women otherwise identified as needing additional social work support during pregnancy or postpartum period for up to 1 year postpartum, while receiving IVF/Infertility treatments, and/or after a pregnancy loss. 5.
- →Completes follow-up assessments and periodic scheduled check-ins to monitor perinatal mental health and social determinants of health. 6.
- →Works with women and families to assess their strengths and challenges during the perinatal period.
- →Assures assessments and interventions are strengths-based and trauma-informed. 7.
- →Assesses high-risk and crisis situations, formulates crisis plans, and provides crisis interventions, coordinating with WVP team as well as other teams and service lines in response to crisis situations. 8.
- →Provides follow-up intervention services, developing individualized treatment plans, with particular regard for addressing situations related to harm to self, others, or grave disability and coordinates with mental health and suicide prevention coordinators as needed. 9.
- →Provides timely and appropriate interventions for issues identified. 10.
- →Provides referrals to mental health when appropriate, tracking and following up to make sure referrals are completed, and refers clients to other support services or community agencies if necessary Administrative: 1.
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: 27a9e400-56a4-4e91-abc9-5838a1b0ac01
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