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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 75 days ago
About the Role
The Acute/Critical Care Social Worker serves Veterans, the families and caregivers receiving inpatient and outpatient Acute Medicine, Surgical and Critical Care who experience a range of acute and chronic conditions within the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties of the Acute Care Social Worker Include: Patient Care Independently assesses the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members, identifies the Veteran's strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and psychosocial acuity.
- →Collaborates with the Veteran, family/caregiver and interdisciplinary treatment team, with the social worker facilitating the delivery of healthcare services, with the ability to identify family/caregiver stressors and refers them to community or VA referral resources.
- →Formulates and implements a care plan including measurable, achievable goals identifying the Veterans' needs, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and psychosocial acuity.
- →Provides psychosocial interventions with Veterans and their families/caregivers who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, behavioral health, financial, legal, and psychosocial problems.
- →The social worker links the Veteran with services, resources, and opportunities, in order to maximize the Veteran's independence, health, and well-being.
- →The social worker conducts timely assessment of at-risk Veterans in crisis to identify immediate needs, evaluate risk, and initiate safety plan as appropriate.
- →As a mandatory reporter, assesses and documents identified behaviors or symptoms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and/or intimate partner violence.
- →Reports assessed abuse, neglect, and exploitation to appropriate authorities in accordance with established policy.
- →Maintains complete, accurate, timely and confidential medical record documentation.
- →Acts as an advocate with appropriate VA and community service providers and agencies when it serves the best interest of the Veteran and family members/caregiver.
- →Professional Relationships The social worker establishes and maintains ongoing education for and outreach to Veterans, community agencies, students, and staff, to facilitate understanding of social work interventions specific to the Veteran/military population.
- →Meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions.
- →Consistently communicates and treats customers (Veterans, their representatives, visitors, and all VA staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.
- →Provides the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
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: 3ca3447f-587c-4ed2-8727-db1b3e3ec102
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