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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The employee serves as a Social Worker for the VA Caregiver Support Line (CSL).
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The employee is responsible for answering and responding to inquiries from caregivers, Veterans, community agencies and concerned family members and friends through multiple media channels.
- →The incumbent will provide information on VA's Caregiver Support Program including the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers and the Program of General Caregiver Support Services.
- →The incumbent conducts caregiver screening, clinical assessment, and offers individualized interventions to include supportive counseling and electronic referrals through the Caregiver Support Program database, to local VA Medical Center to Caregiver Support Coordinators that meet the unique needs of caregiver and Veteran callers.
- →The employee is sensitive to a variety of caregiving situations, assisting caregivers navigate barriers to care.
- →Employee independently conducts psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diverse backgrounds.
- →Provides psychoeducation to customers including medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures to formulate treatment and foster further connection to services.
- →Independently evaluates customer's needs and implements different treatment modalities when working with individuals, facilities, and groups who are experiencing a wide variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems.
- →Provides counseling to caregivers of Veterans and Veteran customers, recognizing the unique needs and challenges of caregivers and is familiar with a variety of interventions for depression, anxiety, stress and burden as well as understands the mental health continuum of care.
- →Work Schedule: Various schedules; 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM Eastern Standard Time OR 12:00 PM to 8:30 PM Eastern Standard Time Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
- →Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
- →Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
- →Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: This position may be authorized for telework.
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: b982f614-86e2-4b6a-8538-1105018a2397
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