Senior Social Worker
1 month ago
The senior social worker incumbent functions as the Case Manager for the Suicide Prevention program. The Suicide Prevention program serves to facilitate implementation of suicide prevention strategies at the Alexandria VA Medical Center and Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC).
Duties
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Social Work:
**If you are a current, permanent federal employee, apply to announcement number CBST GJ**
Duties include, but not limited to:
- Serves in conjunction with the Suicide Prevention Coordinator and Suicide Prevention Team, providing individualized comprehensive case management, clinical services and crisis intervention to Veterans deemed at an increased risk for suicide.
- Must use a high level of skill in assessing and treating the complicated psychosocial problems of identified high-risk Veterans who are experiencing a wide range of complicated mental, emotional, behavioral, physical, psychosocial, and environmental problems.
- Works independently and collaboratively with other treatment team members, professionals, nonprofessionals, and others at the VA Medical Center and community agencies to assist Veterans in managing their mental health problems, psychosocial needs, barriers to treatment and mitigating risk factors related to suicide.
- Carries full responsibility for crisis intervention and case management including short- and long-term services.
- Assesses the psychosocial and environmental needs or dysfunction secondary to, or exacerbating the psychiatric problems which might contribute to the risk of suicide.
- Conduct weekly clinical contact for high-risk Veterans discharged from inpatient status for the first thirty days post discharge.
- Conduct monthly contact for Veterans deemed at high-risk for suicide following national guidelines, and those Veterans placed on the high-risk list.
- Evaluate the Veteran's situation, abilities, and capabilities, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion including an assessment of vulnerability and prioritization for emergency intervention.
- Assesses at-risk factors and develops a preliminary plan, involving the Veteran and family or significant others, if possible, and performs an insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness which may also include, catastrophic medical condition, dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and other high risks diagnoses.
- Reviews all data, subjective and objective and makes a clinical assessment, identifying emergent needs.
- Establishes a continuing relationship with the Veteran, evaluating progress towards goals and adjusting the treatment plan as appropriate.
- Meets Veterans to assess accomplishments and re-establish goals and monitors Veteran's progress, maintains comprehensive documentation, ensures expert diagnosis and treatment of clinical disorders, and shows competent discretion in decision to adjust treatment.
- Identifies and tracks high-risk patients and monitors treatment to ensure that needed services are received. Participate in hospital committees and workgroups as assigned. May be required to work irregular tour of duty as needed.
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 existing pay, 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 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: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
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