Social Worker-Community Living Center

4 weeks ago


Brockton, Massachusetts, United States Veterans Health Administration Full time

This social worker position is in the Community Living Center (CLC) at VA Boston Healthcare System located at Brockton, MA Campus.

This is a full time 40 hour a week position.


The social worker is assigned to cover inpatient CLC units which include specialty areas of long & short term care/rehabilitation, hospice, palliative care & respite care.

In collaboration with treatment team members & supervision of a fully licensed Social Work Supervisor, involved in initiating, implementing & coordinating discharge planning activities.

Typical duties include but are not limited to the following:
Establishing and maintaining effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families/NOK.

The incumbent works independently with patient and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems and are in emotional turmoil/ distress.

Completing Psychosocial Assessments of all assigned cases per Joint Commission standards through integrating medical record review, veteran interview and collateral information.

This includes identifying the patient's problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills and assistance needed in order to provide appropriate interventions.

Incumbent has knowledge of psychosocial treatment and can independently apply/implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, groups, and family units to achieve the desired goal.

Providing supportive counseling, based on therapeutic interventions and selects from among various treatment approaches/ modalities to address/ resolve the identified problems.

Providing crisis intervention as needed is able to make quick assessments based on situational circumstances as needed. Incumbent able to illicit the assistance, coordination and collaboration of treatment team as needed.
Providing case management and assists veterans with concrete services based on available resources. Initiating, implementing and coordinating discharge planning. Also, providing ongoing process improvements in the area of discharge planning with these"flow" patients.

Initiating and maintaining a resource file of VA and community agencies and programs for use in discharge planning and referrals as needed.

Providing education and information to the veteran/family on Advanced Medical Directives and assisting with completion of advanced directive forms as needed (Living Will and Health Care Proxy).

Referring veterans and families to other team members for further information about treatment preferences and other education needs.
Independently identifying high-risk patients. Providing case management and appropriate interventions as needed to this patient population.
Identifying, evaluating, and providing needed interventions to veterans of suspected abuse and neglect and self-neglect.

As mandated reporter, providing verbal and written report to appropriate agencies per state and VA regulations and documents appropriately in the medical record.



Work Schedule:

Full-time-8:00am-4:30pm.

Compressed/Flexible

Work Schedule:

Not Authorized

Telework:
Maybe authorized at manger's discretion.

Virtual/Remote Work:
Not Authorized

EDRP:
Authorized -Contact Karen Chapman

, the EDRP Coordinator for questions or assistance on how to begin the application process.
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Relocation, Recruitment, Incentives:
Not Authorized

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nancial Disclosure Report:
Not required

Promotion Potential:


The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.

Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

NOTIFICATIONS:
This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position.
This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.
Selectee may be required to work at any Boston Healthcare System campus, as needed.
This position is in the Excepted Service.
Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) will be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.

Veterans' preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees.
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
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