Social Worker

1 month ago

Bangor, Maine, United States Department Of Veterans Affairs Full time
Summary

This Clinical Social Worker position is in Mental Health services at the VA Maine Healthcare Systems. This position is full-time at 40 hours per week.



Duties

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Social Work:

Major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Screening/Assessment -Develops an assessment of the Veteran in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, the Veteran, family members and significant others.
  • Makes Psychosocial /Psychiatric Diagnoses- Independently evaluates the Veteran's presenting problems, including their reaction and ability to manage them, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion.
  • Treatment Planning/Goal Setting - Responsible for developing the treatment plan and setting achievable treatment goals with the Veteran/family.
  • Referral to service providers - Throughout the course of treatment the social worker is the subject matter expert on VA and/or community resources; Collaborates with other service providers in reassessing the veteran's needs.
  • Resource Usage/Development - Responsible for using the current social work resource file of VA and community social service programs and enhancing the content to the benefit of veterans; Refers the veteran to needed services.
  • Advocacy - Understands the intimidation of bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the veteran/family. When appropriate and feasible, social worker will educate and encourage the veteran/family to advocate on own behalf, thus fostering a sense of independence and empowerment.
  • Crisis Intervention - Experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpatient programs. Social worker has access to multiple resource directories in addition to previously developed resources to meet the demands of a crisis.
  • Education/Health promotion and prevention - Provides education related to VA and community resources, entitlements, Advance Directives/Living Will and will refer Veterans/families to the appropriate interdisciplinary team member for identified health education needs.
  • Coordination of non-institutional and institutional services - Educates the Veteran, their families, and the team of all the options available to them and will collaborate with the Veteran and family on the preferred option.
  • Supportive counseling - Provides supportive counseling, as needed, to Veterans and their caregivers who the purpose of such counseling is to deal with the psychosocial impact of coping with chronic/disabling illness(es), onset of a catastrophic illness.
  • Individual, and group therapy- Individual psychotherapy-anger management, sexual abuse in childhood and adulthood, within and outside the military; personality disorders; PTSD; Schizophrenia and mood disorders using various therapeutic venues including cognitive behavior therapy, psychodynamic therapies, systems, reality therapies, narrative techniques, and structural techniques. Group Therapy-dynamic, reality, systems dealing with anger management, personality disorders, SUD, and PTSD.
  • Administrative responsibilities - Enters all Veteran/family contacts in the electronic record using appropriate formats and templates. Social Worker will attend all appropriate staff meetings (interdisciplinary treatment team meetings, Social Work staff meetings, MHC staff meetings, other committees as appropriate, etc.)
Work Schedule: Full-time; Monday - Friday; 07:30am-4:00pm

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.

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: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 402-F and 402-F2207-11

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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