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Senior Social Worker
4 months ago
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
Duties
Current, permanent VA employees or Federal employees from another agency should apply using announcement: CBST AC
This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2024 or until all positions are filled. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be February 9, 2024, with subsequent cut-off dates of every Sunday until all positions are filled.
VA Careers - Social Work:
Duties include, but not limited to:
- Provide specialized evidence-based treatment to Veterans enrolled in Mental Health in a Community Based Outpatient Clinic with the Veterans Healthcare System of the Ozarks. The population served may lack familial and community support, be poor self-monitors, have difficulty adhering to recommended treatment due to the nature of their mental illness or other psychosocial barriers, and may have major deficits in coping skills and require intensive professional psychological support.
- Function as a licensed independent provider of mental health services.
- Conduct full psychosocial diagnostic evaluations using the DSM-V-TR.
- Primarily responsible for screening, assessing, treatment planning, clinical care provision, and discharge planning at an advanced practice level.
- Represents the social work profession and perspective on a multidisciplinary team that may include other social workers, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, and other disciplines.
- Provide and maintain expertise regarding VA and community psychosocial resources.
- Participate in program development within their assigned program including community outreach.
- Participate in tracking the care of Veterans as they move through the treatment process. The Social Worker will also be involved in measuring treatment outcomes through the use of testing and other measures.
- Utilize outcome evaluations to further treatment and design system changes based on empirical findings.
- Responsible for participating in clinical program development and is accountable to clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns. This may include partnering with local universities, community colleges, and other agencies to improve the delivery of mental health services and increase utilization.
- Work in conjunction with the Veterans Justice Outreach Coordinator for any Veterans they are treating who are enrolled in Veterans Treatment Court, assuring timely documentation and thorough treatment planning.
- Work in conjunction with the other disciplines to partner in the care of Veterans with complex biopsychosocial needs.
- Demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications
- Responsible for the independent planning and provision of treatment services for those veterans assigned to his/her case-management.
- Independently identifies high risk patients and provides safety planning, crisis intervention, coordinates staffing with other team members and/or family conferences when clinically indicated.
- Maintain a thorough knowledge of residential programs and other VA resources that specifically serve the Veteran population they are working with. The Advanced Practice Social Worker will be able to identify Veterans in need of a higher level of care and work with the admissions personnel of residential programs within the VA or community to secure treatment for Veterans.
- Serve as a resource and point of contact throughout the facility for the mental health needs of Veterans.
- Serves in a liaison capacity, arranging referral of veteran for adjunctive diagnostic treatment, and ancillary services within the VHSO, VHA and community-based agencies and organizations as required.
- Participate in the development of a plan of care for each patient assigned, with measurable goals outlined, based on relevant psychological, medical and psychiatric treatment information.
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact Jennifer.Isbell-, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
