Senior Social Worker

About the role

This Senior Social Worker is assigned to PACT in a CBOC with responsibility to provide social work services to adult and geriatric Veterans receiving care, as well as provide open access to Veterans seeking these services and timely response to individuals in psychosocial crisis in PACT as well as supporting the behavioral health needs of those in crisis.

Responsibilities

• Provide a variety of services for Veterans, including psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, short-term, solution focused counseling with individuals and families who may be in crisis, education and referral for resources and benefits, and case management.
• Consultation and education to CBOC staff and service providers, the collection and maintenance of statistical data, program planning evaluation and modification, and the supervision of students as assigned.
• Collaborate with the other members of the PACT, and CBOC staff in the provision of comprehensive health care services to Veterans, ensuring equity of access, service, and benefits to this population, and collect, develop, and analyze data from this program, using clinical indicators to assure care provided is of the highest quality.
• Implement psychotherapeutic treatment modalities, provide educational classes, and/or treatment and supportive groups for Veterans and families based on knowledge and ability.
• Provide consultation and education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits and specialty programs, and advance directives, which includes the process for accessing and/or coordinating community-based services, information, and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs, and community programs.
• Provide consultation to other treatment team and staff members regarding psychosocial needs of Veterans and/or their families and the impact of the identified psychosocial problems on the Veteran's health care planning and compliance with treatment.
• PACT social workers may provide back up for the Acute Care social workers and Emergency Department social workers at times when a need occurs.

Requirements

• Maintain an unrestricted, unsuspended license to practice social work.
• Able to provide supervision for licensure.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school.
• Licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level.
• Experience post advanced practice clinical licensure with at least two years of experience, one year of which must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities, incorporating complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment, developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice, providing specialized consultation, expanding clinical knowledge, and writing policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
• 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year.
• Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
• Child Care Subsidy for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance.
• Free health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Pay

Competitive salary and regular salary increases.