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Senior Social Worker (Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Wenatchee, WA · 3 wk ago
OTHR$200k/yrFull-time

Summary

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.

Qualifications

  • To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

Basic Requirements

  • United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
  • English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C.7403(f)

Education

  • Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
  • Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited
  • A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work
  • Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org

Licensure

  • Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level
  • Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/Loss of Licensure or Certification

Program Approval

  • Program 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

  • Clinical Responsibilities:

    • Screening/Assessment: Independently assesses the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans identifying the Veteran's strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, psychosocial acuity, Mental Health symptoms according to DSM-5-TR, problem identification, diagnosis, treatment planning, implementation, evaluation, and follow-up

    • Delivers services both in person and via video technology

    • Treatment Planning/Interventions: Has specialized knowledge of a wide variety of individual, group, or family counseling interventions

    • LICSW will be able to provide advanced therapy and consultation for PTSD, depression, anxiety and other major MH disorders using EBPs

    • Provides complex crisis intervention and stabilization to patients who are in psychological distress

    • Uses Measurement Based Care (MBC) measures to evaluate initial and ongoing treatment needs and episodes of care - utilizing the continuum of care model

    • Demonstrates advanced skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities for Veterans with complex needs

    • This includes individual, group and/or family counseling, or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial, and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of Veterans

  • Academic/Teaching/Training:
    • May provide clinical supervision of non-licensed and licensed LICSW to assist with clinical skill development
    • Provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for assigned social work staff
  • Administrative Responsibilities:
    • Provides recommendations to supervisors of any clinical changes to policy and procedure and ability to design system changes based on data
    • Communicates assignments with milestones, priorities, expected outcomes, deadlines, and timeframes for completing assignments
    • Addresses program issues under review and problems to be resolved by providing advice on work methods, practices, and procedures

Pay

  • Competitive salary and regular salary increases
  • When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade)

Total Rewards

  • Includes a competitive salary and regular salary increases
  • Regular salary increases
  • When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of 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 (13-26 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: Ad-Hoc (Inclement Weather Only)
  • Virtual: This is not a virtual position
  • Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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