Senior Social Worker-Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP)

About the role

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. Program approval — award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) — is determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. This is an Open and Continuous announcement and can be taken down at any time. The incumbent works within the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Clinic providing psychotherapy services to the outpatient Veteran population, including but not limited to group and individual psychotherapy using evidence-based practices.

Qualifications

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.
• Education: 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 in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the school is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree.
• Licensure: Must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level.
• English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).

GS-12 Senior Social Worker Grade Determinations:

• Experience/Education: At least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure in a specialized area of social work practice, of which one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience demonstrating advanced practice skills and judgment, are experts in their specialized area, and may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty.
• Licensure/Certification: Must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination —