Senior Social Worker- Primary Care Mental Health Integration
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details like eligibility requirements, award amount up to $200k, eligibility period 1-5 years, must apply within four months, former participants ineligible.
For Qualifications: need to include all bullet points: citizenship, non-citizens only if cannot recruit citizens, English proficiency, education master's CSWE, verification link, licensure requirement, grade determinations (Senior Social Worker GS-12 experience/education: at least two years experience post advanced practice clinical licensure, one year equivalent to GS-11, etc.), KSAs (a)-(e), preferred experience, reference link, full performance level GS-12, Physical Requirements, Work Environment.
We need to keep details but format as lists where appropriate.
We need to decide what goes under Responsibilities (Duties). The Duties section includes paragraphs and bullet-like list after "Duties include but are not limited to:" with sub-bullets. We'll turn that into
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We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
Benefits
... EDRP details ...
- ... Paid Time Off ...
... etc.
But we need to decide if we should split Benefits into multiple and
. The instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. So if we have a list of benefits, we use
. If we have prose description, use . For EDRP we could put in
. Then list other benefits as
.
Similarly for Qualifications: we have many items; could be a mix of prose and list. Probably best to put the basic requirements as a list, KSAs as list, etc.
Responsibilities: list of duties.
Pay: prose.
Schedule: prose.
Let's craft.
First Benefits:
- EDRP: eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program - student loan payment reimbursement program. Must meet specific eligibility per VHA policy and submit EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program approval - award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review. Former EDRP participants ineligible.
- Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service.
- Parental Leave: After 12 months employment, up to 12 weeks paid parental leave in connection with birth, adoption, or foster care placement.
- Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days employment, full-time employees with total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to monthly maximum $416.66.
- Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% contributions by VA.
- Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
- Telework: Available (Virtual: This is not a virtual position). Actually Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Means telework available but not fully virtual? We'll phrase: Telework available; position is not virtual.
We could also mention that sign-on bonus and relocation not authorized but maybe omit as not a benefit.
Now Qualifications:
We need to include:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship (non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA Policy)
- English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English per 38 U.S.C.7403(f)
- Education: Master's degree in social work from a school fully accredited by CSWE. Graduates of schools in candidacy status do not meet requirement until fully accredited. Doctoral degree may not substitute for master's. Verification via CSWE website.
- Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in GS-0185 series must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at master's degree level. Provide link.
- Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker GS-12 Experience/Education: candidate must have at least two years experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice; one year must be equivalent to GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers demonstrate advanced practice skills and judgment, are experts in specialized area, may have certification or post-masters training from nationally recognized organization/university with defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty. Must be licensed/certified by state at advanced practice level which included advanced generalist or clinical examination unless grandfathered by state (except CA which administers its own clinical exam for advanced practice) and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.
- Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): (a) Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations (includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management). (b) Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. (c) Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty area - utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. (d) Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on psychosocial treatment of patients in service delivery area - as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. (e) Ability to expand clinical knowledge in social work profession - and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to service delivery area.
- Preferred Experience: Experience in providing brief therapeutic interventions; experience working in primary care setting; experience in health psychology/behavioral medicine.
- Reference link: https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
- Full performance level: GS-12
- Physical Requirements: Physical aspects typical for occupation; may require standing, lifting, carrying, sitting, stooping, bending, pulling, pushing; may be required to wear personal protective equipment and undergo annual TB screening/testing as conditions of employment.
- Work Environment: Work performed in office/clinic setting with minimal risks requiring normal safety precautions; area adequately lighted, heated, ventilated; requires ability to handle several tasks at once in sometimes stressful situations.
We need to format as lists where appropriate.
Responsibilities/Duties: The Duties section includes paragraphs and then a list after "Duties include but are not limited to:".
We'll capture the prose before list as maybe, then list.
Prose before list: "Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Senior Social Worker will demonstrates effectiveness in assessing for problems or concerns unique to patient population status as military veterans while independently - or in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team - family members and significant others - arriving at a reasoned diagnosis of patient problems and needsThe goal of the assessment is to highlight the veteran's strengths - limitations - and internal/external supports and service needs in order to optimize the veteran's functional statusThe incumbent demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment and skills needed for all adult patients including geriatric patients related to their physical limitations - psychological needs and age associated illnesses and conditionsIt is the responsibility of the social worker - working within the interdisciplinary treatment team to develop a treatment plan with the veteran based on this assessmentThe initial assessment will be completed at the time of the veteran's first visit for PC/MHI servicesThe social worker is responsible for educating the veteran and/or caregiver of the available services and assisting them in establishing appropriate referrals when PC/MHI based services are assessed to be inappropriate or brief intervention approaches are found to be inadequate after trialThe decision about referral will be collaborative and reflect consideration of the veteran's preference or that of his surrogate decision-maker"
That's a big block; we can keep as
.
Then list:
- PC-MHI Clinical Practice: Conduct functional assessments - based on 30-minute appointments and will triage/refer to specialty care services as appropriate; Applies principals of population-based care (defines role and identifies problems rapidly); Majority of all appointments are less than 30 minutes; Uses brief assessments routinely (e.g. - PHQ-9 - PCL - AUDIT C - etc.); Documentation skills Writes clear concise notes - generally 1⁄2-1 page long - with explicit impression - recommendations and plan for PCP use Notes document curbside consultation resultsNotes are completed within 24 hours; Consultation Skills Routinely Consults with PCPs and other PACT team members about plan of care for patientsConducts effective curbside consultationsIntegrates within primary care team and works closely in collaboration with PACT team - Attends PACT meetings and daily huddles; Administration Serves on Medical Center or Healthcare System - VISN - and/or National VA committees or task forces - as endorsed by supervisorsParticipates in Social Work privileging - educational and peer review activities - in accord with Social Work and medical center
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details like eligibility requirements, award amount up to $200k, eligibility period 1-5 years, must apply within four months, former participants ineligible. For Qualifications: need to include all bullet points: citizenship, non-citizens only if cannot recruit citizens, English proficiency, education master's CSWE, verification link, licensure requirement, grade determinations (Senior Social Worker GS-12 experience/education: at least two years experience post advanced practice clinical licensure, one year equivalent to GS-11, etc.), KSAs (a)-(e), preferred experience, reference link, full performance level GS-12, Physical Requirements, Work Environment. We need to keep details but format as lists where appropriate. We need to decide what goes under Responsibilities (Duties). The Duties section includes paragraphs and bullet-like list after "Duties include but are not limited to:" with sub-bullets. We'll turn that into
- .
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
Benefits
... EDRP details ...
- ... Paid Time Off ... ... etc. But we need to decide if we should split Benefits into multiple
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. So if we have a list of benefits, we use
- . If we have prose description, use
. For EDRP we could put in
. Then list other benefits as
- .
Similarly for Qualifications: we have many items; could be a mix of prose and list. Probably best to put the basic requirements as a list, KSAs as list, etc.
Responsibilities: list of duties.
Pay: prose.
Schedule: prose.
Let's craft.
First Benefits:
- EDRP: eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program - student loan payment reimbursement program. Must meet specific eligibility per VHA policy and submit EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program approval - award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review. Former EDRP participants ineligible.
- Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days annual leave, 13 days sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays). Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work or military service.
- Parental Leave: After 12 months employment, up to 12 weeks paid parental leave in connection with birth, adoption, or foster care placement.
- Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days employment, full-time employees with total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to monthly maximum $416.66.
- Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% contributions by VA.
- Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
- Telework: Available (Virtual: This is not a virtual position). Actually Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Means telework available but not fully virtual? We'll phrase: Telework available; position is not virtual.
We could also mention that sign-on bonus and relocation not authorized but maybe omit as not a benefit.
Now Qualifications:
We need to include:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship (non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA Policy)
- English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English per 38 U.S.C.7403(f)
- Education: Master's degree in social work from a school fully accredited by CSWE. Graduates of schools in candidacy status do not meet requirement until fully accredited. Doctoral degree may not substitute for master's. Verification via CSWE website.
- Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in GS-0185 series must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at master's degree level. Provide link.
- Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker GS-12 Experience/Education: candidate must have at least two years experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice; one year must be equivalent to GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers demonstrate advanced practice skills and judgment, are experts in specialized area, may have certification or post-masters training from nationally recognized organization/university with defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty. Must be licensed/certified by state at advanced practice level which included advanced generalist or clinical examination unless grandfathered by state (except CA which administers its own clinical exam for advanced practice) and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.
- Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs): (a) Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations (includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management). (b) Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. (c) Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty area - utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. (d) Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on psychosocial treatment of patients in service delivery area - as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. (e) Ability to expand clinical knowledge in social work profession - and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to service delivery area.
- Preferred Experience: Experience in providing brief therapeutic interventions; experience working in primary care setting; experience in health psychology/behavioral medicine.
- Reference link: https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
- Full performance level: GS-12
- Physical Requirements: Physical aspects typical for occupation; may require standing, lifting, carrying, sitting, stooping, bending, pulling, pushing; may be required to wear personal protective equipment and undergo annual TB screening/testing as conditions of employment.
- Work Environment: Work performed in office/clinic setting with minimal risks requiring normal safety precautions; area adequately lighted, heated, ventilated; requires ability to handle several tasks at once in sometimes stressful situations.
We need to format as lists where appropriate.
Responsibilities/Duties: The Duties section includes paragraphs and then a list after "Duties include but are not limited to:".
We'll capture the prose before list as
maybe, then list. Prose before list: "Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Senior Social Worker will demonstrates effectiveness in assessing for problems or concerns unique to patient population status as military veterans while independently - or in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team - family members and significant others - arriving at a reasoned diagnosis of patient problems and needsThe goal of the assessment is to highlight the veteran's strengths - limitations - and internal/external supports and service needs in order to optimize the veteran's functional statusThe incumbent demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment and skills needed for all adult patients including geriatric patients related to their physical limitations - psychological needs and age associated illnesses and conditionsIt is the responsibility of the social worker - working within the interdisciplinary treatment team to develop a treatment plan with the veteran based on this assessmentThe initial assessment will be completed at the time of the veteran's first visit for PC/MHI servicesThe social worker is responsible for educating the veteran and/or caregiver of the available services and assisting them in establishing appropriate referrals when PC/MHI based services are assessed to be inappropriate or brief intervention approaches are found to be inadequate after trialThe decision about referral will be collaborative and reflect consideration of the veteran's preference or that of his surrogate decision-maker" That's a big block; we can keep as
. Then list: - PC-MHI Clinical Practice: Conduct functional assessments - based on 30-minute appointments and will triage/refer to specialty care services as appropriate; Applies principals of population-based care (defines role and identifies problems rapidly); Majority of all appointments are less than 30 minutes; Uses brief assessments routinely (e.g. - PHQ-9 - PCL - AUDIT C - etc.); Documentation skills Writes clear concise notes - generally 1⁄2-1 page long - with explicit impression - recommendations and plan for PCP use Notes document curbside consultation resultsNotes are completed within 24 hours; Consultation Skills Routinely Consults with PCPs and other PACT team members about plan of care for patientsConducts effective curbside consultationsIntegrates within primary care team and works closely in collaboration with PACT team - Attends PACT meetings and daily huddles; Administration Serves on Medical Center or Healthcare System - VISN - and/or National VA committees or task forces - as endorsed by supervisorsParticipates in Social Work privileging - educational and peer review activities - in accord with Social Work and medical center
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