Senior Social Worker (UCMHI) - Recruitment/Relocation/EDRP Incentive Authorized
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for lists,
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Keep all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- Summary: mentions EDRP eligibility, details. Could be "About the role" or maybe "Summary". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content.
We have:
- EDRP info: eligibility, award amount up to $200,000, eligibility period 1-5 years, apply within four months. That's a benefit? Could be under Benefits.
- Qualifications: Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, English proficiency, Education (master's in Social Work CSWE accredited), License/Certification (state license to independently practice social work at master's level), Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker GS-0185-12, Licensure Requirement (advanced practice level license, supervision), Experience Requirement: at least two years post advanced practice clinical licensure, specialized area, examples, Knowledge-Skills-Abilities list, Preferred Experience: Licensed within discipline, Experience in PCMHI-Urgent Care-Primary Care, rapid assessment of risk and mental status, triaging and coordinating level of care.
- Duties: description of role: functions within Urgent Care Mental Health Integration, multidisciplinary team, brief consultation-based services, 8-10 patients per day, etc. Also includes list of duties: psycho-diagnostic services, psychological evaluations, therapeutic interventions, consults, deals with diverse individuals/groups.
- Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Recruitment Incentives (text). Could be under Benefits? Might be separate but we can include under Benefits or maybe a separate section? The instruction says only include sections when posting has real specific content. Recruitment incentive is specific. Could be under Benefits or maybe a separate "Incentives" but not in list. Probably include under Benefits.
- Relocation Incentives: similar.
- EDRP Authorized: former EDRP participants ineligible, contact email, learn more.
- Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases, higher step rate possible, Above Minimum Rate of the Grade.
- Paid Time Off: 37-50 days annual PTO 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 experience or military service.
- Parental Leave: after 12 months employment, up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.
- 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, up to monthly max $416.66.
- Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K 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: Not Available; Virtual: Not a virtual position.
- Functional Statement #: 55750-F (metadata, maybe drop).
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized (metadata, drop).
We need to avoid repeating job title. Not present.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences.
We need to decide sections.
Potential sections:
- About the role (could include summary of position, EDRP eligibility, maybe work schedule? but schedule separate). Could include brief description: The Urgent Care Mental Health Integration Senior Social Worker (LCSW) ... functions within multidisciplinary Urgent Care teams, etc. That's more duties.
Better: Use sections: Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Benefits (including EDRP, recruitment incentive, relocation incentive, PTO, parental leave, child care subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework info), Pay, Schedule.
Skills could be part of Requirements or separate. But we have Knowledge-Skills-Abilities list; could be under Requirements or Skills. Since we have a Skills heading allowed, we could put KSA list under Skills.
Qualifications heading could cover basic requirements (citizenship, education, license, grade determinations, experience). We'll split.
Let's outline:
About the role
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 per 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) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.
But maybe About the role should be a brief description of the role, not just EDRP. However we have no separate summary besides that. Could combine.
Alternatively, we could put EDRP under Benefits.
Let's think: The instruction says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we need to decide which sections have content.
We have content for:
- About the role: we have summary about EDRP eligibility. That's specific.
- Responsibilities: we have duties description.
- Requirements: we have basic requirements (citizenship, English, education, license, grade determinations, experience). That's specific.
- Skills: we have Knowledge - Skills and Abilities list.
- Benefits: we have EDRP details (maybe duplicate), recruitment incentive, relocation incentive, PTO, parental leave, child care subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework not available.
- Pay: we have competitive salary, higher step rate, above minimum rate.
- Schedule: we have work schedule Monday-Friday 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM.
Thus we can include all sections.
We must not repeat info unnecessarily. Avoid duplication: EDRP appears in summary and also maybe benefits; we should include only once. Put EDRP under Benefits (makes sense). The summary could be short about role: maybe mention that it's a Senior Social Worker in Urgent Care Mental Health Integration, eligible for EDRP. But we can keep About the role brief: "This position is for a Senior Social Worker (LCSW) in the Urgent Care Mental Health Integration program, providing brief consultation-based services to Veterans." That's derived from duties. But we must not invent. We can extract from duties: "The incumbent functions as part of multidisciplinary Urgent Care teams – and delivers brief – consultation-based services to Veterans within that setting". That's from duties. So we can use that for About the role.
Thus About the role: The incumbent functions as part of multidisciplinary Urgent Care teams – and delivers brief – consultation-based services to Veterans within that setting.
But we also have EDRP info; we can put under Benefits.
Now Responsibilities: list of duties. We'll create - items.
Responsibilities content:
- Functions as part of multidisciplinary Urgent Care teams; delivers brief consultation-based services to Veterans.
- Focus on general service delivery for wide range of concerns, resolving problems within Urgent Care service context.
- Behavioral health visits are brief (generally 20-30 minutes), limited in number (1-6 visits), provided in Urgent care practice area, structured so Veteran views meeting as routine Urgent care service.
- UCMHI LCSW functions within fast-paced Urgent Care teams and can expect to consult with 8-10 patients per day with primary goals of assisting Urgent Care team members with identification, treatment, and management of mental health and behavioral medicine conditions in the enrolled population.
- May have limited responsibilities for and oversight of administrative programmatic tasks of various clinical programs within VATVCBHCS.
- May assist in coordinating programming within the UCMHI/PMCHI mental health program.
- May also work collaboratively with other staff as assigned by the Program Supervisor.
- May serve as a clinical supervisor for employees in lower grades.
- Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including rapid assessment of suicidality, psychosis, delirium, and intoxication – such as might present in an Urgent Care clinical setting.
- Performs psychological evaluations for individuals with mental health and medical disorders for purposes of diagnostic clarification and treatment planning recommendations; these evaluations employ a comprehensive diagnostic interview, review of available records, collateral contract when available, as well as objective and cognitive tests when indicated.
- Provides a range of psychological therapeutic interventions – including group and individual formats – with individuals with mental health disorders utilizing empirically supported modalities when indicated.
- Services may be delivered in a face-to-face and/or telehealth format.
- Consults with and serves as resource for other professional personnel concerning the needs for – evaluation of – and development of psychological services in VATVCBHCS.
- Deals effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view.
We need to ensure we don't add extra info not present.
Now Requirements: basic requirements.
List:
- 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: Must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
- Education: Must possess 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 is fully accredited. Note: A doctoral degree in Social Work may NOT be substituted for the master's degree in Social Work.
- License or Certification: Must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).
- Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker – GS-0185-12.
- Licensure Requirement: Must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which includes an advanced generalist or clinical examination – unless grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California – which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.
- Experience Requirement: Must possess at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which – one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Examples of specialized experience include – but are not limited to: assessing and documenting identified behaviors or symptoms of abuse – neglect – exploitation and/or intimate partner violence; use of clinical social work skills; maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality per policies – handbooks or directives; acting as an advocate with appropriate community service providers and agencies when it serves the best interest of the patient and family members/caregiver; independently assessing the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members – identifying the patient's strengths – weaknesses – coping skills – and psychosocial acuity. Applicable experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment.
- In addition to the experience above, must demonstrate the following Knowledge – Skills and Abilities: (we will move to Skills section). So Requirements stops before KSA.
We could include the grade determination as part of Requirements.
Now Skills: list of KSA.
- 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
for prose. Do not repeat job title as heading. Do not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Keep all substantive info. We need to parse the posting. Key sections: - Summary: mentions EDRP eligibility, details. Could be "About the role" or maybe "Summary". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content. We have: - EDRP info: eligibility, award amount up to $200,000, eligibility period 1-5 years, apply within four months. That's a benefit? Could be under Benefits. - Qualifications: Basic Requirements: US Citizenship, English proficiency, Education (master's in Social Work CSWE accredited), License/Certification (state license to independently practice social work at master's level), Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker GS-0185-12, Licensure Requirement (advanced practice level license, supervision), Experience Requirement: at least two years post advanced practice clinical licensure, specialized area, examples, Knowledge-Skills-Abilities list, Preferred Experience: Licensed within discipline, Experience in PCMHI-Urgent Care-Primary Care, rapid assessment of risk and mental status, triaging and coordinating level of care. - Duties: description of role: functions within Urgent Care Mental Health Integration, multidisciplinary team, brief consultation-based services, 8-10 patients per day, etc. Also includes list of duties: psycho-diagnostic services, psychological evaluations, therapeutic interventions, consults, deals with diverse individuals/groups. - Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM - Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Recruitment Incentives (text). Could be under Benefits? Might be separate but we can include under Benefits or maybe a separate section? The instruction says only include sections when posting has real specific content. Recruitment incentive is specific. Could be under Benefits or maybe a separate "Incentives" but not in list. Probably include under Benefits. - Relocation Incentives: similar. - EDRP Authorized: former EDRP participants ineligible, contact email, learn more. - Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases, higher step rate possible, Above Minimum Rate of the Grade. - Paid Time Off: 37-50 days annual PTO 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 experience or military service. - Parental Leave: after 12 months employment, up to 12 weeks paid parental leave. - 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, up to monthly max $416.66. - Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K 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: Not Available; Virtual: Not a virtual position. - Functional Statement #: 55750-F (metadata, maybe drop). - Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized (metadata, drop). We need to avoid repeating job title. Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. We need to decide sections. Potential sections: - About the role (could include summary of position, EDRP eligibility, maybe work schedule? but schedule separate). Could include brief description: The Urgent Care Mental Health Integration Senior Social Worker (LCSW) ... functions within multidisciplinary Urgent Care teams, etc. That's more duties. Better: Use sections: Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Benefits (including EDRP, recruitment incentive, relocation incentive, PTO, parental leave, child care subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework info), Pay, Schedule. Skills could be part of Requirements or separate. But we have Knowledge-Skills-Abilities list; could be under Requirements or Skills. Since we have a Skills heading allowed, we could put KSA list under Skills. Qualifications heading could cover basic requirements (citizenship, education, license, grade determinations, experience). We'll split. Let's outline:
About the role
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 per 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) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.
But maybe About the role should be a brief description of the role, not just EDRP. However we have no separate summary besides that. Could combine. Alternatively, we could put EDRP under Benefits. Let's think: The instruction says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it". So we need to decide which sections have content. We have content for: - About the role: we have summary about EDRP eligibility. That's specific. - Responsibilities: we have duties description. - Requirements: we have basic requirements (citizenship, English, education, license, grade determinations, experience). That's specific. - Skills: we have Knowledge - Skills and Abilities list. - Benefits: we have EDRP details (maybe duplicate), recruitment incentive, relocation incentive, PTO, parental leave, child care subsidy, retirement, insurance, telework not available. - Pay: we have competitive salary, higher step rate, above minimum rate. - Schedule: we have work schedule Monday-Friday 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM. Thus we can include all sections. We must not repeat info unnecessarily. Avoid duplication: EDRP appears in summary and also maybe benefits; we should include only once. Put EDRP under Benefits (makes sense). The summary could be short about role: maybe mention that it's a Senior Social Worker in Urgent Care Mental Health Integration, eligible for EDRP. But we can keep About the role brief: "This position is for a Senior Social Worker (LCSW) in the Urgent Care Mental Health Integration program, providing brief consultation-based services to Veterans." That's derived from duties. But we must not invent. We can extract from duties: "The incumbent functions as part of multidisciplinary Urgent Care teams – and delivers brief – consultation-based services to Veterans within that setting". That's from duties. So we can use that for About the role. Thus About the role:The incumbent functions as part of multidisciplinary Urgent Care teams – and delivers brief – consultation-based services to Veterans within that setting.
But we also have EDRP info; we can put under Benefits. Now Responsibilities: list of duties. We'll create- items. Responsibilities content: - Functions as part of multidisciplinary Urgent Care teams; delivers brief consultation-based services to Veterans. - Focus on general service delivery for wide range of concerns, resolving problems within Urgent Care service context. - Behavioral health visits are brief (generally 20-30 minutes), limited in number (1-6 visits), provided in Urgent care practice area, structured so Veteran views meeting as routine Urgent care service. - UCMHI LCSW functions within fast-paced Urgent Care teams and can expect to consult with 8-10 patients per day with primary goals of assisting Urgent Care team members with identification, treatment, and management of mental health and behavioral medicine conditions in the enrolled population. - May have limited responsibilities for and oversight of administrative programmatic tasks of various clinical programs within VATVCBHCS. - May assist in coordinating programming within the UCMHI/PMCHI mental health program. - May also work collaboratively with other staff as assigned by the Program Supervisor. - May serve as a clinical supervisor for employees in lower grades. - Provides a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including rapid assessment of suicidality, psychosis, delirium, and intoxication – such as might present in an Urgent Care clinical setting. - Performs psychological evaluations for individuals with mental health and medical disorders for purposes of diagnostic clarification and treatment planning recommendations; these evaluations employ a comprehensive diagnostic interview, review of available records, collateral contract when available, as well as objective and cognitive tests when indicated. - Provides a range of psychological therapeutic interventions – including group and individual formats – with individuals with mental health disorders utilizing empirically supported modalities when indicated. - Services may be delivered in a face-to-face and/or telehealth format. - Consults with and serves as resource for other professional personnel concerning the needs for – evaluation of – and development of psychological services in VATVCBHCS. - Deals effectively with individuals or groups representing widely divergent backgrounds, interests, and points of view. We need to ensure we don't add extra info not present. Now Requirements: basic requirements. List: - 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: Must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f). - Education: Must possess 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 is fully accredited. Note: A doctoral degree in Social Work may NOT be substituted for the master's degree in Social Work. - License or Certification: Must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). - Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker – GS-0185-12. - Licensure Requirement: Must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which includes an advanced generalist or clinical examination – unless grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California – which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. - Experience Requirement: Must possess at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which – one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Examples of specialized experience include – but are not limited to: assessing and documenting identified behaviors or symptoms of abuse – neglect – exploitation and/or intimate partner violence; use of clinical social work skills; maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality per policies – handbooks or directives; acting as an advocate with appropriate community service providers and agencies when it serves the best interest of the patient and family members/caregiver; independently assessing the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members – identifying the patient's strengths – weaknesses – coping skills – and psychosocial acuity. Applicable experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. - In addition to the experience above, must demonstrate the following Knowledge – Skills and Abilities: (we will move to Skills section). So Requirements stops before KSA. We could include the grade determination as part of Requirements. Now Skills: list of KSA. - 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