Social Worker
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to preserve all substantive info. So we need sections: maybe "About the role" (summary), "Responsibilities" (duties), "Qualifications" (basic requirements, grade determinations, etc.), "Skills" (KSAs), "Benefits" (Total Rewards details like PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance), "Pay" (Competitive salary...), "Schedule" (Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm). Also maybe "Physical Requirements"? Not required heading; we could include under Responsibilities or separate? Not in list; but we could omit if not matching headings. The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can use those headings. We need to decide which sections have content.
- About the role: summary paragraph.
- Responsibilities: duties list.
- Qualifications: basic requirements, grade determinations, etc.
- Skills: KSAs (demonstrated knowledge-skills-abilities) maybe also Preferred Experience.
- Benefits: Total Rewards items like PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance.
- Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- Schedule: Work Schedule Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
We need to 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.
We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The posting includes some lines like "Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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) 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: Virtual: This is not a virtual position Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized"
We need to extract relevant info: Work Schedule, Pay, Benefits (PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance). Also note that Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Not Authorized, PCS Not Authorized - maybe we can drop as not substantive? Might be considered boilerplate; but it's specific info. However instruction: remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. This is not exactly that; it's about incentives. Might keep? But we have no heading for Incentives; we could include under Benefits maybe as a note? But we should not create sections with filler. Could include a short paragraph under Benefits about incentives not authorized. However the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we can incorporate that info into Benefits section as a note.
We need to preserve all substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. So we should include that Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized, Permanent Change of Station: Not Authorized. Could be included as a sentence.
Now, we need to format.
Let's draft:
About the role
This social worker is assigned to the Community Living Center (CLC) at the Nebraska Western Iowa VA Health Care System (NWI). The social worker is responsible for providing social work services to the Veteran residents of this area. The social worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team and is primarily responsible for completing biopsychosocial history and assessments - completing the psychosocial portions of the care plan and the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
Responsibilities
- Provide orientation to new residents of the CLC - communicating with Veterans and family members/significant others the purpose of CLC - expected length of stay and goals for discharge on admission to the CLC
- Conduct biopsychosocial assessments to determine needs of Veterans and family members
- Is an active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines
- Facilitate the Long-Term Care Co-Pay process with the Veteran and family members
- Participate in discharge planning with other disciplines - and Veterans and family members to the least restrictive environment through shared decision making and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate
- Provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources - and VA services and benefits
- Act as a consultant to other team/staff members
- Act as liaison between VA and community resources
- Provide case management to Veterans and families - as needed - throughout the continuum of care
- Provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case management - individual - family and group counseling - discharge planning - vulnerable adult reporting - and other services as appropriate
- Provide psychosocial treatment to assist Veterans and family members with psychosocial concerns - this may include financial - legal - housing - and other issues that can impact on health and functioning; also includes helping Veterans cope with new diagnoses - declining functioning - limitations on functioning - and death
- Guiding principles are to promote health and wellness and move care forward for the well-being of the Veteran
- Assist Veterans with crisis situations as required
- Serve as the CLC contact person with family members and significant others and will coordinate family conferences and meetings and address family issues that impact the Veteran's health and functioning
- Serve as an advocate for residents with facility staff and treatment team members and will help other team members understand the Veteran's perspective - life situation - coping mechanisms - and psychosocial problems
- Assist Veterans address advance care planning and end-of-life issues - including advance directives - living wills - pain management - dying and the transition to palliative and hospice care
- Provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate resident/family support groups as appropriate
- As appropriate - supervise the practice of social work students - or a less experienced social worker
- Coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans
- Participate in various Service Line or health care system workgroups - committees - and/or councils to represent and contribute social work expertise as assigned
- Document all social work interventions and activities in the resident's clinical record utilizing CPRS and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring patient care - this independent documentation includes the initial biopsychosocial assessment - periodic reassessments (at least quarterly or as changes in the resident's condition occur) - review of progress towards problem resolution and treatment goals/outcomes - regular progress notes and a closing or discharge summary
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States (non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy)
- English Language Proficiency: Social workers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - chapter 3 - section A - paragraph 3j
- Education Requirement: 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 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 Requirement: 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; VHA may waive the licensure or certification requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified - pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations (this exception only applies at the GS-9 grade level); for the GS-11 grade level and above - the candidate must be licensed or certified; at the time of appointment the supervisor will provide written requirements for licensure or certification including the time by which the license or certification must be obtained and the consequences for not becoming licensed or certified by the deadline; 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:
- Social Worker GS-9 (Entry Level): Experience and Licensure: None beyond the basic requirements; for appointments at the GS-9 grade level - VHA social workers who are not licensed or certified at the time of appointment must become licensed or certified at the independent - master's level within three years of their appointment as a social worker; most states require two years of post-MSW experience as a prerequisite to taking the licensure/certification exam - and VHA gives social workers one additional year to pass the licensure/certification exam; in states such as California - Washington - and others where the prerequisites for licensure exceed two years - social workers must become licensed at the independent - master's level within one year of meeting the full state prerequisites for licensure
- Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs) for GS-9: Ability to utilize a Veteran centric approach when providing interventions and counseling for Veterans - their family members - caregivers - and survivors; Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members - and to formulate and implement a treatment plan - identifying the Veterans problems - strengths - weaknesses - coping skills - and assistance needed; Ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals - families - and groups to achieve treatment goals - requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive - problem solving - or crisis intervention techniques; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients - staff - and representatives of community agencies; Fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses - disabilities - and treatment procedures - includes acute - chronic - and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology
- Social Worker GS-11 (Full Performance Level): Experience and Licensure: Appointment to the GS-11 grade level requires completion of a minimum of one year of
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. We need to remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The posting includes some lines like "Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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) 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: Virtual: This is not a virtual position Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized" We need to extract relevant info: Work Schedule, Pay, Benefits (PTO, parental leave, childcare subsidy, retirement, insurance). Also note that Recruitment/Relocation Incentives Not Authorized, PCS Not Authorized - maybe we can drop as not substantive? Might be considered boilerplate; but it's specific info. However instruction: remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. This is not exactly that; it's about incentives. Might keep? But we have no heading for Incentives; we could include under Benefits maybe as a note? But we should not create sections with filler. Could include a short paragraph under Benefits about incentives not authorized. However the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we can incorporate that info into Benefits section as a note. We need to preserve all substantive information; not invent or summarize away detail. So we should include that Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized, Permanent Change of Station: Not Authorized. Could be included as a sentence. Now, we need to format. Let's draft:
About the role
This social worker is assigned to the Community Living Center (CLC) at the Nebraska Western Iowa VA Health Care System (NWI). The social worker is responsible for providing social work services to the Veteran residents of this area. The social worker is a member of an interdisciplinary team and is primarily responsible for completing biopsychosocial history and assessments - completing the psychosocial portions of the care plan and the Minimum Data Set (MDS).
Responsibilities
- Provide orientation to new residents of the CLC - communicating with Veterans and family members/significant others the purpose of CLC - expected length of stay and goals for discharge on admission to the CLC
- Conduct biopsychosocial assessments to determine needs of Veterans and family members
- Is an active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines
- Facilitate the Long-Term Care Co-Pay process with the Veteran and family members
- Participate in discharge planning with other disciplines - and Veterans and family members to the least restrictive environment through shared decision making and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate
- Provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources - and VA services and benefits
- Act as a consultant to other team/staff members
- Act as liaison between VA and community resources
- Provide case management to Veterans and families - as needed - throughout the continuum of care
- Provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case management - individual - family and group counseling - discharge planning - vulnerable adult reporting - and other services as appropriate
- Provide psychosocial treatment to assist Veterans and family members with psychosocial concerns - this may include financial - legal - housing - and other issues that can impact on health and functioning; also includes helping Veterans cope with new diagnoses - declining functioning - limitations on functioning - and death
- Guiding principles are to promote health and wellness and move care forward for the well-being of the Veteran
- Assist Veterans with crisis situations as required
- Serve as the CLC contact person with family members and significant others and will coordinate family conferences and meetings and address family issues that impact the Veteran's health and functioning
- Serve as an advocate for residents with facility staff and treatment team members and will help other team members understand the Veteran's perspective - life situation - coping mechanisms - and psychosocial problems
- Assist Veterans address advance care planning and end-of-life issues - including advance directives - living wills - pain management - dying and the transition to palliative and hospice care
- Provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate resident/family support groups as appropriate
- As appropriate - supervise the practice of social work students - or a less experienced social worker
- Coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans
- Participate in various Service Line or health care system workgroups - committees - and/or councils to represent and contribute social work expertise as assigned
- Document all social work interventions and activities in the resident's clinical record utilizing CPRS and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring patient care - this independent documentation includes the initial biopsychosocial assessment - periodic reassessments (at least quarterly or as changes in the resident's condition occur) - review of progress towards problem resolution and treatment goals/outcomes - regular progress notes and a closing or discharge summary
Qualifications
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States (non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy)
- English Language Proficiency: Social workers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - chapter 3 - section A - paragraph 3j
- Education Requirement: 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 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 Requirement: 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; VHA may waive the licensure or certification requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified - pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations (this exception only applies at the GS-9 grade level); for the GS-11 grade level and above - the candidate must be licensed or certified; at the time of appointment the supervisor will provide written requirements for licensure or certification including the time by which the license or certification must be obtained and the consequences for not becoming licensed or certified by the deadline; 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:
- Social Worker GS-9 (Entry Level): Experience and Licensure: None beyond the basic requirements; for appointments at the GS-9 grade level - VHA social workers who are not licensed or certified at the time of appointment must become licensed or certified at the independent - master's level within three years of their appointment as a social worker; most states require two years of post-MSW experience as a prerequisite to taking the licensure/certification exam - and VHA gives social workers one additional year to pass the licensure/certification exam; in states such as California - Washington - and others where the prerequisites for licensure exceed two years - social workers must become licensed at the independent - master's level within one year of meeting the full state prerequisites for licensure
- Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (KSAs) for GS-9: Ability to utilize a Veteran centric approach when providing interventions and counseling for Veterans - their family members - caregivers - and survivors; Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members - and to formulate and implement a treatment plan - identifying the Veterans problems - strengths - weaknesses - coping skills - and assistance needed; Ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals - families - and groups to achieve treatment goals - requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive - problem solving - or crisis intervention techniques; Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients - staff - and representatives of community agencies; Fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses - disabilities - and treatment procedures - includes acute - chronic - and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology
- Social Worker GS-11 (Full Performance Level): Experience and Licensure: Appointment to the GS-11 grade level requires completion of a minimum of one year of