Social Worker (Caregiver Support)

Summary

The GS-11 Caregiver Support Program Social Worker primary responsibilities is to provide clinical evidence-based services and interventions; provide caregiver - Veteran and staff education on caregiver issues; engage in community outreach and resource development; continuous quality-improvement activities - and evaluation/consultation. The position is assigned under the Social Work service at the Memphis VAMC.

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements:
  • United States Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States
  • 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)
  • Licensure: Current state requirements may be found by going to
• Grade Determinations: Social Worker - GS-11 (1) Experience and Licensure
• Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities

Duties

• The Social Worker participates in direct caregiver and Veteran contacts to identify and assess caregiver stress/burden and the development and application of directed clinical treatment interventions
• Advises and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams throughout the medical center on caregiver issues
• Creates educational tools - develops programs and implements training focused on specific caregiver needs/issues
• Provides education and in-service training to VAMC employees - Veterans - families and caregivers
• Develops and facilitates caregiver support groups (face-to-face or VANTS telephone line) and educational programs
• Conducts caregiver and family clinical interventions to facilitate the identification of caregiver stress - psychiatric illness - emotional distress and social needs as treatment issues
• Provides referrals to VA medical and mental health treatment and to other VA services including VA benefits - community-based social services and other non-VA entitlement programs
• Collaborates with the VA Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) - mental health - and geriatric primary care clinicians to provide Veteran and staff education on caregiver issues

Total Rewards

• Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
• Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
• 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: Not Available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position