Social Worker-Post 911 Military 2VA Case Manager

About the role

The Incumbent is a professional social worker and provides social work services to combat and non-combat post 9/11 Veterans - severely injured Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)/Operation New Dawn (OND) service members and Veterans treated at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate psychosocial needs and apply social work interventions, case management, clinical screenings, VA education, supportive counseling, advocacy, crisis intervention, education, outreach, treatment planning, and coordination of linkages to other appropriate VA or community service providers and/or agencies as needed by the Veteran.
• Evaluate the Veteran's situation, abilities, and capabilities, and arrive at a reasoned conclusion including an assessment of a wide range of complicated mental, emotional, behavioral, physical, psychosocial, and environmental problems.
• Develop a preliminary plan involving the Veteran and family or significant others, and perform an insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness which may also include catastrophic medical conditions, dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and other high-risk diagnoses.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members and other mental health professionals on complex, difficult cases, using clinical practice skills and expertise in collaboration with supervision.
• Develop and maintain professional standards of practice and educate others about them.
• Ensure community providers are educated on available services/resources and assist Veterans in connecting them with appropriate referrals based on their preferences or those of their surrogate decision-makers.
• Provide rapid assessments and develop crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpatient programs, using access to multiple resource directories.
• Provide ongoing supportive counseling to Veterans and their caregivers to deal with the psychosocial impact of coping with challenges of transitioning from active duty and any medical, mental health, and/or psychosocial stressors.
• Ensure severely injured Service Members and Veterans have a personal advocate as they move through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) system.

Requirements

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
• 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: 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.
• Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/ExceptionVHA may waive the licensure or certification requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified - pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Experience: None beyond the basic requirements.
• Education: Master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school.
• Licensure: Must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Demonstrated knowledge, skills, and abilities in utilizing counseling skills, assessing psychosocial functioning and needs, implementing treatment modalities, establishing and maintaining effective working relationships, and fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures.

Skills

Skills:

• Utilize counseling skills when working with Veterans and family members.
• Assess psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members.
• Implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups.
• 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.

Benefits

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
• Regular pay increases based on performance and experience.

Pay

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

Schedule

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.