Social Worker (Primary Care Mental Health Integration)
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We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. Must include all details from posting.
We need to be careful to not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting didn't have that.
We need to include EDRP info in About the role perhaps.
Let's extract details:
Summary:
- Position eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - student loan payment reimbursement program.
- Must meet specific individual eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit EDRP application within four months of appointment.
- Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of EDRP application.
Qualifications:
- Applicants pending completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements met.
- Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA Policy.
- Education: Master's degree in social work from CSWE-accredited school. Graduates of schools in candidacy status do not meet until fully accredited. Doctoral degree may not substitute for master's. Verify via CSWE website.
- Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at master's level. Current state requirements at vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid. Exception: VHA may waive licensure/certification for persons otherwise qualified pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations. This exception only applies at GS-9 grade level. For GS-11 and above, candidate must be licensed or certified. At time of appointment, supervisor/chief social work or social work executive will provide unlicensed/uncertified social worker with written requirements for licensure/certification including time by which license/certification must be obtained and consequences for not becoming licensed/certified by deadline.
- Loss of Licensure or Certification: Once licensed/certified, must maintain full-valid-unrestricted independent license/certification to remain qualified. Loss results in removal from GS-0185 series and may result in termination.
- Grade Determinations: In addition to basic requirements, criteria for grade:
Social Worker - GS-11: Experience and Licensure: Appointment to GS-11 requires completion of minimum one year of post-MSW experience equivalent to GS-9 grade level in health care or other social work-related settings (VA or non-VA) and licensure/certification in a state at independent practice level. NOTE: For appointment licensure/certification at this level refer to paragraph 3c OR Education: In addition to meeting basic requirements, a doctoral degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school may be substituted for required one year of professional social work experience in a clinical setting.
AND Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: In addition to experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
- Knowledge of community resources - how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services - and ability to coordinate services.
- Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, educational, and other backgrounds.
- Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures (i.e., acute - chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries - common medications and their effects/side effects - and medical terminology) to formulate a treatment plan.
- Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, 8 medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals.
- Ability to provide consultation services to new social workers, social work graduate students, and other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment.
- 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).
- Preferred Experience:
- Experience providing direct patient care in an integrated health care setting.
- Experience or interest in working with Veterans and military populations.
- Experience or comfort with working in a fast-paced environment - frequently set-shifting - seeing scheduled and unscheduled patients - attending primary care huddles - and providing consultation to primary care staff.
- Experience with or interest in learning brief - evidence-based interventions and brief documentation.
- Reference: For more info on qualification standard visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
- The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11.
- Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
Duties:
- VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU (maybe a link)
- Total Rewards: Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional (maybe heading)
- The Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) Social Worker position is administratively aligned with the Mental Health Service and is assigned as a Collocated Collaborative Care (CCC) behavioral health consultant in Primary Care.
- Major duties include but are not limited to:
- Collaborating with Primary Care Providers and interdisciplinary PACT members to support effective and coordinated service delivery.
- Conducting focused functional assessments and providing time-limited - evidence-based individual or group interventions.
- Maintaining open-access appointments and facilitating same-day warm handoffs within PACT.
- Utilizing Measurement Based Care and stepped-care principles to appropriately match services with Veterans' clinical needs.
- Referring Veterans with more severe or complex needs to appropriate general or specialty mental health programs.
- Providing consultation and education to PACT members regarding behavioral health - health behavior - patient communication - motivation - and behavior change.
- Completing clear - concise - and timely clinical documentation to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Participating in Social Work administrative activities - performance improvement initiatives - training - education - and program evaluation activities as assigned.
Work Schedule:
- Full Time
- Monday - Friday
- 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM or 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
Contact VISN2CompensationTeam@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
Learn more
Pay:
- Competitive salary and regular salary increases
- When setting pay - a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade)
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
Functional Statement #: 74545
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
We need to omit duplicated lines, boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. There's none.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can drop them.
We need to include all substantive info. That's a lot. We'll need to structure into sections.
Potential sections:
- About the role (summary about EDRP)
- Qualifications (including basic requirements, grade determinations, preferred experience, reference, full performance level, physical requirements)
- Responsibilities (duties)
- Benefits (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework/Virtual)
- Pay
- Schedule
We must ensure we don't create sections with filler. All have content.
We need to use
for each section heading.
Inside sections, we can use
for prose, and
- for lists.
We need to preserve all details; we must not omit any.
Let's craft.
First, About the role: include EDRP eligibility, award amount up to $200k, eligibility period 1-5 years, must apply within 4 months of appointment.
Also maybe mention that former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive? That's more about EDRP but could be in About the role or Benefits? It's about EDRP authorized. We'll include in About the role.
Also contact email for EDRP coordinator.
Now Qualifications: Very long. We'll need to break into sub-sections? But we only have headings at h3 level; we can still use paragraphs and lists inside.
We'll include bullet lists for
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit details. Must include all details from posting. We need to be careful to not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting didn't have that. We need to include EDRP info in About the role perhaps. Let's extract details: Summary: - Position eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - student loan payment reimbursement program. - Must meet specific individual eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit EDRP application within four months of appointment. - Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of EDRP application. Qualifications: - Applicants pending completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements met. - Basic Requirements: - United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens per VA Policy. - Education: Master's degree in social work from CSWE-accredited school. Graduates of schools in candidacy status do not meet until fully accredited. Doctoral degree may not substitute for master's. Verify via CSWE website. - Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at master's level. Current state requirements at vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid. Exception: VHA may waive licensure/certification for persons otherwise qualified pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations. This exception only applies at GS-9 grade level. For GS-11 and above, candidate must be licensed or certified. At time of appointment, supervisor/chief social work or social work executive will provide unlicensed/uncertified social worker with written requirements for licensure/certification including time by which license/certification must be obtained and consequences for not becoming licensed/certified by deadline. - Loss of Licensure or Certification: Once licensed/certified, must maintain full-valid-unrestricted independent license/certification to remain qualified. Loss results in removal from GS-0185 series and may result in termination. - Grade Determinations: In addition to basic requirements, criteria for grade: Social Worker - GS-11: Experience and Licensure: Appointment to GS-11 requires completion of minimum one year of post-MSW experience equivalent to GS-9 grade level in health care or other social work-related settings (VA or non-VA) and licensure/certification in a state at independent practice level. NOTE: For appointment licensure/certification at this level refer to paragraph 3c OR Education: In addition to meeting basic requirements, a doctoral degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school may be substituted for required one year of professional social work experience in a clinical setting. AND Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: In addition to experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: - Knowledge of community resources - how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services - and ability to coordinate services. - Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, educational, and other backgrounds. - Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures (i.e., acute - chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries - common medications and their effects/side effects - and medical terminology) to formulate a treatment plan. - Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, 8 medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals. - Ability to provide consultation services to new social workers, social work graduate students, and other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment. - 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). - Preferred Experience: - Experience providing direct patient care in an integrated health care setting. - Experience or interest in working with Veterans and military populations. - Experience or comfort with working in a fast-paced environment - frequently set-shifting - seeing scheduled and unscheduled patients - attending primary care huddles - and providing consultation to primary care staff. - Experience with or interest in learning brief - evidence-based interventions and brief documentation. - Reference: For more info on qualification standard visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ - The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11. - Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019. Duties: - VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU (maybe a link) - Total Rewards: Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional (maybe heading) - The Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) Social Worker position is administratively aligned with the Mental Health Service and is assigned as a Collocated Collaborative Care (CCC) behavioral health consultant in Primary Care. - Major duties include but are not limited to: - Collaborating with Primary Care Providers and interdisciplinary PACT members to support effective and coordinated service delivery. - Conducting focused functional assessments and providing time-limited - evidence-based individual or group interventions. - Maintaining open-access appointments and facilitating same-day warm handoffs within PACT. - Utilizing Measurement Based Care and stepped-care principles to appropriately match services with Veterans' clinical needs. - Referring Veterans with more severe or complex needs to appropriate general or specialty mental health programs. - Providing consultation and education to PACT members regarding behavioral health - health behavior - patient communication - motivation - and behavior change. - Completing clear - concise - and timely clinical documentation to facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration. - Participating in Social Work administrative activities - performance improvement initiatives - training - education - and program evaluation activities as assigned. Work Schedule: - Full Time - Monday - Friday - 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM or 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive Contact VISN2CompensationTeam@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance Learn more Pay: - Competitive salary and regular salary increases - When setting pay - a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade) 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 Functional Statement #: 74545 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized We need to omit duplicated lines, boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. There's none. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; we can drop them. We need to include all substantive info. That's a lot. We'll need to structure into sections. Potential sections: - About the role (summary about EDRP) - Qualifications (including basic requirements, grade determinations, preferred experience, reference, full performance level, physical requirements) - Responsibilities (duties) - Benefits (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, Telework/Virtual) - Pay - Schedule We must ensure we don't create sections with filler. All have content. We need to use
for each section heading. Inside sections, we can use
for prose, and
- for lists. We need to preserve all details; we must not omit any. Let's craft. First, About the role: include EDRP eligibility, award amount up to $200k, eligibility period 1-5 years, must apply within 4 months of appointment. Also maybe mention that former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive? That's more about EDRP but could be in About the role or Benefits? It's about EDRP authorized. We'll include in About the role. Also contact email for EDRP coordinator. Now Qualifications: Very long. We'll need to break into sub-sections? But we only have headings at h3 level; we can still use paragraphs and lists inside. We'll include bullet lists for