Senior Social Worker

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Functions and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Plays a core role in the coordination of client care and Vet Center staff professional development by developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services, utilizing outcome to improve treatment services.
• Provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development and continuing education programs for staff.
• Provides professional expertise delivering advanced practice skills for assessment and treatment of all symptoms associated with psychological trauma, such as Post Traumatic Stress.
• Engages clients in a therapeutic relationship, independently conduct a thorough psychosocial assessment and independently develop and implement a readjustment counseling service plan specific to the needs of clients from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds.
• Complete all readjustment counseling intake procedures, including an assessment of risk for self-harm, military history and military related psychosocial stressors, and assess family readjustment stressors and document identified behaviors or symptoms.
• Develop and periodically update an individualized readjustment counseling service plan that reflects a course of therapeutic and psychosocial interventions, including identification of achievable goals and measurable outcomes.
• Incorporate complex multiple causation in differential psychosocial assessment and direct service delivery to eligible Veterans, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnostic inferences within the clinical scope of practice.
• Conduct timely assessment of Veterans in crisis to identify immediate needs, evaluate risk, and initiate safety planning as appropriate.
• Links the Veteran with other community services, resources, and opportunities to maximize the Veteran's independence, health, and well-being.
• Maintain active coordination with Vet Center outreach workers to ensure seamless referral to Vet Center services for those individuals engaged in the community at outreach events that may require follow-up readjustment counseling.
• Actively participate in staff meetings designed to promote team building and staff development.
• Document all clinical interactions with eligible individuals and episodes of care coordination on their behalf as required by policy.
• Perform other duties that may be assigned

Work Schedule:

8:00am - 4:30pm Monday thru Friday some evenings and weekends possible, standard operational hours with occasional evenings based on operational need of the facility

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHA.ELRSProgram

Support, 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 #: 86327A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized