Senior Social Worker - Community Resource and Referral Center; CRRC)

Allied Health Professional

Duties may include but are not limited to:

• The incumbent functions as an independent social work provider.
• Interviews clients and conducts psychosocial assessments interviews veterans to establish facts about the veteran's situation, presenting problems and the impact of such problems on the veteran's functioning and health.
• Reviews all referral data from social workers, case managers, managed care staff and discharge planners to identify patients' needs. Makes a clinical assessment identifying the veteran's needs and strengths.
• Makes psychosocial diagnoses independently evaluates the veteran's situation, including the veteran's reaction and ability to deal with it, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion.
• Plans effective treatment assures the transfer of health care, both inpatient and outpatient to the appropriate VHA and community resources.
• Implements treatment provides clinical services to veterans and family members/significant others in support of the veteran's treatment. Gives advice, guidance, emotional support, and other assistance. Provides individual and group counseling services, including psychotherapy in some settings.
• Provides clinical supervision to less experienced social worker staff members.
• Outreach conducts active outreach to veterans involved with the medical center and local community with accordance to the program assigned.
• Comprehensive case management the incumbent may function as an ongoing case manager by performing duties to facilitate independent community living by coordination of care, linkage and referral for resources or services, as appropriate.
• Program coordination follows applicable program guidelines and procedures, both locally and nationally.
• Evaluation, education, supervision, coaching, and mentoring establishes a continuing relationship with the veteran, evaluating progress towards goals and adjusting the treatment plan as appropriate.
• Provides clinical supervision to less experienced social worker staff members. Serves as a mentor to other social worker staff members, particularly those at the entry level. Provides day-to-day directions for social workers, and other social work service staff members.
• Outreach the incumbent may be required to conduct active outreach to veterans involved with the medical center and local community with accordance to the program assigned.
• Comprehensive case management functions as an ongoing case manager by performing duties to facilitate independent community living by coordination of care, linkage and referral for resources or services, as appropriate.
• Program coordination incumbent follows applicable program guidelines and procedures, both locally and nationally.

Work Schedule:

Full-time, Monday-Friday

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:
Not authorized

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 09973F

Position Location:

Community Resource & Referral Center (CRRC), 4461 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104