Senior Social Worker-Home Based Primary Care

Job Title

Allied Health Professional

Establishes and maintains effective working relationships and communicates with Veterans, staff, and other parties as appropriate. The incumbent will:

Possess and demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing with people from varied backgrounds.

Utilizes knowledge of community resources, makes referrals to the community and other government agencies as appropriate, and coordinates services.

Serve as a liaison between Veterans and/or their families and VA and community resources to ensure thorough delivery of services.

Independently conducts psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds.

Possess advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with polytraumatic injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.

Provide consultation and education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits and specialty programs, and end of life planning.

Utilizes a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities in treatment or with specialized Veteran populations, including individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy, and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management.

Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on empirical findings.

Incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnoses and treatment within approved clinical privileges. Develops treatment plan as appropriate.

Provides specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of Veteran in Home Based Primary Care, as well as role models effective social work practice skills.

Expand clinical knowledge in the profession via: continuing education; demonstrating innovation in the creation of new models of psychosocial assessment; and intervention to identify and address specialized clinical needs.

Other duties assigned by the Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) Program Manager.

Work Schedule:

M-F 8:00am - 4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible:
May be Available

EDRP Authorized:
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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) 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 #: 53659-A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized