Senior Social Worker

Job Title

This position involves a core role in the coordination of client care and Vet Center staff professional development.

The duties include:

• Developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services.
• Providing leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for staff.
• Delivering advanced practice skills for assessment and treatment of psychological trauma, such as Post Traumatic Stress.
• Engaging clients in a therapeutic relationship, conducting thorough psychosocial assessments, and developing and implementing readjustment counseling service plans.
• Completing readjustment counseling intake procedures, including assessments of risk for self-harm, military history, and military-related psychosocial stressors.
• Developing and updating individualized readjustment counseling service plans.
• Incorporating complex multiple causation in differential psychosocial assessment and direct service delivery to eligible Veterans.
• Conducting timely assessments of Veterans in crisis to identify immediate needs, evaluate risk, and initiate safety planning.
• Linking the Veteran with other community services, resources, and opportunities to maximize independence, health, and well-being.
• Maintaining active coordination with Vet Center outreach workers to ensure seamless referral to Vet Center services.
• Actively participating in staff meetings designed to promote team building and staff development.
• Documenting all clinical interactions with eligible individuals and episodes of care coordination on their behalf as required by policy.
• Performing other duties that may be assigned.

Work Schedule:

Monday thru Friday, some evenings and weekends possible, standard operational hours with occasional evenings based on operational need of the facility.

Telework:
Not Available.

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 86327A.

Relocation/Recruitment

Incentives:

Not Authorized.

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

Support, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized.