Senior Social Worker

US Department of Veterans Affairs; Fredericksburg (VA); Presencial; USD 85.000 - 112.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

US Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Senior Social Worker for the Central Virginia VA Health Care System, Fredericksburg HCC. The role focuses on outpatient mental health and SATP services, applying advanced psychosocial treatments and coordinated care for veterans.

Applicants must have an MSW from an accredited program, state licensure at the advanced level, and strong English communication. Experience in crisis intervention and program evaluation is preferred.

Formación

• Master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program.
• Licensure as an advanced social work practitioner in the state.
• Proficiency in English (spoken and written).

Responsabilidades

• Provide individual, group, and family counseling within outpatient mental health and SATP settings.
• Participate in psychosocial assessments and case management to support treatment goals.
• Offer expert consultation and supervision to colleagues for licensure and professional development.

Conocimientos

Advanced clinical practice

Clinical supervision

Outcome evaluation

Consultation skills

Educación

MSW CSWE-accredited

Descripción del empleo

This Senior Social Worker works for the Central Virginia VA Health Care System at the Fredericksburg Health Care Center (HCC) in Fredericksburg, VA and is assigned to the Outpatient Mental Health Clinic, Mental Health Substance Abuse Treatment Program (SATP). Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education: Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the 4 accreditation standards for a masters of social work.
• Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/
• English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

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).

Senior Social Worker, GS-12, Grade Determinations

• Experience/Education: The candidate must have at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice. Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty.
• Licensure/Certification: Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure.
• Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
  • 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.
  • Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
  • Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes.
  • Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills.
  • Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area.

Preferred Experience

Experience with Substance abuse disorders (SUD). Manage substance crisis and/or crisis management experience. Group therapy experience with substance abuse. Residential treatment.

Reference

For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12.

Physical Requirements

The work is primarily non-strenuous, though a significant amount of walking or mobility is required for face-to-face contact with patients, family members, and medical staff. Ability to lift 5-10 pounds, mostly documents and/or binders is required. The ability to sit for 1-2 hours and do substantial computer work is required.