Senior Social Worker- BHIP

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Wilmington (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework available

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Senior Social Worker for Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) at Chillicothe VA and Wilmington CBOC. This role provides advanced psychosocial services to veterans and families within an interdisciplinary team.

Required: MSW CSWE-accredited, state license at the advanced practice level, and experience in mental health, counseling, and case management. EDRP participation is available with eligibility determined by program rules.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship requirements per VA policy
• Master's degree in Social Work from CSWE-accredited school
• Licensure as social worker at the master's level in state
• English proficiency for professional practice
• Advanced practice licensure and supervision requirements
• Two years post-licensure experience in a specialized social work area
• Knowledge of evidence-based therapies and psychosocial assessment

Responsibilities

• Provide full range of psychodiagnostic services and psychosocial assessments
• Deliver evidence-based psychotherapy in BHIP settings
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and care coordination
• Refer to local/state/federal benefits and resources as needed
• Provide supervision to interns or supervise licensure candidates
• Engage in data collection and care reviews to improve outcomes
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality per VA policies

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Evidence-based psychotherapy

Clinical supervision

Independent practice

Education

MSW CSWE-accredited

Job description

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Qualifications

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: You must possess 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
• Note: A doctoral degree in Social Work may NOT be substituted for the master's degree in Social Work
• Licensure: You must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level
• English Language Proficiency: You must be proficient in spoken and written English as required 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)
• Grade Determinations: GS-12 Senior Social Worker Licensure: You 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 must be able to provide supervision for licensure
• GS-12 Senior Social Worker Experience: You must possess 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
• Examples of specialized experience include - but are not limited to: assessing and documenting identified behaviors or symptoms of abuse - neglect - exploitation and/or intimate partner violence
• use of clinical social work skills
• maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality per policies - handbooks or directives
• acting as an advocate with appropriate community service providers and agencies when it serves the best interest of the patient and family members/caregiver
• independently assessing the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members - identifying the patient's strengths - weaknesses - coping skills - and psychosocial acuity
• Applicable experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment
• In addition to the experience above - you must demonstrate the following Knowledge - Skills and Abilities: 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: General mental health (behavioral health interdisciplinary program)
• training in evidence-based psychotherapy
• Couple and/or family therapy experience
• 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
• The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12
• Physical Requirements: The work is sometimes sedentary
• Typically - the employee will sit to perform administrative work
• However - other position duties include physical requirements which include but not limited to - long periods of walking
• standing
• bending
• crouching - reaching - and lifting of a variety of moderately heavy items - carrying of light items such as papers - books - small parts
• or driving an automobile - etc
• No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

Duties

• VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Senior Social Worker- Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) provides clinical psychosocial services at an advanced practice level to eligible veterans and their family members
• Veteran patients are primarily from the Chillicothe catchment areas and services are provided at the assigned site (Chillicothe VA or Wilmington CBOC)
• Psychosocial problems and needs are complex and require collaboration and the ability to practice independently
• Duties include but are not limited to: Full range of psychodiagnostic services including psychosocial assessment - and using the most appropriate evidence-based psychotherapeutic techniques in providing quality care in the delivery of a full range of psychosocial and multidisciplinary services in BHIP
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings for Veterans enrolled in Outpatient Mental Health Services
• Interface with other departments and provide consultation services to medical center and CBOC staff on a wide variety of patient care issues - particularly related to identifying mental health concerns and social determinant needs of Veterans from all eras of service
• Conducts care coordination - intake - evidence-based diagnostic assessment - and/or provides one or more evidence-based therapies
• Assist with referrals for local - State and Federal benefits as necessary
• Interface with county mental health boards and law enforcement agencies to support development of Veteran-specific-emergency processes that best utilize VA resources with sensitivity to Veteran-Military culture
• Provide Employee Assistance Program counseling when called upon for such services and may work in the Urgent Care area as needed
• Provide student supervision to Social Work Interns as needed - or licensure supervision to dependent social workers
• Participate in monthly or quarterly mental health chart reviews - compiles resulting data - and submits data to the supervisor and other leadership in and outside of careline
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m to 4:30 p.m
• Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: This position is eligible for EDRP - a student loan payment reimbursement program
• You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of your start date
• Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application
• Former EDRP Participants are ineligible to apply for the program
• Contact [e-mail] for questions/assistance
• 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: Available at the agency discretion
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 93662-0 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized