Senior Social Worker – EDRP Eligible Clinician

Veterans Health Administration; Gainesville (FL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration in Gainesville, FL seeks a Senior Social Worker (GS-12) to provide advanced clinical social work in specialty treatment, participate in licensure supervision, and contribute to program development.

Requirements include a master’s degree in social work, state licensure, US citizenship, and English proficiency. The role emphasizes professional consultation, outcome evaluation, and development of clinical guidelines within VA systems.

Qualifications

• Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations.
• 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.

Skills

Specialized interventions

Group/individual counseling

Clinical supervision

Differential diagnosis

Outcome evaluation

Consultation to colleagues

Policy writing

Education

Master's degree in social work

Job description

The Veterans Health Administration in Gainesville, FL seeks a Senior Social Worker (GS-12) to provide advanced clinical social work in specialty treatment, participate in licensure supervision, and contribute to program development.

Requirements include a master’s degree in social work, state licensure, US citizenship, and English proficiency. The role emphasizes professional consultation, outcome evaluation, and development of clinical guidelines within VA systems.