Senior Social Worker (PACT)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Richmond (VA); Presencial; USD 86 000 - 110 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Paid Time Off

Federal benefits

Ad-Hoc telework

Resumo da oferta

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Central Virginia VA Health Care System in Richmond, VA is seeking an experienced Senior Social Worker to join the PACT Social Work Supervisor team.

The role involves advanced psychosocial assessment, case management, and interdisciplinary collaboration with VA and community resources. The position emphasizes leadership in specialized social work practice, discharge planning, and complex care coordination within a high-need tertiary care setting.

Qualificações

• Master's degree in social work from CSWE-accredited program.
• Licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's level.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Responsabilidades

• Provide comprehensive psychosocial assessment and case management.
• Discharge planning and linkage with VA/community resources.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration within PACT and with IDT.
• Advance care planning and referral coordination.

Conhecimentos

Counseling

Case management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Documentation

Team leadership

Formação académica

Master's degree in social work (CSWE-accredited)

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Summary

The Central Virginia VA Health Care System includes a Level I-A tertiary medical center with 399 operating beds. The social work service is a large service located in a highly complex tertiary care health system. Services include multiple specialty care programs and VA Centers of Excellence that are highly technical and complex across the continuum of care.

Qualifications

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: PACT and VA 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
• 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.

Duties

• Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Social Worker works for the Central Virginia VA Health Care System in Richmond - Virginia - as a direct report to the Social Work Service - and is assigned to the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Social Work Supervisor
• This position is an advance practice social worker who provides comprehensive psychosocial assessment - case management - professional consultation - training - education - linkage with VA and community resources - advance care planning - comprehensive suicide risk assessment - and the other appropriate required services - within the scope of social work practice in the PACT setting
• Primary duties include but are not limited to the following: Provide documentation sufficient to meet the needs of various interdisciplinary teams engaged in the discharge planning process both within the facility and for potential placement and/or aftercare programs/facilities
• Provide individualized care coordination and discharge planning highlighting patients strengths - needs - abilities - and preferences within patient interaction - Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings - along with family and collateral contacts
• Advise supervisor and IDT on identified treatment goals - priorities - and disposition options and progress
• Ensuring patients have access to care via completion of required documents - 1010s - Advanced Directive - and other forms that assist with access to care within the VA or the community
• Participate in rotational weekend coverage
• Complete other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
• 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) 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: Ad-Hoc telework only Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 00000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized.