Social Worker

Veterans Health Administration; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off 37-50 days/year

Parental Leave after 12 months

Telework eligible

Federal health/vision/dental/ life/ret

Job summary

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is seeking a Licensed Social Worker to support the Emergency Department and Acute Inpatient Medicine/Surgery, with assignments across care areas as defined by supervision.

The role emphasizes psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, case management, and family counseling to improve patient and family outcomes. Schedule is 8:30 am–5:00 pm, Monday–Friday with Saturday rotation.

Qualifications

• Licensed Social Worker with current licensure to practice social work.
• Experience in psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, and case management.
• Ability to work with patients and families across diverse backgrounds and settings.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments of a wide variety of individuals.
• Provide crisis intervention and coordinate family conferences.
• Identify high-risk patients and develop/implement treatment plans.

Skills

Licensed Social Worker

Crisis intervention

Psychosocial assessment

Family counseling

Education

Licensed Social Worker licensure

Job description

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Cincinnati VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Licensed Social Worker for the Emergency Department and Acute Inpatient Medicine/Surgery. Assignment is mission dependent and may include inpatient medical/surgical floors, Emergency Department, PACT Team, CLC or other social work coverage areas as defined by social work supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties of the position include but are not limited to: Conduct psychosocial assessments of a wide variety of individuals from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds. Position requires a basic knowledge of human development and behavior (physical and psychological), and the differential influences of the environment, society, and culture.

Independently work with patients and families who are experiencing basic emotional, medical, and social problems utilizing individual, group, and family counseling skills, work with more complex problems.

Assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members, and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the patient's and their family members, identifying the patient's problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed. Identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services.

Provide crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members. Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.

Basic knowledge of psychosocial treatment modalities andthe ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques. Work Schedule: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday with Saturday rotation.

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) 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: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: PD91530-A and PD91529-A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $64290 – $101126/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-16.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.