Social Worker - Patient Aligned Care Team (Geriatric PACT)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Coatesville (Chester County); On-site; USD 72,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Federal health/retirement benefits

401K

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, seeks a Social Worker to join the Patient Aligned Care Team focused on geriatric Veterans.

The role is housed in a primary care clinic, delivering clinical and psychosocial interventions within a multi-disciplinary team. The incumbent will conduct thorough assessments, provide crisis counseling, coordinate with community resources, and support treatment goals through collaboration with Veterans and families.

Qualifications

• Education/degree requirements recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Responsibilities

• Assess psychosocial problems and provide short-term, solution-focused counseling.
• Coordinate case management with the outpatient interdisciplinary team.
• Liaise with VA and community resources to ensure timely service delivery.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families.
• Precept social work students and mentor less experienced staff.

Skills

Clinical social work

Psychosocial assessment

Case management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Job description

Social Worker - Patient Aligned Care Team (Geriatric PACT)

• Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

A Social Worker in a Patient Aligned Care Team provides clinical and psychosocial interventions in a multi-disciplinary team to Veterans focusing heavily on our geriatric population. The employee is a professional social worker assigned to the Primary Care Clinic. The incumbent must use a high level of skill in assessing and treating the complicated psychosocial problems of Veterans.

Key Responsibilities

Social Work responsibilities include the assessment of psychosocial problems often at a time when the Veteran is experiencing crisis and include the provision of short-term, solution focused counseling with Veterans and/or their families. Referrals typically originate from members of the interdisciplinary team, from Veterans and/or their families coming as walk-ins to seek assistance, and from community professionals.

The incumbent must complete thorough assessments to determine the presenting problem, to determine in-home factors impacting the problem, and to determine obstacles to treatment and/or follow through with recommended treatments.

Case management with members of the outpatient interdisciplinary team is provided in order to coordinate a collaborative effort to meet the agreed upon goals for a Veteran's treatment needs and include liaison with community professionals regarding needed services for Veterans and/or their families. Services include but are not limited to homelessness, hospice services, nursing home care, home health services, financial resources, VA benefits, and transportation services.

Additional duties include, but are not limited too: Establishes and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans in the Primary Care Clinic and/or their families. Complete thorough psychosocial assessments to determine the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and/or their families.

Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team and actively participate through collaboration with Veterans and family as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members in the development and implementation of treatment goals and interventions.

Possess a working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.

Facilitates action for community resources through collaboration with Veterans and their families as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members to ensure that appropriate community resources provided in a timely manner. Serves as a liaison between Veterans and/or their families and VA and community resources in order to ensure thorough delivery of services.

Serves on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility as deemed appropriate by the supervisor and Chief of Social Work Services. Provides assistance with the orientation and learning of less experienced social workers and, if interested, to serve as a preceptor for social work students. Able to demonstrate knowledge and skill in the use of software applications for drafting documents and data management as well as other computer systems in use by the VHA.

Completes other duties as assigned. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional 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.

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: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements & Education

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 $72294 – $113716/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-05.

Who is eligible to apply?

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