Senior Social Worker

Senior Social Worker for the Trauma Recovery Program

The Senior Social Worker for the Trauma Recovery Program (TRP) will provide specialty mental health treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to Veterans enrolled for care in the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks. Duties of the TRP Advance Practice Senior Social Worker duties include but are not limited to:

• Provide specialized evidence-based treatment to Veterans enrolled in the TRP program.
• Functions as a licensed independent provider of mental health services.
• Conduct full psychosocial diagnostic evaluations using the DSM-V.
• Responsible for screening, assessing, treatment planning, clinical care provision, and discharge planning at an advanced practice level.
• Provides and maintains expertise regarding VA and community psychosocial resources.
• Participates in program development within their assigned program including community outreach.
• Participates in tracking the care of Veterans as they move through the treatment process. They will also be involved in measuring treatment outcomes through the use of NEPEC and other measures.
• Responsible for participating in clinical program development and is accountable to clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns. This may include partnering with local universities, community colleges, and other agencies to improve the delivery of mental health services and increase utilization.
• Demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications.
• Responsible for the independent planning and provision of treatment services for those veterans assigned to his/her case-management.
• Independently identifies high-risk patients and provides safety planning, crisis intervention, coordinates staffing with other team members and/or family conferences when clinically indicated.
• Serve as a resource and point of contact throughout the facility for the mental health needs of Veterans.
• Serves in a liaison capacity, arranging referral of veteran for adjunctive diagnostic treatment, and ancillary services within the VHSO, VHA and community-based agencies and organizations as required.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (Subject to changed based on the needs of the service).

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

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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

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 564-01565-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized