Social Worker (Program Coordinator)

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Survivors Assistance & Memorial Support (SAMS)

Provides personalized, supportive services to families, caregivers, and survivors at the end of a Veteran's life and ensures Veterans without identified family receive dignified burials to honor their service. Serves as a bereavement coordinator and is administratively responsible for ensuring compliance with SAMS program requirements.

Conducts clinical and evaluation processes

Establishes connections with National Cemetery Administration (NCA) and Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and local area funeral homes and community entities

Ensures appropriate notifications of Veterans deaths

Establishes and coordinates processes to ensure dignified burial/interment of Veterans when they pass away

Program coordination of daily SAMS operations to include development of policies and procedures, preparing reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use and overall program evaluation

Coordinates a wide range of services related to the SAMS program including sharing educational material, implementing and delivering trainings, ongoing consultation and support to colleagues

Care Coordination & Integrated Case Management (CCICM)

Responsible for implementation, coordination, and management of all administrative and clinical aspects of the CCICM framework. The CCICM framework is a specialized, collaborative practice among multiple healthcare professions which provides structure and standards to support inter-professional collaboration throughout the continuum of care and optimal utilization of healthcare resources. CCICM serves a highly complex Veteran population, whose problems require a higher level of care coordination. Identified Veterans involved in CCICM are ensured to receive the most appropriate level of care coordination support, based on their prominent need. The aim of CCICM is to provide safe, efficient, and cost-effective interventions integrated throughout the continuum of healthcare; to improve access to care, reduce duplication and fragmentation of services, ensure adherence to professional standards of practice, and support staff in their work.

Coordination and facilitation of coordination review team (CCRT) to integrate communication, collaboration, and coordination when assigning a Lead Coordinator to veterans identified as needing moderate or complex care coordination services.

Coordinate and collaborate with the facility level coordination and case management teams

Develop and implement facility wide CCICM education and training plans and identify potential areas where care coordination is taking place. Identify cohorts of veterans across AK VA HCS with the highest opportunity and highest needs.

Manage and coordinate data related to CCICM practice, program improvement, and expansion. Utilize various dashboards and develop policies and procedures for planning, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the CCICM operations.

Provide Case management consultation and active participant in treatment planning process for CCICM veterans

Chair the Care Coordination & Integrated Care Management Committee (CCICM-C) and preparing reports and statistics

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible: Available

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): 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: AD-HOC

Virtual: This is not a virtual position

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized