Senior Social Worker

Senior Social Worker

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Senior Social Workers are licensed or certified to independently practice social work at an advanced level. Senior Social Workers typically practice in a major specialty treatment program area or program areas of equivalent scope and complexity. The Senior Social Worker is assigned administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.

Duties of the Senior Social Worker include but are not limited to:

• Ability to independently implement treatment modalities, and provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families and groups.
• Provides trauma focused therapy to Veterans.
• Functions as a key member of the multidisciplinary PTSD team and ensure continuity of care for Veterans receiving treatment for trauma utilizing evidence based treatment modalities, including but not limited to Cognitive Processing Therapy, EMDR and/or Prolonged exposure.
• Administers and interprets trauma assessment measures, and provide therapy designed to improve quality of life by addressing Veterans' history of trauma.
• Independently conducts psychosocial assessments.
• Independently diagnoses Veterans according to the latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or other recognized diagnostic manuals of mental disorders.
• Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran and/or family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Offers psychosocial intervention and utilizes professional judgment in determining the method and techniques to be used.
• Acts as a subject matter expert and liaison with community agencies.
• Driving will be for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to: Transportation of Veterans.

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

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized: 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: Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 520-00706-F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized