Social Worker - Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Care Coordinator

Social Worker Duties

The Social Worker duties include, but are not limited to:

• Coordinates care including serving as an advocate on behalf of the Veterans on BHIP teams to ensure delivery of comprehensive seamless mental health service.
• Provides a full range of services within commonly accepted standards of practice and prioritizes care coordination activities as the primary job function.
• Provides care coordination (including care management or case management) to Veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
• Collaborates with mental health Primary Care Management Module (PCMM) Coordinators and Clinic Practice Manager to facilitate timely assignment of a mental health treatment coordinator for all Veterans receiving BHIP care and update team member assignments as appropriate.
• Conducts biopsychosocial assessments to assess high risk factors, including suicidal and homicidal ideation, acute needs for VHA or community-based services, and to determine care coordination and treatment needs of Veterans.
• Provides crisis intervention, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary treatment team, for Veterans who are experiencing severe social or mental health crises.
• Provides consultation/education to Veterans and families on VA resources (including self-management tools), community resources, Advance Directives, VA benefits, and options for community care if appropriate.
• Participates in transition planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that transition plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate to promote care continuity.
• Acts as a clinical resource/point-of-contact to Veterans and other team/staff members.
• Provides consult triage and consult management duties to facilitate the timely provision of mental health services.
• Provides wellness/prevention education and may facilitate patient/family educational/bridging supportive sessions as appropriate.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday; 8am-4:30pm

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (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: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 92976-A (GS-9) 92977-A (GS-11)

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

US Department of Veterans Affairs