Senior Social Worker - Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC)

CBOC Senior Social Worker

The CBOC Senior Social Worker is responsible for the implementation of program policies and procedures developed by the VAMC and by the Social Work service. Treatment is based on coherent empirical and theoretical rationale and is consistent with patient rights. Below are some of the job duties for the position:

• Conducts psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members.
• Participates in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
• Provides individual, family and group counseling as appropriate.
• Provides consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
• Provides consultation/education to medical teams and providers on social work practice and VA policy and procedures.
• Acts as liaison between VA and community resources, to include marketing and public relation duties as needed
• Provides case management to veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
• Provides a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
• Addresses issues such as Advance Directives and organ donation in accordance with the standards of their work area.
• Provides wellness/prevention education and facilitate patient/family support groups as appropriate.
• Supervises the practice of social work students, or be a lead and mentor for less experienced social workers.
• Coordinates treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans.
• Assists patients and their significant others with coping and dealing with loss and grief experiences in disability, terminal illness and death.
• Documents social work interventions and activities which will include in patient's clinical record utilizing CPRS and/or Report of Contacts.
• Works independently with Veterans and their caregivers in a community setting.

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

Compressed Schedule: Available

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): 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)

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