Social Worker

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Social Worker, Duties include:

Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs.

Incumbent must possess the knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities, provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups.

Conducts psychosocial assessments.

Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment primary care team.

Incumbent possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions, evidence-based therapies, and measured outcomes to intervention(s).

Identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services.

Incumbent provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members.

Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.

Incumbent is able to coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other programs, other government programs and community agency programs.

Provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan.

Ability to evaluate incumbents' own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means.

Incumbent is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.

Able to meet the needs of customers while supporting missions.

Consistently communicates and treats customers (patients, their representatives, visitors, and all staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.

Incumbent is able to provide the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.

Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the consumer constructively and appropriately.

Has working knowledge and skill in the use of word-processing, data management and other computer systems, especially those programs in used.

General knowledge of benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation, non-service-connected pension. Facilitates referrals based upon veterans needs and eligibility.

Note: The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform additional tasks as necessitated by the supervisor or designee. Licensed Social Worker at the GS-11 will perform duties Independently.

Work Schedule: M-F; 8-4:30p

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.

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: Ad-hoc only

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized