Social Worker (Program Coordinator) - Advanced Care Planning and PACT

Advanced Care Planning Coordinator And Pact Social Worker

The incumbent in this role serves as the Advanced Care Planning Coordinator and PACT Social Worker. This position is responsible for the coordination and facilitation of Advanced Care Planning Group Visits (ACP-GV), including contacting attendees by telephone within the required time frame for follow-up and tracking and monitoring ACP-GV's goal areas. The incumbent will attend National ACP-GV calls and training sessions and lead the Care Planning initiative for the facility, providing leadership updates on this initiative. The incumbent will be a subject matter expert for Advance Care Planning via Group Visits, understanding documentation for state and VA process. The position will be a champion for advancing conversations on Advance Care Planning. The incumbent provides veterans in the Primary Care Outpatient Clinics with high quality case management, clinical treatment, advocacy, and coordination with appropriate VA and community service providers/agencies as needed by the client. This is accomplished in collaboration with the primary care interdisciplinary treatment teams as appropriate. As a social worker, the incumbent demonstrates innovation, creativity, expertise and skill in an expeditious and efficient manner. The incumbent is expected to provide cross coverage as needed. The incumbent has clinical involvement in patient care by providing clinical case consultation to patient/family/community inquiries about services or patient care issues provided by the VA. Clinical social work services may be delivered in person or by electronic media, such as phone, V-Tel or home tele-health. Services will generally be provided in a clinic setting but may occasionally need to be provided in the community or in a patient/family home.

Functions or scope of assigned duties include:

• Psychosocial Assessment
• Clinical diagnosing using DSM-5 and ICD-10 behavior codes
• Treatment Planning/Goal Setting
• Therapy
• Referral to service providers
• Resource Development
• Advocacy
• Crisis Intervention
• Education/Health promotion and prevention
• Supportive counseling
• Administrative responsibilities

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized

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: Not available.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized