Senior Social Worker (BHIP)

Job Title

VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Job Description

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Senior Social Worker for the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) for the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Clarksville campus.

Duties

Performs specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veterans including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.

Provides advanced level case management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with polytrauma injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, addictions, and other serious disorders.

Expected to have experience and certification in evidenced based psychotherapies or the skills and abilities to learn advanced evidenced based psychotherapies including, but not limited to the following: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure therapy, Couples/Family Therapy, Group Therapy, and/or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).

Offers consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in specialty areas, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills.

Monitors the efficiency, effectiveness, timeliness, quality of services offered within the program area. The incumbent reviews relevant data, assesses the data, develops, and implement ideas for improvement.

Recognized as the leader in the delivery of social work care to most complex care needs, therefore the incumbent will serve as champion for discharge planning and psychosocial needs. The incumbent ensures that social work practice is evidence-based and in keeping with recognized social work treatment methods.

Provides consultation and technical assistance and mentoring to a group of employees performing work at various GS levels, particularly those at the entry level. The incumbent is viewed as the senior clinician with advanced practice skills and expertise.

Continuous learner that evaluates his/her practice as a senior social worker on an on-going basis through participation in professional peer practice, self-study, or other organized means. Is active in and accepts responsibility for the development and maintenance of professional standards of treatment and practice.

Provides assessments and referral services to community agencies, ensures that staff is resourceful and has up to date knowledge regarding community and VA resources.

Will perform other related duties as assigned. Tele-Mental health will be used as appropriate based on patient needs; all clinicians will be trained in the provision of tele-mental health services and expected to provide this modality of care.

Work Schedule

7:30am - 4:00pm, Monday - Friday

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

Ad-Hoc

Virtual

This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #

70905F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not authorized