Social Worker (Program Coordinator)

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Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Incumbent performs specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness.
• Incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
• Independently conducts psychosocial assessments. Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Independently 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.
• Incumbent coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Independently performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs.
• Conducts full assessment of every patient admitted to palliative care using the GEC, engages in collaborative end of life planning with patients, families, and the treatment team, participates in planning for transition to home hospice, and provides anticipatory grief support and counseling.
• The Social Work Program Coordinator is assigned administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.
• The Social Work Program Coordinator provides comprehensive psychosocial and case management services to Veterans placed in community residential care settings. The Social Worker continuously assesses and monitors the psychiatric condition and behavior of Veterans in community residential care homes through regular home visits to determine the Veterans' ongoing adjustment to the residential care setting.
• The Social Work Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating facility inspections and providing education to staff and community members regarding the Community Residential Care Program. The Social Worker uses a GSA vehicle to conduct community home visits and outreach activities.
• 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.
• 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.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 08:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Tour of duty is based on organizational needs) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required