Social Worker - Caregiver Support Program

Duties

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Conducts all required in-home assessments related to wellness contacts and inclusive of initial and annual visits. Home Visits may also be required for follow-up to identified high risk situations.
• Conducts all required assessments with Veterans and caregivers on telephone and other forums which may include telehealth and VA Video Connect.
• Participates in direct Caregiver and Veteran contacts to identify and assess Caregiver stress burden and the development and application of clinical treatment interventions.
• Provides referral to VA medical and mental health treatment and to other VA services including VA benefits, as well as community-based social services and other non-VA entitlement programs.
• Assists the Caregiver Support Coordinators with program assigned duties.
• Conducts Caregiver and family clinical interventions to facilitate the identification of Caregiver stress, psychiatric illness, emotional distress and social needs as treatment issues.
• Develops and facilitates Caregiver support groups (face-to-face, telephone, or other virtual methods) and educational programs.
• Distributes educational materials provided by VA, local, state and national Caregiver organizations.
• Assists with coordination of events and programs for the annual National Family Caregiver Month activities each November. Inclusive of announcements, advertising of month long activities, and mobilization of participants, educational sessions, and Caregiver recognition events.
• Demonstrates knowledge of community resources for Veterans and Caregivers.
• The incumbent effectively communicates with and utilizes other disciplines (e.g., nursing, medicine) to facilitate treatment planning and implementation.
• Incumbent effectively communicates with and utilizes community agencies to facilitate treatment, discharge planning, and continuity of care. Incumbent gives evidence of having regular contact and interaction with a variety of community agencies and resources.
• Incumbent relationships with supervisors, co-workers, patients, visitors, and the public are consistently courteous and cooperative in nature and overall contributes to the effective operation of the implementation of Social Work services to the veteran population.
• Incumbent is responsible to operate a government-owned/leased vehicle to properly carry out assigned duties. Incumbents must possess [and maintain] a valid, unrestricted State driver's license, have a safe driving record, and demonstrate that they are medically qualified to operate the appropriate motor vehicle safely.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: Social Worker/FS00000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized