Caseworker (Full Time)

Social Work Services for Inpatient Medical/Surgical and Medical Intensive Care Units

Provide social work services to the inpatient medical/surgical and Medical Intensive Care Units.

Responsible for the management, coordination, and provision of social work services to Veterans and their families.

Conduct psychosocial assessments as appropriate for treatment planning.

Independently provide crisis intervention services if needed, seeking to address cause, as well as the presenting complaint.

Coordinate family conferences, and serves as liaison to family members.

Formulate a care plan with goals, objectives, barriers, and needs.

Effectively manage crises and can effectively use his/her problem-solving skills in an independent manner to assist the Veteran, family, staff, and community providers in solving problems.

Provide case management services to Veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.

Participate in discharge planning with interdisciplinary team members and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.

Provide treatment intervention in collaboration with the Veteran and family, guardian, caregiver, interdisciplinary treatment team, and community members.

Establish therapeutic relationships with Veterans and families, mediate difficulties, and measure outcomes of treatment interventions.

Assist patients and their significant others with coping and dealing with the loss and grief experiences in disability, terminal illness, and death.

Coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs, and community agency programs.

Provide education to community care partners regarding general VA benefits and services during care coordination for Veterans.

Follow Veteran/Caregiver through continuum of health care.

Full time, Monday - Friday, 07:30am - 4:00pm

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). 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. 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. 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. Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA. Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).