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    Senior Social Worker - Corpus Christi, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs

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    Summary



    This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.



    Duties


    VA Careers - Social Work:

    VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker:

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    Social Work:

    The Senior Social Worker is assigned to the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP).

    The BHIP Senior Social Worker:

    • performs specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness.
    • incorporates complex multiple causation in different diagnosis and treatment of Veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
    • provides individual, group, and family psychotherapy and advanced level case management interventions used in the treatment of Veterans with poly-trauma injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, posttraumatic stress disorder, addictions, and other serious disorders.
    • conducts case management for Veterans.
    • develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty areas, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services.
    • demonstrates the ability to design changes based on empirical findings.
    • develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty areas, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services.
    • 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.
    • teaches and mentors staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications.
    • uses the social work process (psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, and treatment) to conduct an intake health status assessment or an update assessment for Veterans.
    • utilizes clinical reminders to evaluate the need for health care, behavioral and mental health services.
    • makes appropriate referrals for health care, individual, group, marital, or family treatment services.
    • completes the Suicide Risk Assessment shared template in the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) on all patients with suicidal ideation and on any patient whose record is flagged "High Risk for Suicide."
    • additionally conducts a psychosocial evaluation on all new Veterans assigned to their clinic within performance measure standards.
    • coordinates specialty mental health care within their clinic (substance abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder).
    Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 4:30 PM

    Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

    Recruitment Incentives. Recruitment incentives may be authorized to full-time, part time[,] or intermittent individuals in their first appointment as a Federal employee or to a newly appointed former Federal employee with at least a 90-day break in service

    Relocation Incentives. Relocation incentives may be authorized to full-time Federal employees who must change worksite[s] and physically relocate to a different geographic area when the approving official determines that without the incentive, it would be difficult to fill the position with a high-quality candidate.

    Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

    EDRP Authorized: Contact the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance at Learn more

    Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, 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 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 Telework may be authorized

    Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

    Functional Statement #: 000000

    Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

    Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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