Senior Social Worker- Primary Care Behavioral Health (PCBH)

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Veterans requiring mental health interventions come from a wide geographic area and present with simple to complex psychosocial and/or medical needs. Behavioral health treatment interventions may be short term or long-term requiring a higher level of clinical oversight and problem solving.

Duties may include but are not limited to: Provide support to the BHIP team by evaluating Veterans presenting at the walk-in clinic, assisting in mental health emergencies.

Adheres to all current directives of Veterans Health Administration (VHA), meets with Joint commission and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities standards, state licensure. May serve as a VVC point of contact for other disciplines within VASNHS, providing clinical services and case management-based services.

Conduct psychological assessments and diagnoses mental health disorders based on DSM-5 criteria Treat adjunctive interventions for treatment of mental health disorders Conducts initial and comprehensive psychosocial assessments of Veterans referred by the Primary Care Providers.

Makes clinical assessments, identifying needs and strengths Effectively uses professional skill, objectivity and insight. Uses clinical training and experience to interpret data and identify viable treatment options. Assesses high risk factors, acuity and need for services.

Based on comprehensive assessment, uses professional judgment and advanced practical skills to make a clinical diagnosis and prognosis Coordinates and provides mental health treatment for Veterans assigned to PACT; actively contributes and communicates with their PACT teams Provides short-term individual, family and group therapy services.

Work Schedule: Full-Time, schedule to be discussed during interview Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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) 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: Authorized AD HOC Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 00953F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). Education. Requires a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work. Licensure.

Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinators must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Experience and Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level.

Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency.

Candidate may have certification or other post-master's degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:(a)Knowledge of program coordination and administration which includes consultation, negotiation, and monitoring.(b)Knowledge and ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program.(c)Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff assigned to the program.(d)Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s).(e)Ability to provide training, orientation, and guidance within clinical practice.

Assignments.

Program coordinators at the GS-12 grade level are administratively responsible for a clinical program providing treatment to Veterans in a major specialty area, such as but not limited to: Spinal Cord Injury, Homeless Continuum Veteran Program, Hospice and Palliative Care Program, Suicide Prevention Program, Veterans Justice Outreach, Caregiver Support Program and Community Nursing Home Program.

The program coordinator may be the sole practitioner in this specialty at the facility and typically provide direct patient care services in the program area.

The program coordinator oversees the daily operation of the program, develops policies and procedures for program operation, and prepares reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use.

They may be responsible for the program's budget, developing and monitoring staff compliance with practice, standards and guidelines on documentation, workload, data entry, ethical practice and service delivery.

The program coordinator provides analysis and evaluation of clinical program data and computerized programs to identify system-wide trends and needs to enhance the quality of service.

They may be responsible for, or contribute to, the program's resource and fiscal management, monitoring control points developing the annual budget, operating within that budget, and accounting for appropriated funds.

The program coordinator is administratively responsible for clinical programming and prepares reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use. They provide leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for assigned staff.

They initiate and conduct a variety of program or service audits and complete designated clinical practice audits and reports, including productivity assessments.

They oversee program operations and evaluations, identifying areas for improvement, gathering relevant data, assessing the data, developing and implementing ideas for improvement and evaluating efficacy of improvement efforts.] May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grandfathering Provision. The following is the standard grandfathering policy for all title38 hybrid qualification standards.

Please carefully review the qualification standard to determine the specific education and/or licensure/certification/registration requirements that apply to this occupation.(1) All persons employed in VHA in this occupation on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education and licensure or certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation.

For employees who do not meet all of the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: (2) Such employees in an occupation that requires a licensure or certification, may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.

(3) Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard.

(4) Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation, who subsequently obtain additional education and/or licensure/certification/registration that meet all of the basic requirements of this qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation.

(5) If an employee who was retained in an occupation listed in 38 U.S.C. § 7401(3) under this provision leaves that occupation, the employee loses protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation.

Preferred experience: Brief Therapy; Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. Physical Requirements: In accordance with VA Directive and Handbook 5019