Senior Social Worker (MHRRTP) Domiciliary

The Licensed Senior Social Worker (LCSW) is assigned to the Mental Health Service and is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing social work activities in the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitative Treatment Program (MHRRTP), Domiciliary including clinical care and case management services.

The duties includes conducting biopsychosocial intakes, performing screening and/or assessment, supporting admission and discharge planning, providing individual therapy, providing group therapy, and providing case management services at an independent practice level.

Also the LSCW will provide services to eligible Veterans to meet biological, psychological, social, and environmental needs within the Mental Health/Behavioral Science Section of the service. The incumbent is required to interact not only with the patient but also with family, significant others, community agencies, and other staff.

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0wTotal Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Major Duties: Provide a full range of clinical services including diagnosis, screening, assessment, treatment planning, psychotherapy (individual and group) and case management services to a variety of Veteran populations including Veterans with trauma-related symptoms, substance use disorders, severe mental illness, cognitive impairment, homelessness and legal difficulties.

Manage an individual caseload of Veterans, provide individual and group therapy, contribute to milieu activities including leading group activities on a weekly basis and support program development for the MHRRTP.

Develop, implement, and document the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for an assigned caseload of patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders.

Facilitate discharge planning through collaboration with Veterans and their families as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members to ensure that appropriate discharge plans are executed in a timely manner.

Provide consultation and education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits and specialty programs, and advance directives. Perform mental status examinations and risk id evaluations including suicide (C-SSRS, CSRE, Safety Plan) and homicide risk evaluations.

Communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing and serve as a liaison between veterans and/or their families, the VA and community resources in order to ensure the delivery of services.

Provide consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to the treatment plan. Complete assessments, have clinical understanding of complex diverse populations, and work independently with little oversight and supervision.

Assist and provide cross coverage when needed across the Mental Health & Behavioral Science (MH&BS) as well as other collaborative duties as assigned. Comply with CPRS documentation procedures, including timeliness standards for documentation (e.g. closing out encounters according to MH&BS and WPB VAMC policies).

Completes clinical reminders in a timely manner and according to MH&BS and WPB VAMC policies. Work Schedule: Tuesday - Saturday, or Sunday - Thursday 8:00 - 4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 41025F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN8CCOE@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.

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 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 (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.

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).

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

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: Have 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.

Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work.

Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/.

Grade Determinations: In addition to meeting the basic requirements stated above, the following qualifications criteria must be met in determining the appropriate grade assignment of candidates.

GS-12 Senior Social Worker candidates must have the following: Experience/Education: The candidate must have at least two (2) years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one (1) year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level.

Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice.

Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty.

Licensure/Certification: Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations.

This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.

Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes.

Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills.

Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Services. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS12.