Summary

The Residential Senior Social Worker is responsible for individual and group therapy and case management for Veteran patients on one of three VAMHCS residential programs. The Perry Point residential treatment programs include a homeless Domiciliary(including CWT/TR) - a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Residential Treatment Program(PRRTP) - and a Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Residential Treatment Program(SARRTP).The Residential Social Worker will be crossed trained across all residential programs.

Qualifications

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
• 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: Senior Social Worker - GS-12: Experience and Education: The candidate must have at least two years of experience 9 post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which - one 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: 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 - the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: GS-12 Senior Social Worker Knowledge - Skills and Abilities: 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/
• The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11
• The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is the GS-12
• Drivers License: The Social Worker must have a valid unrestricted driver's license
• Physical Requirements: VA Handbook 5019

Duties

• 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 Dutie May Include but are not limited to: Has working knowledge and experience in diagnosing mental health conditions and recognizing appropriate treatment modalities for said conditions
• Provides services in one of three VAMHCS residential programs
• The Perry Point residential treatment programs include a homeless Domiciliary (including the Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Residence program) - a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Residential Treatment Program (PRRTP) - and a Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Residential Treatment Program (SARRTP)
• Assists with local - State and Federal benefits and assists with applications as necessary
• Has experience and familiarity in working with previously unhoused individuals and those with numerous psychosocial stressors
• Provides other concrete social work tasks to include referrals for housing - transportation - and food as needed
• Schedules discharge appointments and coordinates transportation
• Incumbent will network both internally and externally to the facility and coordinate community-based services as may be necessary
• this may include information and referral for additional services from other VA programs - other government programs and community agency programs
• Completes suicide risk screening - suicide risk evaluations - and suicide risk safety plans
• Documents all interventions in a timely fashion as dictated by standard operating procedures and policy
• Serves as a functioning member of the Interdisciplinary Team - offering social work insights and interventions to the team that may be comprised of - but not limited to - prescribers - nurses - psychologists - technicians - vocational staff - other social workers and program support
• Meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions
• Consistently communicates and treats customers (veterans - their representatives - visitors - and all VA staff) in a courteous - tactful - and respectful manner
• Incumbent provides the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures
• Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the consumer constructively and appropriately
• Has the ability to complete clinical assessments - and treatment plans which reflect an understanding of the developmental stages - age-specific competencies of patients
• Assists Coordinators and Managers in writing policies - procedures - and/or clinical practice guidelines
• Work Schedule:Monday- Friday 8am-430pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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) Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 26241-F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized