Social Worker

Department of Veterans Affairs

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

• VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Duties: The social worker will develop an assessment of the veteran in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, the veteran, family members and significant others. The goal of the assessment is to highlight the veteran's strengths, limitations, and internal/external supports and service needs in order to optimize the veteran's functional status, formulate a diagnosis, and lay the foundation for the treatment plan, if necessary. The incumbent demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment and skills needed for general mental health services for all adult patients. The incumbent must be able to identify services needed, refer to appropriate services, and function within a multi-disciplinary setting. They must be able to effectively communicate the needs of veterans to a multi-disciplinary team. (1) Must be able to work with Veterans and family members from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills. (2) Must actively participate as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team and actively participate through collaboration with Veterans and family as well as inter-disciplinary treatment team members in the development and implementation of a treatment plan. (3) Must implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques (4) Must serve as a liaison between Veterans and/or their families and VA and community resources to ensure thorough delivery of services. (5) Must possess fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures in order to implement treatment modalities, provide counseling, supportive groups and or case management for Veterans and families. (6) Must provide education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits, specialty programs and available health services. (7) Must be available to work with other treatment team and staff members in order to identify psychosocial needs as well as transitional and/or readjustment needs of Veterans and/or families and the impact of the identified psychosocial problems on the Veterans health care planning, case management, compliance with treatment and discharge planning. (8) Must provide emergency/crisis intervention services to Veterans experiencing acute psychological crisis, help to stabilize these individuals, assisting in arrangements for transfer to a psychiatric facility for inpatient care if necessary and providing follow up care as needed. (9) Must possess skills and knowledge to provide case management services to Veterans and their families throughout the continuum of care. The incumbent will be able to appropriately utilize principals of human growth and development over the life Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 8am- 4:30pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Telework: Ad Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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