What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Worker (Acute Psychiatric Unit) position at Veterans Health Administration?
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.
Social Worker, GS-9:
(1) Experience, Education, and Licensure. None beyond the basic requirements.
(2) Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
(a) Ability to work with Veterans and family members from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills.
(b) Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members, and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the Veterans problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed.
(c) Ability to 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.
(d) Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients, staff, and representatives of community agencies.
(e) Fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side effects; and medical terminology.
Social Worker, GS-11:
(1) Experience and Licensure. Appointment to the GS-11 grade level requires completion of a minimum of one year of post-MSW experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the field of health care or other social work-related settings, (VA or non-VA experience) and licensure or certification in a state at the independent practice level. OR
(2) Education. In addition to meeting basic requirements, a doctoral degree in social work from a school of social work may be substituted for the required one year of professional social work experience in a clinical setting.
(3) Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
(a) Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
(b) Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds.
(c) Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures (i.e., acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology) to formulate a treatment plan.
(d) Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals.
(e) Ability to provide consultation services to new social workers, social work graduate students, and other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment.
References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G39
Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting; Light carrying; Straight pulling; Reaching above shoulders; Both hands required; walking & standing (2 hours); Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other.
The incumbent is responsible for the management, coordination and provision of social work services to veterans and their families on the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit of the VA Roseburg Healthcare System. The incumbent is responsible for completing psychosocial history and assessments, advance directives, treatment planning, case management, individual, couples and group counseling and coordination of discharge plans for veterans admitted to the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit.
The incumbent is responsible for completing the following duties/responsibilities:
1. The incumbent will conduct Bio-psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members.
2. The incumbent is an active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines.
3. The incumbent will participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
4. The incumbent will provide individual, family and group counseling as appropriate.
5. The incumbent will provide consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
6. The incumbent will act as liaison between VA and community resources, to include marketing and public relation duties as needed.
7. The incumbent will provide case management to veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
8. The incumbent will provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
9. The incumbent will address Advance Directives and Organ Donation in accordance with the standards of their work area.
10. The incumbent will provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate Patient/family support groups as appropriate.
11. The incumbent will coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans.
12. The incumbent will participate in committee assignments, as deemed necessary by the service manager.
13. The incumbent will maintain data and statistical compilations to comply with JCAHO, VA and medical center policy and procedures.
14. The incumbent will assist patients and their significant others with coping and dealing with the loss and grief experiences in disability, terminal illness and death.
15. The incumbent will document social work interventions and activities in patient's clinical record and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care.
16. The incumbent may participate in a rotation of on-call social workers, including modification of tour of duty to accommodate patient care needs on weekends.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 0800-1630
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000/Social Worker
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact Stacy Herman, Stacy.Herman@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Qualifications:
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 Master 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/.
Social Worker, GS-9:
(1) Experience, Education, and Licensure. None beyond the basic requirements.
(2) Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
(a) Ability to work with Veterans and family members from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills.
(b) Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members, and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the Veterans problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed.
(c) Ability to 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.
(d) Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients, staff, and representatives of community agencies.
(e) Fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side effects; and medical terminology.
Social Worker, GS-11:
(1) Experience and Licensure. Appointment to the GS-11 grade level requires completion of a minimum of one year of post-MSW experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the field of health care or other social work-related settings, (VA or non-VA experience) and licensure or certification in a state at the independent practice level. OR
(2) Education. In addition to meeting basic requirements, a doctoral degree in social work from a school of social work may be substituted for the required one year of professional social work experience in a clinical setting.
(3) Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
(a) Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
(b) Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds.
(c) Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures (i.e., acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology) to formulate a treatment plan.
(d) Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals.
(e) Ability to provide consultation services to new social workers, social work graduate students, and other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment.
References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G39
Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting; Light carrying; Straight pulling; Reaching above shoulders; Both hands required; walking & standing (2 hours); Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other.
Responsibilities:
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UUThe incumbent is responsible for the management, coordination and provision of social work services to veterans and their families on the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit of the VA Roseburg Healthcare System. The incumbent is responsible for completing psychosocial history and assessments, advance directives, treatment planning, case management, individual, couples and group counseling and coordination of discharge plans for veterans admitted to the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit.
The incumbent is responsible for completing the following duties/responsibilities:
1. The incumbent will conduct Bio-psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members.
2. The incumbent is an active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines.
3. The incumbent will participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
4. The incumbent will provide individual, family and group counseling as appropriate.
5. The incumbent will provide consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
6. The incumbent will act as liaison between VA and community resources, to include marketing and public relation duties as needed.
7. The incumbent will provide case management to veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
8. The incumbent will provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
9. The incumbent will address Advance Directives and Organ Donation in accordance with the standards of their work area.
10. The incumbent will provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate Patient/family support groups as appropriate.
11. The incumbent will coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans.
12. The incumbent will participate in committee assignments, as deemed necessary by the service manager.
13. The incumbent will maintain data and statistical compilations to comply with JCAHO, VA and medical center policy and procedures.
14. The incumbent will assist patients and their significant others with coping and dealing with the loss and grief experiences in disability, terminal illness and death.
15. The incumbent will document social work interventions and activities in patient's clinical record and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care.
16. The incumbent may participate in a rotation of on-call social workers, including modification of tour of duty to accommodate patient care needs on weekends.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 0800-1630
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 000000/Social Worker
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact Stacy Herman, Stacy.Herman@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Salary : $200,000 - $0
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