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Social Workers promote the health and well-being of Veterans through the resolution of psychosocial difficulties associated with, contributing to, and resulting from the Veteran's illness and/or disability. Social workers interact with Veterans, family members, significant others, caregivers, and VA and non-VA community health care providers, community agencies and resource programs as Veterans move through the health care continuum.
04/25/2025 to 05/05/2025
$87,133 - $113,268 per year
GS 11
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Yes—as determined by the agency policy.
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
None
No
No
JJYN-12728408-25-ST
835927500
First Consideration: Current Permanent Employees at the Northport VAMC. Second Consideration: Current Permanent VA Employees.
Duties include but are not limited to:
The GS-11 Social Worker assists in the day-to-day operations of the Program/Unit specific to his/her area of assignment and insures compliance and collaboration with local facility and the VA Central Office initiatives.
The Social Worker conducts Veteran, family, and caregiver clinical interventions to facilitate the identification of caregiver stress, psychiatric illness, emotional distress and social needs as treatment issues. Professional judgement, including the knowledge of normal and abnormal behavior, is an inherent competency applied in daily interactions. Responsibilities of the incumbent include high risk needs assessment and screening, early intervention/admission diversion, case finding, psychosocial assessment, psychosocial treatment planning, individual counseling and case work, group work, caregiver support, family counseling, psychotherapy, community/home/residence/agency visits, information and referral.
The Social Worker is also responsible for the coordination of the psychosocial aspects of discharge and aftercare planning, clinical case management and care coordination, patient advocacy, crisis intervention, critical incident stress management, trauma counseling, patient/caregiver/family education, and end of life planning. Coordination of community-based services, liaison to community programs and resources, resource brokering, community outreach, program planning and development of new initiatives, consultation to and coordination with other health care professionals and community agencies are functions required of the incumbent.
The Social Worker participates in social research and performance improvement activities related to health care and outcome evaluation. The incumbent collaborates with community agencies in developing psychosocial support services and participates in community-based educational functions and events related to Medical Center and Social Work programming. The incumbent outreaches to new populations. Identifies unmet Veteran needs, gaps in service delivery systems, and barriers to timely program access and participates in the development of additional community resources and partnerships between the VA and community agencies.
The Social Worker assists in staff development and continuing education activities to upgrade the clinical proficiency of Social Work and other health care staff. The incumbent documents their clinical professional interventions in the Veteran's medical record. Incumbent performs these clinical activities and therapeutic interventions in support of the Veteran's financial, housing, legal, vocational, community integration, health care and other psychosocial needs. Incumbent performs these activities in collaboration and coordination with the interdisciplinary treatment team. Incumbent may provide training and supervision of Social Work graduate students and Veterans' Service Organization and community volunteers.
As a Social Worker, the employee stays informed regarding current federal and state legislation directed at assisting and providing support and resources to Veterans, families, and caregivers. The Social Worker will maintain a knowledge base of current theory and treatment modalities by reading professional journals, attending conferences, clinic seminars and teleconferences, and materials distributed through VA and private sector sources.
The Social Worker will utilize and assist in maintaining a data monitoring system to measure the efficacy of the program/unit in which they are assigned as applicable. The Social Worker may assist in collecting and analyzing local data for reports to local, VISN, and VACO management as well as to evaluate progress and implement modifications ultimately to improve the outcomes in the program/unit.
The Social Worker performs a wide range of services and may provide technical assistance to state, local, and private agencies, and universities. Technical assistance is based on monitoring activities and program reviews, and the development and analysis of information. In addition, the Social Worker uses sound judgment in the interpretation of trends and patterns; the application of guidelines; and the recommendation of program enhancements.
Perform all other duties assigned.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU
Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Subject to department needs.
Telework: Available when necessary (Ad-Hoc).
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 26207F
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
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This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/05/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12728408.
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