Social Worker-Community Living Center (CLC)

The incumbent provides specialized clinical social work services to older adult Veterans with complex psychiatric, cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial needs. This position is located at the Lyons, NJ VA Medical Center.

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Duties include but are not limited to: The GS-09 Community Living Center (CLC) Social Worker, which includes Social Work on General Long-Term Care, Subacute Rehab, Dementia, and Geriatric Psych units, is a licensed social worker practicing under close clinical supervision within Social Work Service, assigned to the Extended Care service line. The incumbent provides clinical social work services to older adult Veterans with psychiatric, cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial needs, working under the regular guidance and review of a senior social worker or supervisor. The Social Worker assists with biopsychosocial assessment, treatment planning, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, behavioral management strategies, and interdisciplinary care coordination for Veterans with dementia, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, neurocognitive decline, and psychiatric conditions complicated by chronic illness or functional loss, with supervisory oversight commensurate with case complexity. The Social Worker supports recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and Veteran-centered care across the General CLC and the Geriatric Psychiatric CLC, including long-term care, memory care, and geriatric psychiatry settings as applicable, under the direction of the assigned supervisor. The GS-11 Community Living Center (CLC) Social Worker, which includes Social Work on General Long-Term Care, Subacute Rehab, Dementia, and Geriatric Psych units, is a licensed, independent practitioner within Social Work Service, assigned to the Extended Care service line. The incumbent provides specialized clinical social work services to older adult Veterans with complex psychiatric, cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial needs. The Social Worker delivers comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment, treatment planning, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, behavioral management strategies, and interdisciplinary care coordination for Veterans with dementia, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, substance use disorders, neurocognitive decline, and psychiatric conditions complicated by chronic illness or functional loss. The Social Worker promotes recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and Veteran-centered care across the General CLC and the Geriatric Psychiatric CLC, including long-term care, memory care, and geriatric psychiatry settings as applicable. Performing other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. Telework: Not available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education or if a degree is required for the position. 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/.