Social Worker

The Acute Medicine Social Worker works on a multi-disciplinary team working with hospitalized Veterans to provide them long-term care planning, financial resources, service navigation, care referrals and a variety of additional services.

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Duties include: Independently perform case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs. Implement treatment modalities and provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups. Independently conduct psychosocial assessments and develop treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team. Offer psychosocial interventions and measure outcomes to interventions. Coordinate community-based services, include information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs, and community agency programs. Identify high-risk patients and provide case management services. Provide crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinate family conferences, and serve as liaison to family members. Apply working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures which include acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side effects; and medical terminology. Establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families. Independently work with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems utilizing individual, group, and family counseling and therapy skills. Provide consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plans. Evaluate their own practice through professional peer review, case conferences, and other organizational means. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds. Apply general knowledge of veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation, and non-service-connected pension, and facilitates referrals based upon the veteran's needs and eligibility. Provide direct clinical social work services to patients and families, provide consultation to other services and to the community, and provide education to patients, families, and hospital staff on a wide range of topics. Is a member of an interdisciplinary team in an inpatient and outpatient setting. Facilitate discharge planning, and complete psychosocial assessments to identify patient needs and referral to appropriate VA and community resources, and case management services. Utilize working knowledge and skill in the use of word processing, data management, and other computer systems, especially those programs used by VHA. Work Schedule: 0800-1630 Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (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: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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.

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/.