Summary

These positions report to the Social Work Service of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System. The duties and responsibilities are carried throughout the Healthcare System including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the services. The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this occupational series. For more information - refer to Required Documents below.

Duties

• VA Social Workers provide a wide range of clinical interventions to meet the diverse needs of Veterans
• VA Social Workers impact millions of Veterans' lives
• Practicing in every medical and Veteran center operated by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - their reach is exceptional
• The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - the VA's health care program - is the largest integrated health care network in the country
• Senior Social Worker duties include - but are not limited to: Incumbent performs specialized treatment and care coordination for individuals with complex medical or mental illness
• Incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients - including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice in the Emergency Department - Inpatient Wards - and Outpatient specialty clinical settings
• The Senior Social Worker has technical - administrative and clinical responsibility in various clinical settings to include: crisis intervention - delivery of psychosocial services - managing complex discharge patients - conducts thorough comprehensive suicide assessments and safety plans as indicated - evaluates for needed follow-up services - makes community referrals - and provides psychosocial consultation to interdisciplinary team
• This worker is responsible for the implementation of written treatment program policies and procedures developed by Social Work Service that are based on coherent empirical and theoretical rationale and are consistent with patient rights and the maintenance of comprehensive written patient progress notes - outcomes and discharge planning services in collaboration with the unit treatment team
• Develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty areas - utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services
• Incumbent is able to demonstrate the ability to design changes based on empirical findings
• Work Schedule: Tuesday through Saturday - 8:00am-4:30pm Travel: You may be expected to travel for this position Functional Statement #: 20876F VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU