Summary

This position is located in the Social Work Service of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System. The duties and responsibilities are carried throughout the HealthCare Center including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the services.

Duties

• Duties and responsibilities include - but are not limited to: The incumbent provides case-appropriate professional social work services for Veterans and families/significant others in compliance with VA - VISN - station - and Social Work policies and memorandums
• Casework - group work - case management - and/or community organization social work methods will be utilized in the delivery of the services
• Incumbent provides highly developed professional social work services
• The incumbent independently performs case finding functions and outreach - identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs
• The incumbent independently assesses the psychosocial functioning and needs of individuals and families from various socioeconomic - lifestyle - educational - and other backgrounds and is able to formulate and implement a treatment plan - identifying the patient's problems - strengths - needs - abilities - preferences - weaknesses - coping skills and assistance needed - in collaboration with the patient - family and interdisciplinary treatment team
• The incumbent possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and measures outcomes to interventions
• The incumbent has the ability to work with patients and families who are experiencing basic emotional - medical - and social problems - utilizing individual - group - and family counseling skills
• The incumbent has the ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their family members - and to formulate and implement a treatment plan - identifying the patient's problems - strengths - weaknesses - coping skills - and assistance needed
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm 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 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) Functional Statement #: 20038F VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UUTotal Rewards of a Allied Health Professional