Summary

The incumbent is assigned to the Mental Health Integrated Community of Care of the Minneapolis - Minnesota Veterans Affairs class 1A (high Complexity) Medical Center. The Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) outpatient clinic provides general mental health services including care coordination - case management.

Qualifications

All requirements for this position must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education: Must possess a Master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
• Licensure: Must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level
• English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in written and spoken English to be appointed
• Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker GS-0185-12 Experience/Education: The candidate must have at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which - one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level
• Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment
• Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice
• Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty
• Licensure/Certification: Applicants must meet the requirements for providing supervision in the state where they are licensed at the advanced practice level and should list these qualifications within the assessment narrative and their resume
• Documentation is required if part of your state's requirements for providing supervision for licensure is beyond your licensure only (example: certification of continuing education credits)
• Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities: In addition to the experience above - candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs (Note: a separate document with written demonstration of KSAs must be included with application - see required documents section): (a) Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations
• This includes individual - group - and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management
• (b) Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice
• (c) Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area - utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes
• (d) Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area - as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills
• (e) Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession - and to write policies - procedures - and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area
• References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/120 PART II APPENDIX G39 Physical Requirements: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position
• Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.

Duties

• 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 Major duties include - but are not limited to: Incumbent will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members
• Incumbent will provide individual - family and group counseling
• Incumbent is an active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines Incumbent will provide same day mental health services - including crisis management
• Incumbent will provide consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources - advance directives and VA benefits
• Incumbent will act as a consultant to other team/staff members
• Incumbent will act as liaison between VA and community resources - to include marketing and public relation duties as needed
• Incumbent will provide case management to veterans and families - as needed - throughout the continuum of care
• Incumbent will provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work - individual - family and group counseling - case management and other services as appropriate
• Incumbent will address Advance Directives and Organ Donation in accordance with the standards of their work area
• Incumbent will provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate Patient/family support groups as appropriate
• Incumbent will as appropriate - supervise the practice of social work students - or a less experienced social worker
• Incumbent will coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans
• Incumbent will maintain data and statistical compilations to comply with JCAHO - VA and medical center policy and procedures
• Incumbent will assist patients and their significant others with coping and dealing with the loss and grief experiences in disability - terminal illness and death
• Incumbent will document social work interventions and activities in patient's clinical record utilizing CPRS and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday
• 08:00 to 16:30 Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): 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: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position.