Senior Social Worker
The Senior Social Worker is responsible for providing oversight of the assigned GPDprograms including the following:
management of GPD contracts, overseeing enrollment into the programs, ensuring accurate billing and timely payment, engaging in community outreach, and developing community partnerships including in rural settings. The Senior Social Worker establishes and maintains processes for referrals, evaluations, and admission to the GPD program. The Senior Social Worker facilitates regular complex clinical case reviews. The Senior Social Worker conducts appropriate program audits ensuring compliance with all mandatory reporting requirements of the GPD Program. The Senior Social Worker assists with preparation for and compliance with all accreditation agencies associated with this program, including Joint Commission and CARF. The Senior Social Worker function oversees the care provided by contracted GPD agency and assists with coordination of care of all enrolled Veterans. The Senior Social Worker have oversight of assigned HUD VASH Participants. Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening Veterans for psychosocial needs. Senior Social Worker has advanced knowledge and expert skills and has the ability to implement treatment modalities, provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups. Conducts psychosocial assessments. Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team. Updates treatment plans on regular intervals. Senior Social Worker possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and to measure outcomes of interventions. Expertly manages all documentation requirements of assigned GPD and HUD VASH participants, ensuring that all required reports are completed timely. Uses all correct note titles and templates in VA electronic medical record. Senior Social Worker is able to coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Senior Social Worker has advance skills in community partnership building and is able to expertly represent the Alaska VAHCS. Identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services. Senior Social Worker provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences, and serves as liaison to family members. Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology. Provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of Veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan. Senior Social Worker has the ability to evaluate their own practice and to take constructive criticism through professional peer review, case conferences, performance reports, and other organizational means. Senior Social Worker is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds. General knowledge of Veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation, and non-service-connected pension. Facilitates referrals based upon Veterans' needs and eligibility. Has thorough knowledge of VA performance measures related to assigned programs and effectively shapes practice patterns to improve standing on performance measures. Monitors facility performance measures and implements performance improvement plans as needed. Attends and participates in regular Service Line and team meetings. Senior Social Worker takes a leadership and mentoring role for program improvements. Demonstrates advanced knowledge and mastery of theories and modalities used in identifying and addressing ethical issues that impact patients and staff, including initiating and participating in ethical consultations. The Senior Social Worker follows VHA policies on confidentiality y and privacy. Analyzes ethical/care issues, applying appropriate theoretical principles and ensures application of institutional policy. Work Schedule:
Mon-Fri 8:
00 am-4:
30 pm Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/01/2020. 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. English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f). Education:
Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education(CSWE) Grade Determinations:
GS-12 Licensure - Must be Independently licensed or certified by a State at the Advanced Practice Level. Experience - Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. At least two years should be in an area of specialized social work practice. May have certification or other post-master's degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience. Advanced Practice Level. Advanced Practice Level is defined as the ability to provide independent and expert clinical psychosocial and case management services in a specialized area of practice to veterans who tend to have serious and severe crises, may lack any familial and community support, may be poor self-monitors, may frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, or may have major deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychological support. The advanced practice or Senior Social Worker has an increased depth and breadth of practice skills; has expertise in participating in the professional development of colleagues through mentorship and teaching; demonstrates leadership in developing and expanding professional intervention strategies; demonstrates leadership in defining and attending to professional practice issues; and has the ability to expand the conceptual knowledge of the profession. The advanced practice or Senior Social Worker will make independent professional decisions and recommendations for agency action; the consequences to the veteran of these decisions and actions may be quite serious. Work involves intensive social work services requiring the exercise of mature professional judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of complex social work practice skills not typically required in routine social work interventions. The advanced practice or senior social worker has mastered a range of specialized interventions and provides consultation to colleagues, renders professional opinions based on experience and expertise, develops new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention, and incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment. The advanced practice or Senior Social Worker utilizes outcome evaluations to further treatment and designs system changes based on empirical findings. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the professional KSAs in the paragraph below. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Ability to incorporate 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. Ability to determine priority for services and provide specialized treatment services. Advanced and expert 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 interventions used in the treatment of veterans with poly-traumatic injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc. Advanced knowledge and expert skill 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. Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on empirical findings. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty area, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the specialty area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the profession, demonstrating innovation in the creation of new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention to identify and address specialized clinical needs. Ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the specialty population or specialty treatment program. Assignment Information:
Senior Social Workers are licensed or certified to independently practice social work at an advanced level. The Senior Social Worker is assigned administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns. They are also assigned in settings where they have no access to social work supervision, such as CBOCs or satellite outpatient clinics. They may be assigned to work with special patient populations with highly-complex health or mental health problems requiring expert level psychosocial interventions, such as VA/DOD liaisons assigned to Military Treatment Facilities as part of seamless transition or social worker case managers in Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) programs. References:
VA Handbook 5005/50 Part II Appendix G39. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. Physical Requirements:
Light carrying (under 15 lbs); Moderate carrying (15-44lbs), use of fingers, Walking and standing (up to 2 hours), near vision (correctable at 13 to 16 to Jaeger 1 to 4), far vision (correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other), hearing (aid permitted), emotional and mental stability. Environmental factors include; outside and inside, working closely with others, working alone.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
management of GPD contracts, overseeing enrollment into the programs, ensuring accurate billing and timely payment, engaging in community outreach, and developing community partnerships including in rural settings. The Senior Social Worker establishes and maintains processes for referrals, evaluations, and admission to the GPD program. The Senior Social Worker facilitates regular complex clinical case reviews. The Senior Social Worker conducts appropriate program audits ensuring compliance with all mandatory reporting requirements of the GPD Program. The Senior Social Worker assists with preparation for and compliance with all accreditation agencies associated with this program, including Joint Commission and CARF. The Senior Social Worker function oversees the care provided by contracted GPD agency and assists with coordination of care of all enrolled Veterans. The Senior Social Worker have oversight of assigned HUD VASH Participants. Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening Veterans for psychosocial needs. Senior Social Worker has advanced knowledge and expert skills and has the ability to implement treatment modalities, provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups. Conducts psychosocial assessments. Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team. Updates treatment plans on regular intervals. Senior Social Worker possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and to measure outcomes of interventions. Expertly manages all documentation requirements of assigned GPD and HUD VASH participants, ensuring that all required reports are completed timely. Uses all correct note titles and templates in VA electronic medical record. Senior Social Worker is able to coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Senior Social Worker has advance skills in community partnership building and is able to expertly represent the Alaska VAHCS. Identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services. Senior Social Worker provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences, and serves as liaison to family members. Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology. Provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of Veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan. Senior Social Worker has the ability to evaluate their own practice and to take constructive criticism through professional peer review, case conferences, performance reports, and other organizational means. Senior Social Worker is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds. General knowledge of Veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation, and non-service-connected pension. Facilitates referrals based upon Veterans' needs and eligibility. Has thorough knowledge of VA performance measures related to assigned programs and effectively shapes practice patterns to improve standing on performance measures. Monitors facility performance measures and implements performance improvement plans as needed. Attends and participates in regular Service Line and team meetings. Senior Social Worker takes a leadership and mentoring role for program improvements. Demonstrates advanced knowledge and mastery of theories and modalities used in identifying and addressing ethical issues that impact patients and staff, including initiating and participating in ethical consultations. The Senior Social Worker follows VHA policies on confidentiality y and privacy. Analyzes ethical/care issues, applying appropriate theoretical principles and ensures application of institutional policy. Work Schedule:
Mon-Fri 8:
00 am-4:
30 pm Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/01/2020. 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. English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f). Education:
Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education(CSWE) Grade Determinations:
GS-12 Licensure - Must be Independently licensed or certified by a State at the Advanced Practice Level. Experience - Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. At least two years should be in an area of specialized social work practice. May have certification or other post-master's degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience. Advanced Practice Level. Advanced Practice Level is defined as the ability to provide independent and expert clinical psychosocial and case management services in a specialized area of practice to veterans who tend to have serious and severe crises, may lack any familial and community support, may be poor self-monitors, may frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, or may have major deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychological support. The advanced practice or Senior Social Worker has an increased depth and breadth of practice skills; has expertise in participating in the professional development of colleagues through mentorship and teaching; demonstrates leadership in developing and expanding professional intervention strategies; demonstrates leadership in defining and attending to professional practice issues; and has the ability to expand the conceptual knowledge of the profession. The advanced practice or Senior Social Worker will make independent professional decisions and recommendations for agency action; the consequences to the veteran of these decisions and actions may be quite serious. Work involves intensive social work services requiring the exercise of mature professional judgment and the flexible use of a wide range of complex social work practice skills not typically required in routine social work interventions. The advanced practice or senior social worker has mastered a range of specialized interventions and provides consultation to colleagues, renders professional opinions based on experience and expertise, develops new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention, and incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment. The advanced practice or Senior Social Worker utilizes outcome evaluations to further treatment and designs system changes based on empirical findings. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the professional KSAs in the paragraph below. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Ability to incorporate 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. Ability to determine priority for services and provide specialized treatment services. Advanced and expert 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 interventions used in the treatment of veterans with poly-traumatic injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc. Advanced knowledge and expert skill 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. Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on empirical findings. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty area, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the specialty area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the profession, demonstrating innovation in the creation of new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention to identify and address specialized clinical needs. Ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the specialty population or specialty treatment program. Assignment Information:
Senior Social Workers are licensed or certified to independently practice social work at an advanced level. The Senior Social Worker is assigned administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns. They are also assigned in settings where they have no access to social work supervision, such as CBOCs or satellite outpatient clinics. They may be assigned to work with special patient populations with highly-complex health or mental health problems requiring expert level psychosocial interventions, such as VA/DOD liaisons assigned to Military Treatment Facilities as part of seamless transition or social worker case managers in Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) programs. References:
VA Handbook 5005/50 Part II Appendix G39. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. Physical Requirements:
Light carrying (under 15 lbs); Moderate carrying (15-44lbs), use of fingers, Walking and standing (up to 2 hours), near vision (correctable at 13 to 16 to Jaeger 1 to 4), far vision (correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other), hearing (aid permitted), emotional and mental stability. Environmental factors include; outside and inside, working closely with others, working alone.
- Department:
0185 Social Work - Salary Range:
$85,799 to $111,543 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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