The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System, Social Work Service is currently recruiting for one (1) Senior Social Worker in Tulsa, OK. A Valid Drivers License is Required for this Position. You will be required to obtain and maintain facility MVO certification for the transportation of veterans.

Duties

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Major Duties and Responsibilities: The HUD-VASH SUD Specialist serves as a member of a multidisciplinary HUD-VASH Team. Working independently, the incumbent will conduct intake and needs assessment of homeless Veterans and their significant others. The candidate will identify symptoms leading to clinical diagnoses of Substance Use Disorder, providing all necessary assessment functions, to include. interviewing, psychosocial histories, and SUD assessments to aid in the development of treatment plans. In order to ensure continuity of care, the incumbent provides liaison services with other programs, enriching recovery, with the goal of establishing the Veteran independently in the community, at their highest level of functioning and quality of life. Performing independently, the HUD-VASH SUD Specialist provides on-going case management services to SUD involved HUD-VASH participants. The candidate will develop partnerships with community agencies, especially those serving homeless and SUD Veterans, with regular contact and communication. The incumbent, as well, will develop comprehensive treatment plans with the Veteran that addresses the factors that contributed to homelessness, including SUD and other co-occurring factors within a recovery model framework. The candidate will work with the Veteran to realize the Veteran's treatment goals, reassesses and revises goals as indicated by the Veteran's engagement in treatment. The incumbent will organize and conduct individual and group case management, to include early interventions and supportive follow-up to ensure stability in home visits and facility-based contacts, and provides appropriate clinical documentation for all contacts with, or about, Veterans. The candidate will provide recovery oriented treatment for the client. Performing independently, the HUD-VASH SUD Specialist provides on-going case management services to SUD involved HUD-VASH participants. Additional the HUD-VASH SUD Specialist will participate in outreach and consultative services for the Health Care for Homeless Veterans, Grant Per Diem, and Home, Community and Rural Outreach Programs as required. The incumbent will provide training for other members of the multidisciplinary treatment team in areas related to Substance Use Disorder assessment, anger management, life skills, and Substance Use Disorder with co-occurring disorders. The SUD Specialist contributes to the efficient running of the unit by submitting reports in an accurate, timely fashion, entering CPRS notes within 72 hours of encounter and HOMES data within 72 hours of updates to critical monitor elements. The incumbent will possess expert competency and skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in providing individual and group treatment interventions to patients presenting with a wide variety of mental health and psychosocial issues such as those diagnoses found in the current DSM, and particularly SMI (including PTSD), Dual Diagnosis, personality disorders, substance abuse, and issues arising from homelessness. The incumbent must have advanced knowledge and a demonstrated ability to expand clinical knowledge in the profession, demonstrating innovation in the creation of new models of psychosocial assessment and intervention, evidenced through the ability to present histories, assessments, behavioral observations, SUD test results, and discuss diagnostic issues in training sessions, treatment team meetings, and in other case conferences. The candidate will be a skilled administrator of structured interviews and assessments with a wide variety of patient populations, particularly Homeless Veteran populations with SUD who are also Seriously Mentally Ill (SMI) Veterans, Women Veterans, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF/ OIF) Veterans, elderly Veterans and /or Veterans with families. Incumbent must meet the needs of customers while supporting VA Missions; consistently communicate and treat customers (Veterans, their representatives, visitors, and all VA Staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner; provide customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures; and handle conflict and problems in dealing with customers constructively and appropriately. The Incumbent performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible:Compressed tours may be available. Telework: May be eligible on an ad hoc basis as determined by the agency policy Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #:Senior Social WorkerPD55428-O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized according to agency policy. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: To qualify for appointment as a Social Worker in VHA, all applicants must meet the following: Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States.. 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. Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work. GRADE DETERMINATIONS. In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Senior Social Worker, GS-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. Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (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. Preferred Experience: Substance use, Homeless, and Community base experience preferred. References: VA Handbook 5005/120 Part II, Appendix G39 Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Services.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Jack C Montgomery VA Medical Center 1011 Honor Heights Drive Muskogee, OK 74401 US
• Name: Wyolene Varner Finch
• Phone: 678-592-7734
• Email: [email protected]