Recruitment/Relocation incentive is authorized for highly qualified candidates.

Duties

This position could be filled at the Bloomington, Decatur, Peoria, or Springfield, Mattoon Illinois Outpatient Clinic locations. 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 The Senior Social Worker at the Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) has major responsibility for mental health needs and planning at the assigned clinic. The Senior Social Worker independently provides psychosocial assessment, therapy, and case management services related to mental health needs at an advanced practice level to eligible veterans and their family members. Services provided relate to psychosocial implications of psychiatric disorders, homelessness, substance abuse, OEF/OIF issues, TBI, medical treatment, post hospital care and rehabilitation. The CBOC's cover a wide catchment area; often with few resources. This requires a high degree of clinical skill and creative problem solving. The Senior Worker must work closely with community agencies and CBOC staff to meet all the needs of the Veterans and their families. Major Duties: Leads the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary (BHIP) Team. Assists with measures and monitors. Assists CBOC Supervisor roll out new initiatives/policies. Leads system redesign and LEAN projects. Assesses and treats complicated psychosocial problems in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team. The Senior Worker will address home care needs, homelessness, and transition across levels and sites of care. Advanced Social Work care management practice skills, which includes psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, and treatment which is focused on helping Veterans and their families maximize treatment potential and achieve more satisfying and productive emotional and social functioning. Provides social work psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, and treatment in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members to develop a care management plan and psychosocial interventions. Performs specialized treatment for complex mental health needs and is able to assess, utilize differential diagnosis and provide appropriate treatment modalities of individual, group, marital and family therapy services Develops crisis management plans for in-patient psychiatric admissions or appropriate safety plans for deflections. Provides case management and supportive services to families as indicated. Must be sensitive to the ethnic and cultural diversity and age-specific challenges of the Veteran population served and adjusts intervention and treatment plans as appropriate. Networks with and utilizes appropriate community resources. Serves as an advocate for Veterans and their families, helping them access needed services at the facility, at other VA facilities, and in their local communities. Travel to other CBOC locations may be required as part of providing social work care management services. Such travel requires the Senior Worker to function without immediate supervision or consultation. Participates in the orientation, training, and teaching of social work graduate students and other trainees and staff. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30am to 4:00pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: Education: Must have a Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) 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. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) Licensure: Must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level at the GS-12 grade level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING GRADE REQUIREMENTS: GS-12 Grade level: Experience: 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. AND Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: 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. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. 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. 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. 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, Social Worker Qualification Standard The full performance level of this vacancy is GS12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS12. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health 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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Danville VA Medical Center 1900 East Main Street Danville, IL 61832 US
• Name: Brooke Cremonesi
• Phone: 217-499-7292
• Email: [email protected]