The Senior Social Worker will provide expert clinical services, primarily through the delivery of Evidence Based Psychotherapies (EBPs) to Veterans served by the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System. They will work as a member of the Mental Health Service and can be assigned to any program area including the Mental Health Outpatient Clinic, Trauma Recovery Program, Addictive Disorders Treatment Program, and Primary Care Mental Health Integration.

Duties

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf Major duties may include but are not limited to: The Social Worker will have a primary responsibility for provision of time limited cognitive - behavioral and evidence- based psychotherapies for behavioral health conditions including depression, anxiety, adjustment, traumatic stress, insomnia, and chronic pain. Duties will include screening patients, evaluations for diagnosis and treatment planning, and providing a full range of time- limited, evidenced-based psychological interventions, using individual and group psychotherapy modalities. Services will be provided through in-person visits, as well as clinical video telehealth to Veterans receiving services at VANIHCS, as well as at Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) or their homes. The Senior Social Worker shall be trained and/or receive training to develop expertise in one or more of the EBPs currently recognized by national VA Mental Health administration. Overtime, the provider will attend local, VISN, and/or national EBP competency-based trainings and be expected to be proficient in delivering EBPs for depression, anxiety, PTSD, insomnia, and chronic pain. Examples of these EBPs include but are not limited to: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety (CBT) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Depression and Anxiety Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) for Depression Social Skills Training (SST) for Serious Mental Illness Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Problem Solving Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Pain In addition to serving as an active provider, the senior social worker shall provide education on evidence-based psychotherapy services. This Senior Social Worker is expected to be a role model for EBP, assist with the management of quality assurance program measurements related to EBP, and assist with ongoing program evaluation. This position may require some evening and/or weekend duties. Work Schedule: Typically administrative in nature, Monday - Friday. Some evening and weekend hours may be required. Schedule subject to change based on the needs of the agency. Detailed schedule to be discussed during the interview process. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): 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 existing pay, 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: May be authorized at Supervisory discretion. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement # 91304-0 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: 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. 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. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to SW Licensure Summary by State Creditable Experience. The candidate must have knowledge of current professional social work practices. To be creditable, the experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics associated with current professional social work practice. The experience or education must be post-Masters of Social Work (MSW) degree. Experience and education satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice, which is paid/non-paid employment as a professional social worker, as defined by the appropriate state licensing board. Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is obtained following graduation with a master's degree in social work and if it includes work as a professional social worker directly related to the position to be filled. Qualifying experience must also be at a level comparable to social work experience at the next lower level 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). SF50(s) required. Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met: 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: 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. Preferred Experience: Prior training/experience providing evidence based treatments for Depression, PTSD, and/or Anxiety preferred References: VA Handbook 5005/120 Part II Appendix G39 Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. It occasionally requires carrying of light objects such as files, books, and papers. Some walking, standing, and bending is required. No special physical qualifications are required.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.

Transcripts must be official or unofficial college transcripts. A copy of your certificate/degree or screenshot of your current classes are not a replacement of your transcript and they will not be used in the qualifying process. Your transcript must include your name and the name and full address of the institution.

If the position has an education requirement or you are qualifying based on education, you need to list your education history including the type of degree and your major of study. If the position requires a certain number of credit hours, you are strongly encouraged to list the relevant courses in your resume.

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 Northern Indiana HCS 1700 East 38th Street Marion, IN 46953 US
• Name: Katrina Majors
• Phone: 443-421-5813
• Email: [email protected]