Senior Social Worker (Mental Health)
Company: Veterans Health Administration
Location: Galveston
Posted on: April 9, 2021
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Job Description:
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: 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. NOTE: Transcripts must be
submitted. 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 http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. English Language
Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written
English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. -- 7403(f). 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). Grade Determinations. In
addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following
criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Your
resume must demonstrate that you possess the specialized experience
necessary to possess the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required
for the grade. Be explicit in describing the job duties that
demonstrate you possess the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
listed. Senior Social Worker, GS-12 (a) 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. Qualifying experience would include making
referrals to community and other agencies; conducting psychosocial
assessments and treatment interventions; formulating treatment
plans depending on diagnosis; implementing various treatment
modalities; and providing consultation services to less experienced
Social Workers. (b) 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. (c) Demonstrated
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the above,
experience should demonstrate that it has provided you with some
level of the knowledge, skills, and abilities below. If selected,
you will be required to provide a narrative demonstrating your
level of knowledge for each of the following KSAs: 1. 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.
2. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in
differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical
privileges or scope of practice.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
(d) Assignments. Senior social workers are licensed or certified to
independently practice social work at an advanced level. Senior
social workers typically practice in a major program area such as
but not limited to: Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma
Network Site; a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Center, or a
national VHA referral center, such as a national Center for
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or a national Transplant Center, or
other program areas of equivalent scope and complexity. The senior
social worker may be assigned administrative responsibility for
clinical program development and is accountable for clinical
program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.
Assignments include clinical settings where they have limited
access to onsite supervision such as CBOCs or satellite outpatient
clinics. The senior social worker collaborates with the
other members of the treatment team in the provision of
comprehensive health care services to Veterans, ensures equity of
access, service, and benefits to this population, ensures the care
provided is of the highest quality. The senior social worker
provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service
training, staff development, and continuing education programs for
assigned social work staff. They serve on committees, work groups,
and task forces at the facility, VISN and national level, or in the
community as deemed appropriate by the supervisor, Social Work
Executive or Chief of Social Work Services. This assignment is to
be relatively few in number based on the size of the
facility/service and applying sound position management. This
assignment must represent substantial additional responsibility
over and above that required at the full performance grade level
and cannot be used as the full performance level of this
occupation. References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G39.
Physical Requirement: Performing activities such as sitting,
walking, standing, bending and carrying items such as books, papers
and files are required. When carrying out job related duties, it
may be necessary for the incumbent to travel to MEDVAMC and/or into
the community to meet with Veterans, their families, community
partners, internal/external stakeholders and other representatives
to complete official job related duties. The incumbent must possess
a current driver's license, adhere to all VHA/MEDVAMC directives
and training requirements when operating a government vehicle to
carry out official duties when deemed necessary.
Keywords: Veterans Health Administration, Galveston , Senior Social Worker (Mental Health), Healthcare , Galveston, Texas
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