Senior Social Worker Telehealth Palliative Care and Telehealth Geriatrics
Major duties include, but are not limited to:
Has working knowledge and experience with community-based services to include programs through the VA and other government and community agencies. The incumbent will participate in program development and other special duties and projects as assigned by the GEC Program Coordinator. Will identify high risk patients and proactively provide case management services. The incumbent will establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families. Therapy modalities utilized will include individual, group and family counseling while service delivery is completed by telehealth modalities. Designated expert concerning the provision of clinical and case management services for Veterans within the Telehealth Palliative Care team and the Telehealth Geriatric Care team. Directs/coordinates clinical and psychosocial services and is accountable for the overall effectiveness of the services provided within the Telehealth Palliative Care team and the Telehealth Geriatric team. Modifies services to best meet the treatment needs of veterans and to promote efficient practice. The incumbent provides timely and accurate information both verbally and in writing for reports to the GEC Program Manager, and others as indicated by program requirements. Provides services in serious, complex and complicated cases, often referred by other social workers and interdisciplinary team members. Carries full professional responsibility for cases presenting a wide range of biopsychosocial and environmental problems. Interviews veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the veteran's functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment. Reviews all data, subjective and objective, and makes a clinical assessment, identifying needs and strengths. Effectively uses professional skill, objectivity and insight. Ability to serve veterans who tend to have serious frequent and severe crises, lack family or an adequate community support network, be poor at self-monitoring, frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, have significant deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychological support. Independently evaluates the client's situation, including the veteran's reaction to it and ability to deal with it, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion. Work Schedule:
Monday through Friday, 8:
00-4:
30 Telework:
Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required BASIC REQUIREMENTS Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States. 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. 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. English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f). Grade Determination for the GS-12 Licensure/Certification. Individuals assigned as Senior Social Workers must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Education and 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. 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. 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. 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 incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. 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. The full performance level of this position is a GS-12. Physical Requirements:
Able to meet the physical demands for the position, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must have a good manual dexterity. Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken or written word. Must be able to view and read information on computer screens. Must be able to drive a government motor vehicle. References:
VA Handbook 5005/120 September 10, 2019
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Has working knowledge and experience with community-based services to include programs through the VA and other government and community agencies. The incumbent will participate in program development and other special duties and projects as assigned by the GEC Program Coordinator. Will identify high risk patients and proactively provide case management services. The incumbent will establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families. Therapy modalities utilized will include individual, group and family counseling while service delivery is completed by telehealth modalities. Designated expert concerning the provision of clinical and case management services for Veterans within the Telehealth Palliative Care team and the Telehealth Geriatric Care team. Directs/coordinates clinical and psychosocial services and is accountable for the overall effectiveness of the services provided within the Telehealth Palliative Care team and the Telehealth Geriatric team. Modifies services to best meet the treatment needs of veterans and to promote efficient practice. The incumbent provides timely and accurate information both verbally and in writing for reports to the GEC Program Manager, and others as indicated by program requirements. Provides services in serious, complex and complicated cases, often referred by other social workers and interdisciplinary team members. Carries full professional responsibility for cases presenting a wide range of biopsychosocial and environmental problems. Interviews veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the veteran's functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment. Reviews all data, subjective and objective, and makes a clinical assessment, identifying needs and strengths. Effectively uses professional skill, objectivity and insight. Ability to serve veterans who tend to have serious frequent and severe crises, lack family or an adequate community support network, be poor at self-monitoring, frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, have significant deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychological support. Independently evaluates the client's situation, including the veteran's reaction to it and ability to deal with it, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion. Work Schedule:
Monday through Friday, 8:
00-4:
30 Telework:
Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required BASIC REQUIREMENTS Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States. 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. 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. English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f). Grade Determination for the GS-12 Licensure/Certification. Individuals assigned as Senior Social Workers must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Education and 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. 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. 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. 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 incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. 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. The full performance level of this position is a GS-12. Physical Requirements:
Able to meet the physical demands for the position, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must have a good manual dexterity. Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken or written word. Must be able to view and read information on computer screens. Must be able to drive a government motor vehicle. References:
VA Handbook 5005/120 September 10, 2019
- Department:
0185 Social Work - Salary Range:
$84,118 to $109,358 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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