Senior Social Worker - Emergency Department

Overview

Primary purpose of this position is
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Provides a variety of psychosocial assessments and case management services, short-term solution focused counseling and family services with individual Veteran and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems.

Organization/Department: VA North Texas Health Care System, Social Work Service

• Coordination of Care and Case Management: The Senior Social Worker in the Emergency Department coordinates referrals/consults for non-institutional services such as Home Based Primary Care (HBPC), Contract Community Nursing Home (CNH), community skilled nursing facilities, Community Adult Day Health Care (CADHC), hospice, transitional and supportive housing, skilled and non-skilled homecare services in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team members, and other VA and community-based services to meet veterans  needs, particularly related to social drivers of health.
  
  Reviews progress notes from other providers to accurately determine the strengths and limitations of each Veteran being referred for VA and/or community-based services.
• Screening/Assessment/Diagnosis: Independently evaluates Veterans and family members/significant others situation and arrives at a reasoned conclusion. Interprets and explains VA s treatment and benefit programs. Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs.
• Discharge Planning/Treatment Planning/Goal Setting: The incumbent is responsible for ensuring that services provided are compliant with all regulations, policies, and procedures relevant to the population served and monitors medical center performance related to population served. Works with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems. Independently provides crisis management in coordination with interdisciplinary team members and Veteran/family.
• Treatment/Interventions: Incumbent provides individual, group, and family psychotherapy and advanced level case management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with polytrauma injuries, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment, post-traumatic stress disorder, addictions, and other serious disorders.
• Resources and Referrals: The incumbent develops effective and strong relationships with community resources to ensure continuity of care and to promote successful transitions of services. Incumbent has advanced skills in community partnership building and expertly represents Social Work Service. Throughout the course of treatment, the social worker is the subject matter expert on VA and/or community resources. The social worker will collaborate with other service providers in reassessing the veteran s needs.
  
  Incumbent provides coordination of services for patients needing Mental Health ED assessment, making referrals, and engaging in strong "hand-offs".
• Professional Evaluation/Education/Training/Supervision/Mentoring: Independently manages clinical evaluation of the professional services provided. Devises methods of obtaining data and evaluates data to determine the effectiveness of treatment. Serves as a mentor to other social workers. Provides clinical supervision for unlicensed social workers, social worker licensed at the LMSW category and for social work associates. The incumbent is viewed by social workers and the interdisciplinary team members as a senior clinician with advanced practice skills and expertise.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 4:00pm - 12:30am

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 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: Not Available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 00000

Permanent Change of…