Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) -a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Qualifications

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 http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/
• Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements for employment - the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates
• 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: Prefer experience with homeless population Prefer experience with case management Prefer experience with geriatric population Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11
• The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12
• Physical Requirements: Light lifting (under 15 lbs.)
• light carrying (under 15 lbs.)
• reaching above shoulder
• use of fingers
• walking (intermittent)
• standing (intermittent)
• hearing (aid permitted)
• Intermittent Driving a Vehicle (-/+ 2 hours)
• The work is sedentary
• Typically - the employee may sit comfortably to do the work
• However - there may be some walking - standing - bending and carrying of light items like papers or books
• No special physical demands are required to perform the work
• Frequent/Occasional Travel: The position requires occasional travel away from the duty station for local meetings
• and infrequent distant meetings and conferences
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid Maryland and Federal Driver License to operate a government vehicle.

Duties

• VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Major Duties include but are not limited to: Provides training for other members of the multidisciplinary treatment team in areas related to aging assessment - and life skills and aging with co-occurring disorders
• Educate Medical Center level staff in Homeless Programs regarding various models for GEC and HUD-VASH partnerships
• Provides direct geriatric services for HUD-VASH in the Medical Center
• Independently conducts intake and needs assessment of homeless Veterans and their significant others
• Identifies factors related to aging
• Provides all necessary assessment functions - e.g
• interviewing - psychosocial histories - and aging assessments to aid in the development of treatment plans
• Develops comprehensive treatment plans with the Veteran that address the factors that contributed to homelessness - including aging and other co-occurring factors within a recovery model framework
• Organizes and conducts individual case management to include early interventions and supportive follow-up to ensure stability in home visits and facility-based contacts
• Provides geriatric support to the HUD-VASH team as a functional member of this team - to include consultation - interventions - or accompanying other case managers on home visits
• Will serve as a member of a multidisciplinary homeless program treatment team
• Provides recovery-oriented treatment with the goal of establishing the Veteran independently in the community at the Veteran's highest level of functioning and quality of life
• Assists Veterans with Advance Directives and/or Psychiatric Advance Directives as appropriate
• Participate in the development - evaluation - and communication of standards - policies - procedures - and plans of care for partnerships serving aging and disabled HUD-VASH Veterans - including partnerships between GEC and HUD-VASH programs
• Evaluate GEC and HUD-VASH partnerships using relevant VA statutes and regulations and take action to improve identified deficiencies
• Responsible for developing and sharing resources related to VA and community social service programs to support GEC and HUD-VASH program development
• Responsible for partnering with Public Housing Authorities and community partners to identify HUDVASH housing and other appropriate housing opportunities for aging and disabled HUD-VASH Veterans
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8am - 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact visn5edrpcoordinators@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
• Learn more 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: Ad-Hoc Telework is available as determined by the agency policy
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Functional Statement #: 512-260056-F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized