Social Worker Patient Aligned Care Team Pact

We're Looking for a skilled Social Worker Patient Aligned Care Team Pact in the Veterans Health Administration based in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

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. The occupational series 0185 for this position has been determined to be a critical staffing shortage therefore 38 U.S.C. Section 7412 waives the requirement to apply Veterans Preference to external applicants for appointments. Basic Requirements: Citizenship: Applicants must be United States Citizen as required by 38. U.S.C. 7402 NOTE: When it is not possible to recruit qualified United States Citizens necessary personnel may be appointed on a temporary basis under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 without regard to the United States Citizenship requirements of 38 U.S.C. 7402 or any other law prohibiting the employment of or payment of compensation to a person who is not a citizen of the United States. Candidates must meet all other requirements for the grade and position concerned.. Education Requirements: Applicants must have a masters degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). NOTE: 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 masters 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: Applicants hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the masters degree level. NOTE: VHA may waive the licensure or certification requirement for persons whoare otherwise qualified pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations. This exception only applies at the GS9 grade level. For the GS11 grade level and above the candidate must be licensed or certified.. English Language Proficiency: Applicants 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 above applicants must also meet one of the grade determinations below.Social Worker GS09 (Entry Level): Experience Education and Licensure/Certification. None beyond the basic requirements Demonstrated Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the basic requirements above applicants must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Ability to work with Veterans and family members from various socioeconomic cultural ethnic educational and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills. Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members and to formulate and implement a treatment plan identifying the Veterans problems strengths weaknesses coping skills and assistance needed. Ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals families and groups to achieve treatment goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive problem solving or crisis intervention techniques. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients staff and representatives of community agencies. Fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries common medications and their effects/side effects and medical terminology. Social Worker GS11 (Full Performance Level): Experience. Applicants must have completed a minimum of one (1) year of postMSW experience equivalent to the GS09 grade level in the field of healthcare or other social workrelated settings (VA or nonVA experience) OR Education. Applicants must have completed a doctoral degree in social work from a school of social work AND Licensure/Certification. Applicants must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the independent practice level and able to provide supervision for licensure AND Demonstrated Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the basic requirements experience or education licensure or certification above applicants must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Knowledge of community resources how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services and ability to coordinate services. Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socioeconomic cultural ethnic educational and other diversified backgrounds. Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses disabilities and treatment procedures (i.e. acute chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries common medications and their effects/side effects and medical terminology) to formulate a treatment plan. Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals families and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric medical and social problems to achieve treatment goals. Ability to provide consultation services to new social workers social work graduate students and other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment. Preferred Experience: Applicants who possess an active and current license/certification case management and medical social work are preferred. References: VA Handbook 5005/120 Part ll Appendix G39 dated September 10 2019. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS11. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS09 to GS11. Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment. A preplacement physical examination is not required.

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.