Senior Social Worker - Emergency Department
Company: Veterans Health Administration
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 9, 2021
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Job Description:
Physical Requirements:
Physical Demands of the work are generally minor. The work is
primarily sedentary, although the stress involved in dealing
continually with persons in emotional distress and who may be
uncooperative and occasionally violent makes this work notably more
demanding than most sedentary jobs." For additional information on
Physical Standards please see VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
http://www.va.gov/vapubs/ Basic Qualifications: 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. Licensure. Persons hired or
reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-185 series in VHA
must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice
social work at the master's degree level. English Language
Proficiency. Social workers must be proficient in spoken and
written English. Preferred Experience: Grade Determination: GS-12
Senior Social Worker
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.
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
1. Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities
used in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental
illness. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in
differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including
making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved
clinical privileges or scope of practice. Ability to determine
priority for services and provide specialized treatment
services.
2. Advanced and expert 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 interventions
used in the treatment of veterans with polytraumatic injuries,
spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, visual impairment,
post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.
3. Advanced knowledge and expert skill 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. Ability to coordinate
the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs.
Ability to design system changes based on empirical findings.
4. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and
students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the
specialty area, rendering professional opinions based on experience
and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice
skills. Ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the
specialty area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure
or for specialty certifications.
5. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the profession,
demonstrating innovation in the creation of new models of
psychosocial assessment or intervention to identify and address
specialized clinical needs. Ability to write policies, procedures,
and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the specialty population
or specialty treatment program. Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday 8:00
am - 4:30pm
References: VA Handbook 5005, Chapter II, Appendix G39. This
standard is available in the Human Resources Liaison Office for
review
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