Senior Social Worker (Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program/ Polytrauma Program )

Full Job Description

The Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program (IPVAP)/ Polytrauma Program is located in the Social Work service.

The Social Work Coordinator, Senior Social Worker develops and implements the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program/ Polytrauma Program and ensures compliance and collaboration with local facility and VA Central Office initiatives and facilitates and coordinates case management within the Memphis VA Medical Center.

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.

Basic Requirements: Citizenship. Must be a citizen of the United States.

(Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g this part). English Language Proficiency.

Candidates 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: 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, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (a) 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.

(b) Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.

(c) 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.

(d) 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.

(e) 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. Assignments.

For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), and variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time.

Senior social workers are licensed or certified to independently practice social work at an advanced level.

Senior social workers typically practice in a major program area such as but not limited to: Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site; a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Center, or a national VHA referral center, such as a national Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or a national Transplant Center, or other program areas of equivalent scope and complexity.

The senior social worker may be assigned administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.

Assignments include clinical settings where they have limited access to onsite supervision such as CBOCs or satellite outpatient clinics.

The senior social worker collaborates with the other members of the treatment team in the provision of comprehensive health care services to Veterans, ensures equity of access, service, and benefits to this population, ensures the care provided is of the highest quality.

The senior social worker provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for assigned social work staff.

They serve on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility, VISN and national level, or in the community as deemed appropriate by the supervisor, Social Work Executive or Chief of Social Work Services.

This assignment is to be relatively few in number based on the size of the facility/service and applying sound position management.

This assignment must represent substantial additional responsibility over and above that required at the full performance grade level and cannot be used as the full performance level of this occupation.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Reference: VA Handbook 5005/120, Part II Appendix G39 Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Major Duties:

VA Careers - Social Work: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following: The incumbent will also provide ongoing comprehensive social work interventions to returning combat and non-combat Service Members, Veterans over the course of time Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health care services are being provided.

The Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program/ Polytrauma Program Social Work Coordinator, Senior Social Worker independently provides clinical psychosocial and case management services at an advanced practice level to eligible Veterans to meet biological; psychological, social, and environmental needs by providing a high degree of clinical oversight, coordination and creative problem-solving.

Communicates with IPVAVP/Polytrauma team members to ensure coordinated treatment program, plans and effective outcomes.

Provides clinical evidence-based services including assessments and interventions; program development; Veteran, family, caregiver and staff education; community outreach, resource development; program evaluation; continuous quality improvement activities; and consultation.

Serve as the lead contact for all IPVAP/Polytrauma inquiries (including VHA, Congressional and community) and disseminate information as appropriate.

Performs the administrative, clinical supervision, and personnel management functions relative to assigned staff and students.

Coordinating and managing services that include screening, assessment, evaluations and case management of eligible combat and non-combat Veterans.

Responsible for coordinating the Veteran screening process which includes the implementation of a local clinical reminder and consults. Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized