Social Worker (Patient Align Care Team-Inpatient)

The incumbent is a social worker in the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (TVCBHCS) assigned to the Valley Coastal Bend HCS PACT Inpatient clinics. The incumbent addresses barriers to care, reduces unnecessary walk-ins and/or ER visits by providing coordination of care and psychosocial aspects of the medical illness and adjustment. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The incumbent provides monitoring, case management and discharge planning for identified vulnerable populations including ACSC patients at risk of hospitalization, homelessness, socioeconomic risk and social determinates of health factors that inhibit positive care outcomes and engages in crisis intervention services. Duties include but not limited to: Provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management, and other services as appropriate Provide comprehensive psychosocial support services to patients focused on evaluation of key social determinants of health domains including access to care, economics, housing, psychological status, cognitive status and social support Independently identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services including home/community visits. Incumbent provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members Coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs Use the social work process to conduct case management screenings for Post 9/11 M2VA Case Management Program veterans; utilizes clinical reminders to evaluate the need for health care, behavioral and mental health services; makes appropriate referrals for health care, individual, group, marital and/or family treatment services Establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families. Incumbent independently works with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems utilizing individual, group and family counseling and therapy skills Independently provide consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan Ability to evaluate incumbents own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means. Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds Completes the Suicide Risk Assessment shared template in the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) on all patients with suicidal ideation and on any patient whose record is flagged "High Risk for Suicide." Work Schedule: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (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 subsi

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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. VA TEXAS VALLEY COASTAL BEND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - The VATVCBHCS is a Joint Commission-accredited, complexity Level 2B health care system consisting of an Ambulatory Surgical Center in Harlingen, eight Community Based Outpatient Clinics, a Specialty Clinic, a joint DoD/VA medical clinic with planned expansion, and two Mobile Medical Units. The system serves more than 50,000 enrolled Veterans across the 20 southernmost counties of Texas. The VATVCBHCS is an innovative and dynamic ambulatory health care system offering core services in Primary Care, Geriatrics and Mental Health as well as Specialty Medicine, Pain Management, Surgical Services, Radiology, Dental, Pharmacy, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Women's Health and Urgent Care. Through the utilizat