Social Worker (Float)

The incumbent is a medical social worker in the VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (TVCBHCS) assigned to the Valley Coastal Bend HCS. The Social Worker, under supervision, addresses barriers to care, reduces unnecessary walk-ins in Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) and Specialty Pact clinics and/or Urgent care visits by providing coordination of care and psychosocial aspects of the medical illness and adjustment. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but are not limited to: Social Worker, under supervision, performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs of veterans in a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) outpatient setting(s) and veterans requiring assistance with discharge planning from community hospitals. Conducts psychosocial assessments, under supervision. Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team. Social Worker possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and measures outcomes to interventions. Social Worker, under supervision, coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other Veteran Affairs programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families. Social Worker, under supervision, 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. Provides consultation services, under supervision, to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan. Ability, under supervision, to evaluate Social Workers own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means. General knowledge of veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation, non-service-connected pension. Facilitates referrals based upon veterans needs and eligibility. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 0800 - 1630 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 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 Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 57136F, 57137F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : Health Profession Trainees (HPT's) 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. All applicants pendin

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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. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans? The VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System is an ambulatory health care system with services in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine. We operate a 100-patient Home Based Primary Care program and a 200-patient Care Coordination Home Tele-Health Program, which include the Corpus Christi Outpatient Clinic, Corpus Christi Specialty Clinic, Harlingen Outpatient Clinic, Health Care Center at Harlingen, Laredo Outpatient Clinic, and McAllen Outpatient Clinic. Through utilization of inpatient/emergency department contracts, we manage approximately 2600 inpatient admission and 5800 ER visits annually. Affiliated with the University of