Social Worker

Social Worker Position

This Social Worker position is licensed to independently practice social work and is assigned to Social Work Service (SWS) and is responsible for providing outpatient social work in the Birmingham VA Primary Care, Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) Emergency Department and Specialty Care Clinics. Duties include but not limited to the following:

• Psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, crisis intervention, education and referral for resources and benefits, individual and family counseling, and case management.
• Assessing and documenting identified behaviors or symptoms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and/or intimate partner violence; use of clinical social work skills and knowledge to maintain Veteran privacy and confidentiality per policies, handbooks or directives.
• Works with the Veteran, family/caregiver and interdisciplinary treatment team to facilitate the delivery of health care services.
• Provides subject matter consultation and education to colleagues, Medical Center staff and providers.
• Serves on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility and VISN level or in the community.
• Coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, government programs and community agency programs.
• 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.
• Incumbent must have the ability to work with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems utilizing individual and family counseling skills.
• Independently provides 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.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
• Incumbent must have a general knowledge of veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation, non-service-connected pension.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm. Subject to change based on agency needs.

Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

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)

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

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 62666F