• Job Description

  Req#: 856484800
  Primary purpose of this position is: Serves as the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Senior Social Worker providing a variety of clinical evidence-based services including, psychosocial assessments, diagnosis and interventions; advanced case management and care coordination services; short-term solution focused psychotherapy and family service.
  
  Organization/Department: Social Work Service at the VA North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS), Dallas, Texas.
  

  Duties

  
  

  Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional
  
  Duties include but not limited to:
  
  The incumbent independently manages all consults to include appointment scheduling, room assignments, check in procedures, and overall flow of the clinic. The incumbent collaborates with the ALS team to monitor team development and coordinating with ancillary services including, but not limited to respiratory, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition, Chaplin, mental health, prosthetics, caregiver support, voluntary service, palliative care, and HBPC to ensure the Veteran's needs are being met.
  
  The incumbent utilizes word processing software to execute several office automations such as storing and retrieving electronic documents and files; activating printers; inserting and deleting text, formatting letters, reports, and memoranda; and transmitting and receiving email.
  
  The incumbent completes comprehensive psychosocial assessments and integrates into an overall plan of care, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team. The incumbent provides expert level psychosocial interventions, and case management services to veterans with complex medical, social, financial, community and behavioral problems in which routine clinic-based care is not effective.
  
  Completes ongoing assessments and updating treatment plans are done when necessary or on a quarterly basis given the changing needs as health and/or family status changes. The incumbent will address the unique needs of homebound, frail, disabling/chronic and/or palliative/terminally ill veterans.
  
  Independently monitor veterans care, psychosocial and financial status, adjustment to the setting and plans for either continuation of VA funded care. The incumbent provides expert advanced level case management services to Veterans within the ALS clinic, as high-risk patients with complex needs. The incumbent will follow and provide support to veterans admitted to both internal (VA) and external (non- VA) facilities serving veterans with a diagnosis of ALS.
  
  The incumbent will independently monitor veterans and arrange specialized referrals to needed VA and/or community resources (e.g., assisted living facilities, extended care facilities/nursing homes, services available through area agencies on aging, community support groups, and hospice care). The incumbent will collaborate with other service providers in re-assessing the veteran's needs during the eligibility determination process, coordinating access to information needed for the referral.
  
  The incumbent will assess and intervene in any crises presented by the veteran and participate in developing crisis management and safety plans to minimize the event of future crises.
  
  The incumbent establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relations with veterans and their families. The incumbent can independently work with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems utilizing individual, group, and family counseling and therapy.
  
  Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
  Recruitment Incentive (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: Available (ad-hoc)
  Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
  Functional Statement #: 55124-F
  Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
  PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): N/A

  
  

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• About the company

  The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a Cabinet-level executive branch department of the federal government charged with integrating life-long healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 1700 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country.

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