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The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
Subject Expert - The position will be a subject expert for the CC&ICM program. The position will be a champion for the implementation and maintenance of the CC&ICM program.
Groups - The position may complete groups for CC&ICM. The position will demonstrate an understanding of group facilitation, development, and recruitment. When appropriate the position will utilize telehealth for groups.
Coordination - The position will coordinate CC&ICM development and implementation at the facility and/or CBOC's. The position will provide facility education to staff. Veteran recruitment for CC&ICM. The position will provide training regarding CC&ICM across the entire HCS. This position will also be the lead on implementing the CC&ICM.
Psychosocial Assessment - The social worker will develop an assessment of the veteran, family, economic, community, and psychosocial support systems when clinically indicated. The assessments must reflect a high level of skill in gathering, analyzing, interpreting, and documenting data that is pertinent and directly related to patient health care planning, treatment, education and case management. The veteran, family members, significant others and the interdisciplinary treatment team are involved in this process, whenever possible. The goal of the communication is to highlight the veteran's strengths, limitations, and internal/external supports and service needs in order to optimize the veteran's functional status and safely maintain the veteran in his/her home.
Clinical diagnosing using DSM-5 and ICD-10 behavior codes - Incumbent demonstrates knowledge in DSM-5 diagnosing and documents diagnostic impressions in psychosocial assessments when appropriate. Clinician may function independently or within a team to determine an appropriate diagnosis and formulate a treatment plan based on that diagnosis.
Treatment Planning/Goal Setting - Incumbent demonstrates basic knowledge of psychosocial treatment modalities and demonstrates the ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques. The social worker is responsible for developing a treatment plan, and setting achievable treatment goals with the veteran/family in collaboration with the primary care interdisciplinary treatment team members when indicated. Incumbent demonstrates basic knowledge of medical and mental diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures to include acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side/effects; and basic medical terminology.
Therapy - Social worker may provide the veterans and their caregivers with ongoing psychotherapy (group and/or individual) and/or supportive counseling when appropriate. Incumbent is able to demonstrate the ability to utilize the DSM-V to ensure appropriate treatment recommendations.
Referral to service providers - Throughout the course of treatment the social worker is the subject matter expert on VA and/or community resources. The social worker will collaborate with other service providers in reassessing the veteran's needs for VA and community resources and entitlements. The social worker is responsible for educating the veteran and/or caregiver of the available services and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on the veteran's preference or that of his/her surrogate decision-maker.
Resource Development - The social worker is responsible for developing a resource file of VA and community social service programs and will refer the veteran to needed services.
Advocacy - Social worker understands the intimidation of bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the veteran/family.
Work Schedule: 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. or 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Telework: Available - Regular 6+ days/pay period
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized.
Starting at $86,962 Per Year (GS 12)