<p>This position is located at Lebanon VA Medical Center within the Behavioral Health and Sciences service line. The Senior Social Worker will serve as the Admissions Coordinator for the Mental Health Residential Recovery Treatment Program (MHRRTP).</p> <p>As Admissions Coordinator, the incumbent evaluates Veterans' appropriateness for admission, conducts intake interviews, manages dates of admission through Bed Management System (BMS), acts as liaison to referring clinicians, coordinates the admission process, and makes case management decisions/referrals to disposition those who require a different level of care. The main purpose of the intake is to evaluate whether or not the RRTP can meet the needs of the Veteran, or if referral to another service would better meet the Veteran's needs.</p> <p>The incumbent requires specialized knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis, intervention, and treatment. The incumbent must also be skilled in the areas of post traumatic stress disorder, domestic violence, sexual assault, child, elder, and dependent abuse, substance abuse, homelessness, grief and bereavement, and end of life issues.</p> <p>Services are primarily provided in the Mental Health Residential Recovery Treatment Program ( MH RRTP), however, may also involve providing care in outpatient clinics at Lebanon, the emergency department, Primary Care offices, inpatient wards or community settings. The incumbent will function with very little supervisory control. The incumbent must demonstrate significantly advanced clinical skills and be able to function independently. The incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in treatment of Veteran patients, including making diagnoses, conducting psychosocial assessments, providing case management and providing psychotherapy within approved scope of practice.</p> <p>Specific tasks may include: triage, evaluation and psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, and coordination of care for patients in the RRTP for those Veterans; providing individual and group psychotherapy; consultation with other program areas and staff as appropriate; serving as SUD consultant; and in this position coordinating clinical referrals and consult resolutions throughout the continuum of RRTP treatment.</p> <p>The Senior Social Worker is able to provide individual, group, and family psychotherapy and advanced level case management interventions used in the treatment of Veterans with serious medical and psychiatric disorders. The Social Worker provides services that access the continuum of care. The Social Worker provides services primarily within the residential program, which will include some evening and weekend hours.</p> <p>Performs additional duties as assigned.</p> <p>Work Schedule: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.</p> <p>Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized</p> <p>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).</p> <p>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)</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA</p> <p>Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)</p> <p>Telework: Not Available</p> <p>Virtual: This is not a virtual position.</p> <p>Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized</p>