Social Worker Extended Hours

The Social Worker position is within Social Work Service at the Bedford VA Healthcare Systems located at the Bedford, Massachusetts location. This position is part-time at 24 hours per week.The Social Worker is responsible for the general management, coordination and provisions during evening hours and weekends. Duties include but not limited to:

• Conducts psychosocial assessments to determine needs of Veterans and address family member concerns;
• Participates in the treatment planning process with other disciplines;
• Participates in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate;
• Provides individual, family and group counseling as appropriate;
• Provides consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits;
• Acts as a consultant to other team/staff members;
• Provides consultation/education to medical residents on Social Work practice and VA policy and procedures;
• Acts as liaison between VA and community resources, to include marketing and public relation duties as needed;
• Provides case management to Veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care;
• Addresses Advance Directives and organ donation in accordance with the standards of their work area;
• Provides wellness/prevention education and facilitate Patient/family support groups as appropriate;
• Coordinates treatment and communicates with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for Veterans;
• Participates in committee assignments, as deemed necessary by the service manager;
• Maintains data and statistical compilations to comply with Joint Commission, VA and medical center policy and procedures;
• Assists patients and their significant others with coping and dealing with the loss and grief experiences in disability, terminal illness and death;
• Documents social work interventions and activities in patient's clinical recordutilizing CPRS;
• Ensures appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care;
• Assists in the case management and discharge planning of OIF/OEF Veterans and works with the OIF/OEF program manager on identifying these Veterans who are on the inpatient unit;
• Works with the identified high-risk patient on establishing a safety plan and documenting this is the record;
• Conducts post discharge follow up phone calls for all Veterans discharged from the inpatient unit to their home as part of performance measure and report this data to the VISN; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 3:30pm - 12:00am
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact [email protected] , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
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: Not Authorized.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: F03505 F04046
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Starting at $70,633 Per Year (GS 00-11)