Department of Veterans Affairs

Senior Social Worker-Ambulatory Care

San Francisco, California · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$126k-$164kDetected 22 hours ago

Design SystemsLeadershipMentoringPublic Speaking

About the role

Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited.
Grade Determination as Senior Social Worker, GS-0185-12: Experience/Education.

This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. (b) Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. (c) Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. (d) Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. (e) Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area.

This assignment must represent substantial additional responsibility over and above that required at the full performance grade level and cannot be used as the full performance level of this occupation.

Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment.
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.

The senior social worker provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for assigned social work staff.
See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Services.

Basic Requirements as Senior Social Worker, GS-0185-12 grade level: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy

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