The Senior Social Worker - Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) is assigned to serve community-based, outpatient clinics across all of North Florida and South Georgia. This position is located at Ocala, FL.
The Senior Social Worker is primary responsible for providing psychosocial and mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning/execution, care coordination, case management, crisis intervention, and evidence-based psychotherapy service to Veterans and their family members/caregivers.
The Senior Social Worker - Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) requires advance level knowledge and understanding of the biopsychosocial, behavioral health, and mental health needs of Veterans and their family members/caregivers.
The duties of the PACT Specialty Care Senior Social Worker duties include but not limited to: The incumbent requires the ability to make decisions and complete work assignments within the program area, with very limited or not direct supervision, in addition to, providing clinical services using advanced practice knowledge experience and clinical judgement to assist with initial orientation and the ongoing training of front-line staff.
Serves as a subject matter expert in case consultation regarding Veterans with complex case management and care coordination needs. Possesses skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. Incorporates multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment with approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
Develops and implements 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. Provides 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.
Expands clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and can write policies, Preferred experience: Independently assesses the psychosocial functions and needs of individuals and families from diverse backgrounds. Able to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the patient's problems, strength's, needs, challenges and coping skills.
Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services. Social Worker is responsible for reviewing and coordinating all phases across the continuum of care, this includes primary care, specialty care, mental health care, acute care, extended care, and others. Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Schedule depends on service needs.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Functional Statement #: 52091F Additional Benefits 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) Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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) 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.
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Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). 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. A doctoral degree in social work may NOT be substituted for the master's degree in social work.
Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work. IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
ashley.beaver@va.gov · (814) 943-8164
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $100090 – $130120/yr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-09-30.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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