This position is located at the Sarasota VA Clinic within the Social Work Service of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System in Sarasota, Florida. The duties and responsibilities are carried throughout the Healthcare Center, including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the services.
Duties for the position may include but are not limited to: Provides case-appropriate professional social work services to Veterans and their families in compliance with VA and VHA policies, including participation in the HUD-VASH program. Completes psychosocial assessments for individuals from diverse socioeconomic, cultural, and educational backgrounds.
Assesses the psychosocial functioning and needs of patients and their families and formulates treatment plans identifying strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed. Utilizes individual, group, and family counseling skills to address basic emotional, medical, and social problems, with guidance from the social work supervisor for more complex cases.
Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with clients, staff, and community agency representatives while communicating clearly both verbally and in writing. Provides case-appropriate professional social work services for Veterans and families/significant others in compliance with VA, VISN, station, and Social Work policies and memorandums.
Casework, group work, case management, and/or community organization social work methods will be utilized in the delivery of the services. Social Worker provides highly developed professional social work services. Independently performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs.
Social Worker must possess the knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities, provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families and groups in the outpatient mental health clinic.
Independently assesses the psychosocial functioning and needs of individuals and families from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds and is able to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the patient's problems, strengths, needs, abilities, preferences, weaknesses, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with the patient, family and interdisciplinary treatment team.
Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families. Social Worker is able to independently work with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems utilizing individual, group and family counseling and therapy skills. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm.
Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized for highly qualified candidates Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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.
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: Available - as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 21590F; 20033F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional
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/.
erika.gilpin-pretto@va.gov · (813) 972-2000 X110112
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $67570 – $106285/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-09-21.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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