The Social Worker is assigned to the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Team within the Orlando VA Healthcare System and associated Outpatient Clinics. The SUD Social Worker works in a team model to independently provide clinical psychosocial and case management services to eligible Veterans and their family members to meet biological, psychological, social, and environmental needs.
Major duties include but are not limited to: The SUD Social Worker interviews Veterans and their family members/significant others to establish facts about the Veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the Veteran's functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment. Interprets and explains V A's treatment and benefit programs. The incumbent reviews all data, subjective and objective, and makes a clinical assessment identifying needs and strengths. Effectively uses professional skill, objectivity, and insight. Uses clinical training, insight, and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options. Assesses high risk factors, acuity, and need for services. The incumbent has the ability to serve Veterans who tend to have frequent and severe crises, lack family or an adequate community support network, be poor at self-monitoring, and frequently fail to comply with instructions and treatment, or have significant deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional psychosocial support. The incumbent provides referral to VA medical, mental health or substance abuse treatment and to other VA services including VA benefits, as well as community based social services and other non-VA entitlement programs. The SUD Social Worker independently evaluates the client's situation, including the Veteran's reaction and ability to deal with it, and arrives at a reasonable conclusion. Based on psychosocial assessment, uses professional judgment and advanced practice skills to make a psychosocial diagnosis. Assesses at-risk factors and develops a preliminary disposition plan involving the Veteran and family or significant others. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM Telework: May be available as determined by the agency/facility. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 80064F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU
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/.
Jennifer.Mccullar@va.gov 727-398-6661 X64697
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