The incumbent serves all veterans and is assigned to the primary care medical teams in the inpatient and outpatient settings. The incumbent is assigned to the Primary Care Service Line of the Minneapolis, Minnesota Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include but are not limited to the following: Performs case findings functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs Incumbent possesses the knowledge and ability to implement treatment modalities and provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families and groups.
Conducts psychosocial assessments and develops treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team. The incumbent is able to coordinate community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
The incumbent identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families. Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families Provides consultation services to other staff regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plans.
Knowledge of veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation and non-service-connected pension and facilitates referrals based upon the veteran's needs and eligibility Provides direct clinical social work services to patients and families, products consultation to other services and to the community, and provides education to patients, families, and hospital staff on a wide range of topics.
other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Intermittent - tour varies Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized 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) 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: Ad Hoc Emergency Telework MAY BE Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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/.
AMY.BAKNER@VA.GOV · 612-629-7180
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $73306 – $115309/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-10.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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