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The Senior Social Worker works as a member of Mental Health Service. Clinical duties include screening high risk Veterans, expert evaluations for diagnosis and treatment planning, and providing a full range of counseling interventions, including motivational enhancement and evidenced based psychotherapies (EBPs) for mood, anxiety, adjustment, insomnia, chronic pain, and substance use disorders. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education: 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 tohttp://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work. Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. GRADE DETERMINATIONS. In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Senior Social Worker, GS-12 Experience, Education, Licensure/Certification. In addition to the basic requirements, candidate's must have at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice. Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty. Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs below: Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. 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. 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. 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. Preferred Experience: Previous experience conducting group and / or individual therapies using telehealth-based technologies. Previous experience in providing time limited evidenced based approaches to treatment. Previous experience conducting and documenting risk assessment and treatment plans. Reported ability to function independently, as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team. References: VA Handbook 5005/120 Part II, Appendix G39, September 10, 2019. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. It occasionally requires carrying or lifting light objects (under 15 pounds) such as files, books and papers. Some walking, standing and bending is required. No special physical qualifications are required. The visual ability to view and read a computer screen, hear (aid may be permitted) and speak (aid permitted). ["The duties of the Senior Social Worker include but are not limited to: Providing screening, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mood, anxiety, adjustment, substance use and co-occurring disorders with a primary focus on the delivery of evidenced based psychotherapies (EBP); Providing cognitive behavioral and other EBPs, via individual and group format; Providing services to CBOCs and in the home when clinically indicated. Coordinating treatment planning and delivery of services that best meet the needs of Veterans diagnosed with mood, anxiety, adjustment, substance use, depressive, and other psychiatric disorders; Promoting communication/interactions between team members, Veterans, and their families to facilitate the treatment process; Training and supervision of clinical staff /trainees, as appropriate; Participating in program evaluation efforts as appropriate; Independently conducting intake and needs assessment of Veterans and establishing a relationship with Veterans within the counseling setting. This includes making DSM diagnoses as appropriate to scope of practice. Maintains responsibility for developing individualized, goal-directed, treatment plans that reflect a course of therapeutic intervention to address the needs identified in the assessment. Providing individual, conjoint, family, couples and group evidence-based psychotherapy for Veterans and significant others and crisis intervention, stabilization, and follow-up for Veterans and significant others. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm\nTelework: May be available, up to 100% telework for in state employee.\nVirtual: This is not a virtual position.\nTravel: Occasional travel may be required, the Senior Social Worker must have the ability to travel to the Jackson VAMC and/or between CBOC sites.\nFunctional Statement #: 000000\nFinancial Disclosure Report: Not required"]