This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only 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. 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. English Language Proficiency: Social workers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j, this part. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker GS-12:Experience/Education: The candidate 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. Licensure/Certification: 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: 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. References: VA Handbook 5005/120, Part II, Appendix G39, Social Worker Qualification Standard, GS-0185, Veterans Health Administration, dated September 10, 2019. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in identifying and engaging community resources for patient care. Experience in working as a member of interdisciplinary team including medical, mental health and rehabilitation providers Familiarity with the cognitive, behavioral, and psychosocial challenges of patients with traumatic brain injury and other mental health and medical disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, substance abuse and chronic pain. The full performance level of this vacancy is 12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is a GS-12. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Services. ["**Closing date of announcement has been extended to 02/15/2023.** Work Schedule: Full Time; Varying; Tour of duty to be discussed during interview; Subject to change to meet the needs of the Agency Telework: Authorized; if approved, would be on a regularly scheduled basis but this is not a remote position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be authorized for highly qualified candidates. EDRP Authorized: Contact V21CCOEEDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required A relocation/recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified applicants. The Care Coordination, Advocacy, Treatment, and Connections to Housing (CATCH) Social Worker will be based at Mather, CA in the Sacramento VA Medical Center. The position provides professional, clinical, and administrative management of the CATCH program in the Social Work Services care line. This will include both VA and non-VA social workers and other relevant professional staff. The incumbent will collaborate with homeless outreach teams and community homeless providers across the spectrum on the local, state, and federal levels. Duties for the position include but are not limited to: Provides direct clinical and case management firstly on an outreach basis and specifically target homeless veterans who live unsheltered and/or in homeless shelters and are demonstrated high users of VA Northern California Health Care System and other emergency room and inpatient services becoming more invisible upon discharge than those homeless veterans who can accept support and more easily move to stable living situations. Through street and shelter outreach will build the connection with veterans to providing intensive outreach, ongoing clinical case management and peer support with placement into permanent housing appropriate to the individual need as the goal. Responsible for program coordination responsibilities with the High-Risk High-Cost Peer Specialist, the HUD-VASH Program staff, Grant and Per Diem liaisons and HCHV outreach social workers. Assists in planning, establishing, and implementing policies and procedures, developing individual or group goals and objectives as well as monitoring, operating, evaluating, coordinating, and overseeing the VANCHCS High Risk High Utilizers Program. Collects and submits participant data and the HOMES procedures on a regular basis and complete and comply with all HCHV and VA documentation and reporting requirements. Assists in the formulation and implementation of protocols and policies for the program on an on-going basis to meet the ever-changing needs of the program's target population. Performs program analysis, development, review, research, design, and contract work as possible with various agencies (public, DOD, state, HOMES, etc). Performs work related to the review, monitoring, analysis, planning and assessment of various programs and are responsible for key project activities related to the planning, development, and implementation of the project component. Works with the Homeless Programs Director and staff to develop the High-Risk High Utilizers Program and outreach to VA and non-VA programs in the Mental Health, Substance Abuse, Social Work, and other relevant service lines for increased coordination of services. Other duties as assigned."]

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