Social Worker (Program Coordinator)

The Social Worker is a professional social worker assigned to Loma Linda VA Community Living Center (CLC) Palliative Care program and Community Residential (CRC) program. The incumbent's primary focus is to social work services and interventions to eligible Veterans with highly complex health and mental health problems. Professional social work interventions are provided as a means of assisting them to meet biological, psychological, social, and environmental needs.

Duties include, but not limited to: Incumbent performs specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Independently conducts psychosocial assessments. Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team. Independently identifies high-risk patients and provides case management services. incumbent provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint, coordinates family conferences and serves as liaison to family members. Incumbent coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs. Independently performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs. Conducts full assessment of every patient admitted to palliative care using the GEC, engages in collaborative end of life planning with patients, families, and the treatment team, participates in planning for transition to home hospice, and provides anticipatory grief support and counseling. The Social Work Program Coordinator is assigned administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns. The Social Work Program Coordinator provides comprehensive psychosocial and case management services to Veterans placed in community residential care settings. The Social Worker continuously assesses and monitors the psychiatric condition and behavior of Veterans in community residential care homes through regular home visits to determine the Veterans' ongoing adjustment to the residential care setting. The Social Work Program Coordinator is responsible for coordinating facility inspections and providing education to staff and community members regarding the Community Residential Care Program. The Social Worker uses a GSA vehicle to conduct community home visits and outreach activities. Has working knowledge and experience in use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology. Ability to evaluate incumbents own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means. Incumbent is able to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 08:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Tour of duty is based on organizational needs) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.