Senior Social Worker – Bereavement Position Available In Alachua, Florida

Senior Social Worker – Bereavement Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Summary The Senior Social Worker functions as the Bereavement Social Worker for all of North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System (NF/SGVHS). Senior Social Worker based out of Gainesville, FL VAMC and will serve a pient populion with highly complex health and mental health problems. The incumbent manages the daily operion of the program, develops procedures for program operions and prepares all reports and stistics for service line, facility, VISN, and nional use. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/25/2025 to 05/27/2025 Salary $99,099 – $128,834 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Gainesville, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12728999-25-AB

Control number 835935000 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees – Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees – Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This job is open to current permanent Department of Veteran Affairs employees, current permanent Federal employees of other agencies and all US Citizens.
This is an open continuous posting. See further details under How to Apply.

Videos Duties Social Work :

Scope of program and supervision requires knowledge of various program designs, operions, guidelines, standards, performance, and outcome measures as well as technical informion. Incumbent is responsible to provide direct clinical services, and resolve problems th arise regarding pient care issues. Knowledgeable in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluions to improve trement services and to design system changes. Provides specialized consultion and educion specific to Bereavement/Hospice/Palliive Care to colleagues and students on the psychosocial trement of pients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. Expands their clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and will develop, write, and educe other regarding policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area. Able to cree educional tools, develop programs, and implementing training focused on Advance Care Planning and Goals of Care. Requires advance level knowledge and understanding of the biopsychosocial, behavioral health and mental health needs of Veterans and their family members/caregivers regarding end of life care. Responsible for providing psychosocial and mental health assessment, diagnosis, trement planning/execution, care management, case management, crisis intervention and evidence-based psychotherapy services to Veterans, their family members, and caregivers in assigned clinical position. Incorpores multiple causion in differential diagnosis and trement within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice and has knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluions to improve trement services and to design system changes. Develops and coordines the

NF/SGVHS

Bereavement Support program, while developing policy and procedures to ensure compliance with accrediting bodies and regulory standards as needed. Responsible for all bereavement follow-ups including correspondence and telephone contacts as required for the Bereavement needs and quarterly reporting of Bereavement Family Survey (BFS) Scores. Participes in direct Veteran face-to-face clinic contracts, telephone contacts, Clinical Video Telehealth contacts, Video on Demand contacts and other ways of communicion to genere workload for the purpose of the development and applicion of directed clinical trement interventions to carry out the program goals. Develops a da driven continuous quality improvement program with established goals and outcomes to evalue and document the program’s effectiveness and a champion for advancing conversions on Hospice/Palliive Care and Bereavement Services among all clinical disciplines across all

NF/SGVHS.

Actively collabores with the Survival Assistance Memorial Support (SAMS) Program. Provides coverage to the inpient Hospice/Palliive Care unit Lake City VAMC and/or the Community Living Center units either Lake City VAMC or Gainesville VAMC.

Work Schedule :

Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized

Telework :

Not available

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position Functional Stement # : Bereavement Senior Social Worker / FS #52034

F Financial Disclosure Report:

Not required

Additional Benefits 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)

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)

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. Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants must meet the requirements by the closing de of this announcement. 05/27/2025

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship:

Must be US Citizen. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

English Language Proficiency:

Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

Educion:

Have a master’s degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Educion (CSWE). Gradues of schools of social work th are in candidacy stus 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. Verificion of the degree can be made by going to to verify th the social work degree meets the accredition 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 ste to independently practice social work the master’s degree level. Current ste requirements may be found by going to .

Grade Determinions :

In addition to meeting the basic requirements sted above, the following qualificions criteria must be met in determining the approprie grade assignment of candides. GS-12 Senior Social Workercandides must have the following:

Experience/Educion:

Must have a t least two (2) years of experience POST advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one (1) year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience th demonstres possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice. Senior social workers may have certificion or other post-masters training from a nionally recognized professional organizion or university th includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty.

AND Licensure/Certificion:

Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a ste the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examinion , unless they are grandfhered by the ste in which they are licensed to practice the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examinion for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure . Advanced License must be submitted with applicion . While we no longer require essay-style responses to our Knowledge’s Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs), you must be able to demonstre th you possess the (below) competencies which are necessary to perform the work of the position. Please ensure your resume/CV/applicion contains sufficient informion to support the level of experience/educion/training; otherwise, we will not be able to award you credit for the experience/educion/training you claim. If selected, you may be required to submit narrive responses then. These are the KSA’s for this position and grade level: Skill in a range of specialized interventions and trement modalities used in specialty trement programs or with special pient populions. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Ability to incorpore complex multiple causion in differential diagnosis and trement 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 evaluions to improve trement services and to design system changes. Ability to provide specialized consultion to colleagues and students on the psychosocial trement of pients 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 Regulions, specifically VA Handbook 5005/120, Part II, Appendix G39, Senior Social Worker Qualificion Standard, ded 9/10/19. For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12.

Physical Requirements:

Able to meet the physical demands of the position, reasonable accommodions may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. They must have good manual dexterity. Must be able to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken and written word. Must be able to view and read informion on computer screens. The job entails walking, standing, bending, traveling among several different stories/floors, sitting, working on a computer, carrying objects. The Senior Social Worker is required to travel on a regular basis to other locions of care within the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System to carry out job duties/assignments. The Senior Social Worker is required to drive and/or travel using personal vehicle or government vehicle to other sites of care within the NF/SG VHS, as well as, to community partners, as necessary to accomplish work assigned. Travel for long periods of time, up to three hours each way. Travel is expected least 50% of work week. Educion Have a master’s degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Educion (CSWE). Gradues of schools of social work th are in candidacy stus 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. Verificion of the degree can be made by going to to verify th the social work degree meets the accredition standards for a masters of social work.

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion This occupion is listed on the OIG Determinion of Veterans Health Administrion’s Occupional Staffing Shortages fiscal year (FY) 2025 ded October 1, 2024. Therefore, vacancy announcement is exempt from Veterans Preference. Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Area of Considerion – Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: 1. Current permanent VA employees of the facility. 2. All other VA employees. 3. Current permanent Federal employees of other agencies. 4. All other applicants.

Note:

Veterans’ Preference does not apply to this occupion, effective 10/1/24. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Advanced Licensure Resume Transcript The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Advanced Licensure Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply This is an open continuous announcement and will remain open until May 27, 2025. It can be extended if needed. The first cut-off de for referral of eligible applicions 8 calendar days from opening of announcement, with subsequent cut-off des. Eligible applicions received after th de referred as qualified applicants apply or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Posting could be removed earlier than close de if all vacancies are filled. Your applicion will only be sent and referred to hiring manager once. All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/27/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Ashley Beaver Phone Address Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1601 Southwest Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Advanced Licensure Resume Transcript The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter Advanced Licensure Professional Certificion Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply This is an open continuous announcement and will remain open until May 27, 2025. It can be extended if needed. The first cut-off de for referral of eligible applicions 8 calendar days from opening of announcement, with subsequent cut-off des. Eligible applicions received after th de referred as qualified applicants apply or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. Posting could be removed earlier than close de if all vacancies are filled. Your applicion will only be sent and referred to hiring manager once. All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/27/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Ashley Beaver Phone Address Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1601 Southwest Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/25/2025 to 05/27/2025 Salary $99,099 – $128,834 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Gainesville, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 50% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12728999-25-AB

Control number 835935000 ., .