Social Worker – PACT Position Available In Orange, Florida

Social Worker•PACT Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Orlando VA Healthcare System Summary This is an Open and Continuous announcement (for multiple locions) and can be taken down any time. The Pient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Social Worker will develop an assessment of the Veteran in collaborion with the interdisciplinary trement team, the Veteran, family members and significant others. The goal of the assessment is to highlight the Veteran’s strengths, limitions, and internal/external supports and service needs to optimize the Veteran’s functional stus. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/24/2025 to 07/24/2025 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $67,940•$106,855 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9•11 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Orlando, FL Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 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

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Control number 835858200 This job is open to Federal employees•Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Clarificion from the agency Open to Current, Permanent Federal Employees Nionwide, and past/current/upcoming gradues of VHA Health Professions Trainee (HPT) program•First Considerion given to Orlando VA Healthcare System Employees (Stion 675)

Videos Duties Social Work :

The Pient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Social Worker loced i1 the Primary Care Clinic areas provides medical Social Work services to the Veteran populion enrolled the Orlando VA Health Care System. Services include provision of high-quality case management, clinical trement, advocacy, and coordinion of linkages to other approprie VA or community service providers and/or agencies as needed by the Veteran and/or caregiver. This is accomplished i1 collaborion with other members of the interdisciplinary trement team, using the principles of the PACT model of care. Some of the duties include, but are not limited to; Responsible for developing a trement plan and setting achievable trement goals with the Veteran/family. Able to provide current and advanced techniques to the trement of the Veteran populion. Independently providing psychosocial support to a special Veteran populion with highly complex health and/or mental health problems and the provision of short-term, solution focused counseling with Veterans and/or their families. Demonstres a, understanding of the range of trement and skills needed for all adult pients including geriric pients reled to their physical limitions, psychological needs and age associed illnesses and conditions. Provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work, Measurement Base Care, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as approprie. Provides educion reled to VA and community resources, entitlements, Advance Directives/Living Will and will refer Veterans/families to the approprie interdisciplinary team member for identified health educion needs. Responsible for assisting the Veteran/family in establishing the approprie referrals based on the Veteran’s preference or th of his/her surroge decision-maker. Experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for Veterans within the VA and community. Coordine trement and communice with other social workers and community program coordinors to include NIC, CNH, and TCM, Behavioral Health Programs, Homeless Program, Suicide Prevention etc., to facilite continuity of care for Veterans. Collabore in the performance improvement processes and comply with performance measures as required by the VA for their specific populion and/or program. Actively contribute to the success of local organizional goals within PACT and will participe in activities th obtain feedback from Veterans and/or caregivers and work to enhance services as needed. Maintains a current and productive network of referral resources, makes provision for referral services from other agencies, community resources, and other governmental agencies to assist Veterans with resolving problems or support continued transition to independence. Will address Advance Directives Discussion, Advance Directives, Goals of Care planning/conversions in accordance with the standards of their work area. Will participe in coverage for Social Work services on the assigned unit/service, and when needed for other programs or teams both inpient and outpient as needed. Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule :

The primary tour of duty M-F 8am to 4:30pm. However, the selectee may also be required to work various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis, based on the needs of the service and pient care. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized. Permanent Change of Stion (Relocion 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)

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 :

Not available.

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : Social Worker•Pient Aligned Care Team (PACT) GS-9 #81740F GS-11 #81764F Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not authorized. 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 pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship:

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

Educion:

Must 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:

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 . (

NOTE:

For those who have a Florida LCSW license, you must be registered with the ste as a “Qualified Supervisor” in order to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certificion. All others must meet the requirements of their ste of licensure to be able to provide supervision for licensure.) Applicants with Puerto Rico LSW must be an active member of the College of Social Work Professionals of Puerto Rico (CPTSPR) and must provide CPTSPR active membership certificion. For additional informion, please .

English Language:

Must be proficient in spoken and written English May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria). All persons employed in VHA in this occupion on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive educion and licensure or certificion th are part of the basic requirements of the occupion. For employees who do not meet all of the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Such employees in an occupion th requires a licensure or certificion, may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupion, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of the qualificion standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard. Employees initially grandfhered into this occupion, who subsequently obtain additional educion and/or licensure/certificion/registrion th meet all of the basic requirements of this qualificion standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupion. If an employee who was retained in an occupion listed in 38 U.S.C. § 7401 (3) under this provision leaves th occupion, the employee loses protected stus and must meet the full VA qualificion standard requirements in effect the time of reentry to the occupion.

Grade Determinions :

Social Worker, GS-9

Experience, Educion, and Licensure:

None beyond the basic requirements. Social Worker, GS-11

Experience and Licensure:

Appointment to the GS-11 grade level requires completion of a minimum of one year of post-MSW experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the field of health care or other social work-reled settings, (VA or non-VA experience) and licensure or certificion in a ste the independent practice level. In addition to meeting basic requirements, a doctoral degree in social work from a school of social work may be substituted for the required one year of professional social work experience in a clinical setting.

Preferred Experience:

Reference:

VA Handbook 5005/120, Part II, Appendix G39. For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-09 to GS-11.

Physical Requirements:

The position requires performance of work which involves light physical effort, such as th involved in lifting light files, bending, standing, reaching, opering office equipment such as telephone, copier, fax machine, scanner, etc. The physical demands of the work requires use of fingers; modere walking and standing; near vision correctable 13″ to 16″ to Jaeger 1 to 4; far vision correctable in on eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; hearing aid permitted; clear speech; emotional stability; modere duty. Educion Must 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.

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 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 is a bargaining unit position. 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, is vacancy announcement is exempt from Veterans Preference. 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, . 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. 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. While we no longer require essay-style responses to our Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities, (KSA’s), 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. The KSA’s for this subject position are; GS-09 Ability to work with Veterans and family members from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educional, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills. Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members, and to formule and implement a trement plan, identifying the Veterans problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed. Ability to implement trement modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve trement goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relionships and communice with clients, staff, and representives of community agencies. Fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and trement procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumic illnesses/injuries; common medicions and their effects/side effects; and medical terminology. GS-11 Knowledge of community resources, how to make approprie referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordine services. Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and trement interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educional and other diversified backgrounds. Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and trement procedures (i.e. acute, chronic and traumic illnesses/injuries, common medicions and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology) to formule a trement plan. Skill in independently implementing different trement modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiric, medical, and social problems to achieve trement goals. Ability to provide consultion services to new social workers, social work gradue students, and other staff about the psychosocial needs of pients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with trement.

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. 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: Resume Copy of transcripts (un-official) Copy of Social Work ste licensure For those applicants who are current Federal Employees; Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 indicing current grade/step/salary 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 License Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. 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 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 07/24/2025 to receive considerion. This is an open and continuous announcement until 07/24/2025 and can be taken down any time. The cut-off de is 07/24/2025, (or the point which the first 50 applicions are received, whichever comes first.) In addition, due to the potential of a high volume of applicants, not all applicants may 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 Christopher Cacciapaglia Phone Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 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: Resume Copy of transcripts (un-official) Copy of Social Work ste licensure For those applicants who are current Federal Employees; Submit a copy of your most recent SF-50 indicing current grade/step/salary 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 License Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. 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 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 07/24/2025 to receive considerion. This is an open and continuous announcement until 07/24/2025 and can be taken down any time. The cut-off de is 07/24/2025, (or the point which the first 50 applicions are received, whichever comes first.) In addition, due to the potential of a high volume of applicants, not all applicants may 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 Christopher Cacciapaglia Phone Address Orlando VA Medical Center 13800 Veterans Way Orlando, FL 32827 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 04/24/2025 to 07/24/2025 This job will close when we have received 50 applicions which may be sooner than the closing de. Salary $67,940•$106,855 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9•11 Locion Few vacancies in the following locion: Orlando, FL Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 11 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-12722045-25-CC

Control number 835858200 ., .