Senior Social Worker (Primary Care-Mental Health Integration) Position Available In Richmond, Georgia

Senior Social Worker (Primary Care-Mental Health Integrion) Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Augusta VA Health Care System Summary This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/08/2025 to 09/30/2025 Salary $91,983 – $119,583 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Augusta, GA 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 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

CBTB-12709646-25-AI

Control number 834882500 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Clarificion from the agency Open to U.S. Citizen Videos Duties This is an

OPEN CONTINUOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30, 2025. The initial cut-off de for referral of eligible applicions May 1, 2025, with subsequent cut-off des on the 1st of each month. Eligible applicions received after th de referred regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled. VA Careers –

Social Work :

Primary Care-Mental Health Integrion (PCMHI) The Primary Care Mental Health Integrion (PCMHI) Senior Social Worker provides a full range of mental health services to Veterans enrolled in the Primary Care clinics. Services include diagnostic, psychological, and cognitive screening assessments; psychotherapy; psychoeducion and caregiver support; and prevention-oriented services, with an emphasis on the applicion of time-limited, evidence-based approaches. The PCMHI Senior Social Worker utilizes evidence-based and best practice approaches to assist Veterans, caregivers, and staff in managing behavioral factors associed with chronic medical problems and in promoting medical compliance. The clinician functions as a full member of the Primary Care clinic teams and provides ongoing team consultion services to other Primary Care clinic team members. PCMHI Senior Social Workers may be involved in program evaluion and/or research activities, and may provide clinical supervision to various disciplines and levels of training. Major duties of the Senior Social Worker in these clinics include, but are not limited to: Individual/group evidence-based trements to Veterans. Participe in a shared decision-making model of care to collaborively determine which psychotherapy modalities are most approprie based on the Veteran’s individual and intersecting cultural factors, goals, strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences. Ensure approprie documention to include measures of effectiveness and Veteran response using clinical judgment and standardized assessment instruments. Developing, implementing, and documenting the psychotherapeutic trement plan for an assigned caseload of pients, including prompt of clinical reminders. Delivering services both in person and via video technology. Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assists in their formulion of the psychological characteristics and approprie trement expections regarding their pients. Provides clinical supervision to health profession trainees. Actively participing in Mental Health Service Line, facility, and program meetings. Assisting in the ongoing process improvement initiives improvement of the Psychology Training Program. Serves on Medical Center or Healthcare System, VISN, and/or Nional VA committees or task forces as discussed with supervisor. Actively participes in local, ste, and nional professional organizions. Perform all other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule :

Monday – Friday; 8:00 am until 4:30 pm

Telework :

Not Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 56280

F Relocion/Recruitment Incentives :

Authorized EDRP Authorized:

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN7EDRPFacilityCoordinors2@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance. 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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). 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. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Participion in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinion program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administrion Health Care Personnel (HCP) – See “Additional Informion” below for details. 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. 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 English Language Proficiency. Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). 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).

Preferred Experience:

Prefer experience working in integred mental health settings and/ or primary care teams.

Grade Determinions :

In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candides. GS-12 Senior Social Worker, GS-12 (1) Experience/Educion. The candide must have 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 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. (2) 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. (3) Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, candides must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

1. 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. 2. Ability to incorpore complex multiple causion in differential diagnosis and trement within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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. (4) Assignments. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), and variety and be performed by the incumbent least 25% of the time. Senior social workers are licensed or certified to independently practice social work an advanced level. Senior social workers typically practice in a major program area such as but not limited to: Polytrauma Rehabilition Center or Polytrauma Network Site; a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilition Center, or a nional VHA referral center, such as a nional Center for Post-Traumic Stress Disorder or a nional Transplant Center, or other program areas of equivalent scope and complexity. The senior social worker may be assigned administrive responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modificion of service pterns. Assignments include clinical settings where they have limited access to onsite supervision such as CBOCs or sellite outpient clinics. The senior social worker collabores with the other members of the trement team in the provision of comprehensive health care services to Veterans, ensures equity of access, service, and benefits to this populion, ensures the care provided is of the highest quality. The senior social worker provides leadership, direction, oriention, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing educion programs for assigned social work staff. They serve on committees, work groups, and task forces the facility, VISN and nional level, or in the community as deemed approprie by the supervisor, Social Work Executive or Chief of Social Work Services. This assignment is to be relively few in number based on the size of the facility/service and applying sound position management. This assignment must represent substantial additional responsibility over and above th required the full performance grade level and cannot be used as the full performance level of this occupion.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is 11. This vacancy is announced above the full performance level.

Physical Requirements:

VA HANDBOOK 5005/120 PART II APPENDIX G39

Educion 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 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. Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be against

COVID-19

subject to such accommodions as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locions. If selected, you required to be fully vaccined against COVID-19 and submit documention of proof of vaccinion before your start de. The agency will provide additional informion regarding wh informion or documention needed and how you can request a legally required accommodion from this requirement using the reasonable accommodion process. 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. 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: 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. 1. Resume – must include the following informion for each job listed: Job Title and Duties (be as detailed as possible), Month & year start/end des (e.g. June2007 to April 2008), full-time or part-time (include hours worked per week) and Educion (locion, degree earned and de awarded), Supervisor’s name and telephone number, Please indice whether your supervisor(s) can be contacted. 2. Transcript – Copy of transcripts showing the de the degree was conferred. Applicants red ineligible if not submitted and/or if degree conferred de is not provided. 3. Copy of current licensure. Applicants red ineligible if not submitted. 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 09/30/2025 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 Antonio Isaac Phone Address Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center One Freedom Way Augusta, GA 30901 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: 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. 1. Resume – must include the following informion for each job listed: Job Title and Duties (be as detailed as possible), Month & year start/end des (e.g. June2007 to April 2008), full-time or part-time (include hours worked per week) and Educion (locion, degree earned and de awarded), Supervisor’s name and telephone number, Please indice whether your supervisor(s) can be contacted. 2. Transcript – Copy of transcripts showing the de the degree was conferred. Applicants red ineligible if not submitted and/or if degree conferred de is not provided. 3. Copy of current licensure. Applicants red ineligible if not submitted. 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 09/30/2025 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

USA JOBS

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 Antonio Isaac Phone Address Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center One Freedom Way Augusta, GA 30901 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 04/08/2025 to 09/30/2025 Salary $91,983 – $119,583 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 2 vacancies in the following locion: Augusta, GA 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 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

CBTB-12709646-25-AI

Control number 834882500 ., .