Social Worker - Program Coordinator

Veterans Health Administration • Indianapolis, IN

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center is hiring a Social Worker - Program Coordinator to manage the daily operations of the CTOC Program. The coordinator works with an interdisciplinary treatment team and collaboratively with Veterans, their families or caregivers, and VA programs and staff to screen and assess psychosocial needs and barriers. Assessment areas may include marital, family, and social status; concerns about abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation; employment and financial status; use of entitlement programs; legal issues; the effect of medical problems on psychosocial functioning; and strengths and limitations.

The coordinator uses screening and assessment information to establish realistic discharge goals. Planning considers the appropriate level and setting of care, interventions that may enhance caregiver support and enable the least restrictive level of care, transportation options and barriers, and steps for obtaining VA or community resources. Duties also include advance directive screening and completion, referrals to service providers, and resource use and development.

The schedule is Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This is not a virtual position. The position may require occasional travel and involves standard office work, including telephone use, retrieving files, report writing, data entry, and maintaining computer databases. Work is typically performed at a desk using a computer, with periods of walking, standing, sitting, and bending.

Applicants must meet federal employment conditions, including U.S. citizenship, written and spoken English proficiency, background/security investigation, pre-employment physical evaluation, and required onboarding and application documentation. A trial period of one or two years applies. Required professional qualifications include a master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school and state licensure or certification for independent master's-level social work practice. Indiana requires an LCSW.

Requirements

• Master's degree in social work from a school fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE); a doctoral degree cannot substitute for the master's degree.
• State licensure or certification to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. Indiana requires an LCSW.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English.
• U.S. citizenship, except where appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Must pass applicable pre-employment physical evaluation and background/security investigation and complete required onboarding and application documentation.
• Must serve a one- or two-year trial period.
• Must participate in the VA seasonal influenza vaccination program.
• Occasional travel may be required.
• Ability to perform standard office tasks and periods of walking, standing, sitting, and bending.

Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the CTOC Program.
• Work with the interdisciplinary treatment team to screen and assess Veterans’ psychosocial needs and barriers.
• Collaborate with Veterans, their families or caregivers, and VA programs and staff.
• Assess psychosocial factors, which may include family and social status, abuse or neglect concerns, financial exploitation, employment and financial status, entitlement programs, legal issues, effects of medical problems, and strengths and limitations.
• Use assessment information to determine realistic discharge goals and plan for appropriate levels and settings of care.
• Consider caregiver-support interventions, transportation options and barriers, and steps for obtaining VA or community resources in treatment planning.
• Screen for and complete advance directives.
• Refer Veterans to service providers.
• Use and develop resources.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave of up to 12 weeks after 12 months of employment, in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
• Eligible full-time employees with qualifying family income may receive a childcare subsidy after 60 days of employment, subject to program limits and eligibility requirements.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting.
• Federal 401(k) with VA contributions of up to 5%.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
• Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time