Senior Social Worker - PACT

Summary

The Senior Social Worker - Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) is assigned to serve community-based, outpatient clinics across all of North Florida and South Georgia. This position is located at Ocala, FL. The Senior Social Worker is primary responsible for providing psychosocial and mental health assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning/execution, care coordination, case management, crisis intervention, and evidence-based psychotherapy service to Veterans and their family members/caregivers.

Duties

The Senior Social Worker - Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) requires advance level knowledge and understanding of the biopsychosocial, behavioral health, and mental health needs of Veterans and their family members/caregivers. The duties of the PACT Specialty Care Senior Social Worker duties include but not limited to: The incumbent requires the ability to make decisions and complete work assignments within the program area, with very limited or not direct supervision, in addition to, providing clinical services using advanced practice knowledge experience and clinical judgement to assist with initial orientation and the ongoing training of front-line staff. Serves as a subject matter expert in case consultation regarding Veterans with complex case management and care coordination needs. Possesses skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. Incorporates multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment with approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. Provides specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. Expands clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and can write policies, Preferred experience: Independently assesses the psychosocial functions and needs of individuals and families from diverse backgrounds. Able to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the patient's problems, strength's, needs, challenges and coping skills. Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services. Social Worker is responsible for reviewing and coordinating all phases across the continuum of care, this includes primary care, specialty care, mental health care, acute care, extended care, and others. Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. Schedule depends on service needs. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Functional Statement #: 52091F 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. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Qualifications

Applicants must meet the requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 09/30/2026 Basic Requirements: United States 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: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). Education: Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status 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. Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation 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 state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: In addition to meeting the basic requirements stated above, the following qualifications criteria must be met in determining the appropriate grade assignment of candidates. GS-12 Senior Social Worker candidates must have the following: Experience/Education: Must have at 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 that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice. Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty. AND Licensure/Certification: Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Advanced License must be submitted with application. While we no longer require essay-style responses to our Knowledge's Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs), you must be able to demonstrate that you possess the (below) competencies which are necessary to perform the work of the position. Please ensure your resume/CV/application contains sufficient information to support the level of experience/education/training; otherwise, we will not be able to award you credit for the experience/education/training you claim. If selected, you may be required to submit narrative responses then. These are the KSA's for this subject position and grade level: Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring eff