Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Overview

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is currently recruiting multiple Licensed Clinical Social Workers to support the Department of Veteran Affairs Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System located at 355 North 8th Ave. Safford, AZ 85546. Work hours are typically Monday-Friday, 48-hours per week including weekends and holidays. If you accept employment with Ansible, you must also acknowledge that any assigned schedule is subject to change at the direction of either Ansible or its customers.  

Ansible is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Federal customers with solutions in many arenas. Our customers face wide-ranging challenges in the fields of national security, health care, and information technology. To address these challenges, we employ intelligent and committed staff who take care of our customers’ success as if it is their own.

Responsibilities

• Perform Biopsychosocial Assessments.
• Assesses patient and plan appropriately to assist with social determinants of health
• Suicide Risk, Mental Health, and Crisis Assessment and intervention.
• Document safety plan and other plans of care and care given in patient’s medical record.
• Provide information and completion of Advanced Directives.
• Assess and complete process for Petition of Inpatient Psychiatric Care.
• Communicates pertinent patient data to the providers and interdisciplinary team.
• Re-assesses patient’s condition and revises plans-of-care based on problems that the Social Worker identifies.
• Provides resources and assistance with transportation.
• Schedule family meetings, interdisciplinary team meetings, or other goals of care conversations.
• Conduct goals of care conversations.
• Provide resources when the veterans have been determined to be homeless.
• Assess and address any findings of abuse or neglect. Consult APS as appropriate.
• Assess and assist with discharge planning which includes referrals to subacute rehabilitation, assisted living, long-term care facilities, inpatient rehabilitation, group homes, hospice/palliative care, and/or long-term acute care hospital.
• Assist with discharge planning for veterans who need resources when going home, such as home health consults.
• Able to initiate, prioritize, and reorganizes appropriate measures in emergency situations. Identify veterans who will need case management services post discharge.
• Assesses patient/family knowledge level, implements plan of instructions, and records the patient’s family’s demonstrated level of understanding.
• Can initiate life saving measures in the absence of Physicians.
• Assures the content and correctness of a prepared report and signs the document to validate its content.
• Maintains a neat personal appearance and maintains professional decorum.
• Consistently applies the VA’s customer service standards, always demonstrating helpful, courteous, and respectful conduct.
• Respects patient’s rights, including but not limited to visual and auditory privacy.
• Reviews all information in the electronic medical records pertinent for social work services.

Qualifications

• A Master’s Degree in Social Work granted by a graduate program fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• Valid State LCSW License or State equivalent is required.
• A minimum of two (2) year experience providing mental health services.
• No sponsorship available

All candidates must be able to:

• Sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, and reach above shoulders during the work shift
• Lift up to 50 lbs from floor to waist
• Lift up to 20 lbs
• Carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance
• Push/pull with 30 lbs of force

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.