Position Overview
Summary The Women Veterans Program Perinatal Social Worker is a professional social worker assigned to the VA NCHCS Women Veterans Program (WVP) under the Chief of Staff. Responsibilities The position functions a member of the multidisciplinary Women Veterans Program including the Maternity Care Nurse Coordinator and Postpartum/Lactation Nurse Coordinator as well as the larger Women Veterans Program team. Social Work Services are carried out in full accordance with specific program goals and broad objectives of the VA health care system. Major Duties include but are not limited to the following: Clinical: 1. Employs a high level of skill and expertise to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships with women Veterans and their families, being sensitive to the unique issues of women Veterans. 2. As part of the perinatal team, builds and implements perinatal mental health monitoring across VA NCHCS. 3. Conducts comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments to identify those at...