Supervisory Social Worker

This position functions as the social work supervisor and program manager for extended and specialty care services. They will service as the clinical and administrative supervisor of staff including but not limited to Contract Nursing Home/Adult Day Health Program, Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Primary Aligned Care Team social worker, Visual Impairment Services Team (VIST) Coordinator, social workers within the Community Living Center and Medical Foster Home Program. Basic Requirements United States Citizenship. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. 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 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 Physical Requirements . See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Services. English Language Proficiency. Candidates 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 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 Supervisory Social Worker, GS-12 Education and Experience One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in a specialty area or in administration demonstrating progressively more professional competency and judgment. Candidate may have certification or other post-master's degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience. Licensure/Certification. Individuals assigned as Supervisory Social Workers must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines. Knowledge of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement. Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services. Ability to provide staff training and development. Skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers. Preferred Experience: At least two years of post licensure clinical experience, often in a specialized social work area such as mental health, homelessness, or medical foster home programs. Demonstrated experience in evidence-based interventions across individual, family, and group counseling, including crisis management,suicide prevention, case management and supportive treatment. Skilled in developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures, conducting quality assurance,managing contracts, and supervising data collection and performance measures. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit Physical Requirements: The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, training rooms, and libraries. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. The incumbent must also work outdoors in all types of weather. There may be occasional exposure to moderate risks or discomforts in storage areas or hazardous waste sites. The work is primarily sedentary, although some physical effort may be required, e.g., walking, standing, climbing ladders, stooping, kneeling, and carrying light items such as manuals or briefcases, or driving or traveling by motor vehicle. Job entails the ability to have active listening, reading, observing and evaluating verbal and non verbal behavior; walking, speaking, writing clinical notes, writing and reading policies and procedures, using office equipment such as computers, telephones, fax machines, copy machines and cell phones. Must be able to remain current in Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications and able to engage in Prevention and Management of Disruptive Behavior, or have a valid exemption. Occasional travel is required of the incumbent. Travel will be for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to: national and regional conferences, site visits to other facilities in the VISN (or the VISN offices), face-to-face meetings regarding national and regional projects/assignments, specialized training for certain medical equipment and/or systems, other training opportunities that may improve the incumbents ability to better serve the needs of the VA. A significant number of the services provided within the extended care program are required to occur in the community and requires providing services where the Veterans reside.It is possible that the incumbent could find themselves traveling to assess Veterans and/or their caregivers as much as 50% of a week or as little as 10% of the week depending on the programs' needs at any given time. This can occasionally include overnight stays. This travel takes place within the NAVAHCS catchment area which includes La Paz, Navajo, Maricopa, Coconino, Mohave, Apache and Yavapai counties including the areas of Hopi and Navajo reservations. And potentially may include neighboring areas of Utah, Nevada and California. #J-18808-Ljbffr