Supervisory Social Worker(BHIP)

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.

Qualifications

• Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
• 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

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
• 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

• 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)
• Licensure/Certification: 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

Physical Requirements

• See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Services

Duties

• Program management responsibilities include the development of short and long-range goals and plans - development and implementation of policies and procedures to ensure goal attainment - management of administrative and programmatic resources - and outcomes monitoring using data-driven quality assurance processes
• Responsible for effectively managing and supervising the program's resources including staff - funds - space and equipment-utilized in the development and direction of the mental health services - consultations - research - and training provided the veterans and staff of the medical center
• Ensures that clinicians provide the highest quality of mental health care to veterans utilizing evidence-based practices and clinical guidelines
• Works with chiefs and supervisors of other services/organizations to resolve any substantive problems or areas of concern
• Responsible for: approval/disapproval of leave - setting employee performance standards and evaluating work performance - establishing procedures for reviewing written materials and interviewing candidates for vacant positions and making selections
• Counseling and/or administering corrective actions within the delegated authority
• Hearing and resolving employee complaints/grievances
• Providing or arranging for needed training - dealing effectively with matters pertaining to the labor-management agreement
• Informing employees about policies - procedures - and practices of management
• Responsible for Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE) reviews for assigned providers
• Provides a full range of assessment services and diagnoses mental disorders - particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients
• Provides education to patients - family members - and significant others
• Comprehensive - evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions - including individual - family - and group psychotherapy
• Provides clinical consultation on complex - difficult cases - using advanced practice skills and expertise
• Works with chiefs and supervisors of other services/organizations to resolve any substantive problems or areas of concern
• Responsible for: approval/disapproval of leave - setting employee performance standards and evaluating work performance - establishing procedures for reviewing written materials and interviewing candidates for vacant positions and making selections
• Counseling and/or administering corrective actions within the delegated authority
• Hearing and resolving employee complaints/grievances
• Providing or arranging for needed training - dealing effectively with matters pertaining to the labor-management agreement
• Informing employees about policies - procedures - and practices of management
• Responsible for Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE) reviews for assigned providers
• Provides a full range of assessment services and diagnoses mental disorders - particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients
• Provides education to patients - family members - and significant others
• Comprehensive - evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions - including individual - family - and group psychotherapy
• Provides clinical consultation on complex - difficult cases - using advanced practice skills and expertise

Total Rewards

• Competitive salary and regular salary increases
• When setting pay - a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade)
• 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)
• Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual - based on prior [work experience] or military service experience
• 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
• 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)
• Telework: ADHOC
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Functional Statement #

51057-F