Social Worker (Program Coordinator)

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This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.

You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.

Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

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 http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the 4 accreditation standards for a masters of social work. c.

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/.

GS-0185-012 Social Work (Program Coordinator: In addition to the basic requirements, you need the following:Experience/Education: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level.

Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency.

Candidates 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 experienceLicensure/Certification: Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs.

(a) Skill in coordinating and implementing one or more specialty program(s), across the facility.

(b) Skill in local policy and practice development, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program as prescribed by the program handbook or national directive.

(c) Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s).

(d) Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to further program goals and enhance patient centered care.

(e) Ability to provide the full range of supervisory duties including assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluations; and selection of staff, training, and recommendation of awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary action.

(f) Ability to oversee the fiscal matters of the functions supervised (including fund controls, contracts, and equipment expenditures), forecast resource and equipment needs, and administer the allocated budget.

(g) Knowledge of organizational structure and impact on program operations.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)Grandfathering Provision: The following is the standard grandfathering policy for all title 38 hybrid qualification standards.

Please carefully review the qualification standard to determine the specific education and/or licensure/certification/registration requirements that apply to this occupation.

(1) All persons employed in VHA in this occupation on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education and licensure or certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation.

For employees who do not meet all of the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: (2) Such employees in an occupation that requires a licensure or certification, may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.

(3) Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard.

(4) Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation, who subsequently obtain additional education and/or licensure/certification/registration that meet all of the basic requirements of this qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation.

(5) If an employee who was retained in an occupation listed in 38 U.S.C.

§ 7401(3) under this provision leaves that occupation, the employee loses protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation.

NOTE: If social workers covered under the grandfathering provision of the 1991 Federal law regarding licensure or certification of VHA social workers leave the GS0185 social work series, they lose the grandfathering protection.

If they choose to return at a later date to the GS-0185 series, they must be licensed or certified to qualify for employment as a social worker. Preferred Experience: 1.

Knowledge of program coordination and administration which includes consultation, negotiation, and monitoring. 2.

Knowledge and ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for theprogram. 3. Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff assigned to the program. 4.

Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s). 5. Ability to provide training, orientation, and guidance within clinical practice.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is a GS-12.

Physical Requirements: Position requires walking throughout the clinic and the Medical Center, standing for extended periods of time, and involves sitting at a computer and in counsel and consultation with Veterans and interdisciplinary teams.

Major Duties:

VA Careers - Social Work: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UUA.

DUTIES: The incumbent is a GS-12 Social Worker, Program Coordinator oversees social work sections in Mental Health Triage and the Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Unit (2B) at the William S.

Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison WI.

The Mental Health Department serves over 9,000 Veterans per year throughout the Madison VAMC facility network and has a 14-bed locked inpatient psychiatric unit.

Incumbent performs supervisory and program coordination duties to ensure effective and efficient social work services are delivered to Veterans and their families in Mental Health Triage and/or 2B.

In MHC Triage/2B the healthcare, psychosocial, psychological and care coordination needs are complex and require a high degree of clinical oversight and creative problem solving.

The Social Work Program Coordinator is the recognized expert in delivery of Mental Health Social Work services to Madison VA Veterans, is a member of the interdisciplinary triage and 2B treatment teams, and as such must possess excellent interpersonal skills and be adept in the area of advocacy with providers, Veterans and other stakeholders.

The incumbent spends 75% if time providing front line clinical work and at least 25% of time on administrative duties. Clinical work vs. administrative duties may fluctuate depending on clinic needs.

Meets the qualification standard for the GS 12 Social Work Program Coordinator as defined in VA Handbook 5005/120, Part II Appendix G39, Social Worker Qualification Standard GS-185 VHA.

The GS-12 position must have completed at least one year of experience at the GS-11 level and demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in administration, demonstrating progressively more professional competency skills and judgement.

Individuals 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.

Individuals assigned as a Social Work Program Coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

Incumbent must have an Independent Clinical License (LCSW).

Social Worker Program Coordinators in the GS-12 assignment provide complex care in a highly specialized, complex area and may be the sole practitioner in the program.

They are responsible for daily operations of the program area and are responsible for, or contribute to, all aspects of clinical and administrative programming.

They provide leadership direction, orientation, coaching, inservice training, staff development and continuing education for assigned staff.

Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm Functional Statement #: 08583F EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.

Contact James.Anderson5@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more