Supervisory Social Worker; Community Based​/Outpatient Programs

Summary

Summary
The Social Work supervisor supervises the Social Work staff in the Home Based Primary Care and Community Based/Outpatient Programs. She/he assumes professional - technical - and administrative responsibilities for Social Work services extended in these areas; and is the Coordinator for the Homemaker/Home Health Aide Program - Medical Foster Home and the Contract Adult Health Care Program. In conjunction with the Service Chief - the Supervisor will be responsible for daily supervision of programs.

Qualifications
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.

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education:
  
  Applicants must 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
• NOTE:
  
  A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master s degree in social work
• Licensure:
  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
• Grade Determinations:
  Supervisory Social Worker - GS-13 Experience Requirement:
  You must possess one year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level
• Examples of specialized experience include - but are not limited to:
  Having significant personnel management responsibilities for a small to moderate sized professional and non-professional staff - including support staff and professional staff at the GS-12 grade level (or equivalent) and below
• responsible for the professional and administrative management of an area in a social work service - in a care/product line - or multiple facilities
• providing direct clinical services with or without program coordination responsibilities
• Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in a specialty area or in administration demonstrating progressively more professional competency and judgment
• Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities
• In addition to the experience above - the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:
  In addition to the experience above - you must demonstrate the following Knowledge
  - Skills and Abilities:
  
  (a) Ability to independently organize work - set priorities - and meet multiple deadlines
• (b) Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision - consultation - negotiation with other departments and quality improvement
• (c) Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers
• (d)
  Ability to delegate authority - manage priorities - coordinate work - and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion
• (e) Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems - develop and implement solutions that result in efficient operations - and use data effectively to manage workload - quality - performance - and productivity within the service
• (f) Ability to provide staff training and development
• Reference: VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - Appendix G39
  
  The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13
• Physical Requirements:
  
  See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Services.

• The incumbent also serves as the Coordinator for several of the community based programs including: the Homemaker/Home Health Aide Program - Medical Foster Home and the Contract Adult Health Care Program and provides oversight of those programs - monitoring of the contracts and the staff assigned to these programs
• Performs the administrative and personnel management function relative to staff supervised
• Manages and controls the use of data related to these programs regarding day to day functioning and program evaluation
• In conjunction with the Service Chief - plans - organizes and directs…