Social Worker (Assistant Chief) Job in Prescott, AZ

Summary

This job is open to

• Students

  Current students enrolled in an accredited high school, college or graduate institution.

Duties

VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

The incumbent serves in a full-time position, with full authority and responsibility for providing administrative and professional support to the Chief. The incumbent participates in overseeing the practice of social workers at the facility, including managing and supervising assigned social work service operations. The incumbent makes independent professional decisions and recommendations to the Chief, serving as a liaison to other Service or care-lines within the organization related to Social Work. The incumbent will directly supervise social workers that provide coverage in PACT, acute care, and the emergency department. They will also be a liaison with community care and PACT to ensure that unassigned Veterans and Veterans receiving primary care in the community have access to social work support and coordination of care.

The incumbent possess supervisory and management skills, is licensed, or certified in a state at the advanced practice level and provides direct supervision for licensure to new hires and clinicians with lower level licensure. The incumbent will function as the Chief of the service during the Chief's absence. The incumbent will perform assignments that are collateral to primary duties but deemed necessary to meet the needs of the organization and VISN.

The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Performs administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised.
• Establishing guidelines and performance expectations for assigned social work staff, which will be clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
• Providing feedback and evaluating social work assigned staff performance.
• Performing assignments that are collateral to primary duties but deemed necessary to meet the needs of the organization and VISN.
• Resolving informal complaints and grievances.
• Providing advice and counsel to social workers related to work, administrative matters, and social work technical and clinical practice.
• Assuring subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations.
• Establishing a mechanism to ensure that social worker staff documentation reflects the services provided within the standards of the social work and patient care service lines, the Joint Commission, and CARF standards and policies.
• Providing crisis intervention when indicated including evaluation, assessment, triage, and disposition of patients experiencing behavioral health or psychosocial emergencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

How You Will Be Evaluated

Required Documents

How to Apply

All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 10/30/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12812972.

1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.

Next steps

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.

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NOTE: Participation in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work at these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with patients outside VA medical facilities.