Social Worker- Service Chief Job in Sheridan, WY

Summary

This job is open to

• The public

  U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Duties

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

• Responsible for the strategic planning & operation of Social Work (SW) Service.
• Responsible/accountable for clinical professional practice for all Social Workers employed by SVAHCS; ensures administrative and clinical supervision of SW staff in their professional roles including training programs.
• Ensures provision of care management & SW services in a variety of inpatient & outpatient program areas & clinics.
• Responsible for making decisions regarding work problems presented by subordinate social work supervisors.
• Collaborates with others in negotiating, deciding upon and/or coordinating care management & social work-related changes affecting other programs.
• Participate in making selections for supervisory & non-supervisory positions, hear group grievances & serious employee complaints, review serious disciplinary cases.
• Responsible for ensuring technical program development, management & evaluation that includes assessing the mission, goals, programs & problems of the medical facility.
• Develops &monitors standards of clinical practice/standards of care for care management & social work, including development of care guidelines, manuals & guides to professional practice.
• Develops consistent standard operating procedures required to accomplish clinical care interventions & ensure that they are followed.
• Reviews the utilization of resources by performing such activities as internal reviews, data collection, reviewing &analyzing reports, reviewing contracts, & reviewing performance, both orally & in writing.
• Ensures personnel management that includes resolving employee complaints, grievances.
• Establishes & maintains position descriptions or ensures establishment for each position in the SW Service to ensure existence of accurate, detailed descriptions of all duties performed by staff.
• Establishes & maintains performance requirements or reviews performance requirements & standards for positions.
• Counsels' employees regarding poor performance or other unsatisfactory situations, take disciplinary or appropriate action.
• Ensures the assessment, evaluation &recommendation of personnel actions based upon clinical practice.
• Serves as consultant to management & other professional staff directly or through committees.
• Make recommendations to Associate Director Patient Care Services for naming staff members & others to serve as care management & social work service coordinators.
• Functions as consultant on social work practice & functions with staff of other disciplines and/or other service lines.
• Continuously monitors professional standards of all staff in the SW Service.
• Serves as vital professional influence & resource to Leadership in their compliance with standards defined by accrediting organizations.
• Administrative responsibility for education, clinical programming & daily operations of SVAHCS CC&ICM framework.
• Ensures full collaboration with CC&ICM Executive Sponsor &Nursing Co-lead in planning, education, development, implementation, monitoring, &evaluation of CC&ICM.
• The Chief of Social Work is responsible for implementation, operation, & oversight of (SAMS), IPV, M2VA, Care Giver Support, CNH, SVH, VDC, Homeless programs, SCI/D, VIST and other assigned programs at Sheridan SVAHCS in accordance with VHA policy.
• Ensures full collaboration, management, monitoring, evaluation & reporting on all programs aligned under Social Work Service to applicable VISN & Central Officer Program Offices.

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 10/27/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12817024.

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Next steps

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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.