Duties
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The Supervisory Social Worker supervises 20+ employees from all disciplines within the Section line including Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioners, Social Workers (GS 11 and GS 12), Occupational Therapist (GS 12), Peer Support Specialists, and Program Assistants, and provides administrative, technical and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the CRRC and Coordinated Entry Programs.
The incumbent provides administrative, technical, and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit. Supervisory Social Worker ensures that programs provide integrated and highly coordinated services (resource information, linkages, consultative, crisis intervention, discharge planning, etc). Exercises supervisory and managerial authorities, provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work and/or the staff of the PACT clinics at the main hospital, outlying main clinics, and the CBOCs.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Responsible for the programs' overall budgets and fund control points assigned to respective programs. Documents and justifies resource needs and develops appropriate requests in line with policies and directives. Determines and recommends budgetary needs of the CRRC and Coordinated Entry programs.
- Manages and controls the use of data related to all programs regarding day to day functioning, program evaluation and annual reports. Demonstrates ability to independently organize work, set priorities, meet multiple deadlines, and evaluate assigned program areas.
- Observes employee performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evaluates employee performance. Incumbent works to resolves informal complaints and grievances.
- Develops work improvement plans, recommending personnel actions as necessary. The supervisor provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters.
- Manages quality control and evaluation of services provided, utilizing both professional review and statistical outcome measures.
- Involved with recruitment, selection and orientation of new staff, disciplinary actions, justification for new positions, reassignment of positions, performance management, etc. Invokes disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests.
- Oversees orientation of new clinical staff regarding social work functions. Planning, establishing, and implementing policies and procedures; developing individual or group goals and objectives as well as monitoring, operating, evaluating, coordinating and overseeing the social work and multi-disciplinary staff of the assigned program. Incumbent assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations.
The Supervisory Social Worker reports to the Contract Treatment and Outreach Program Coordinator, but practices independently, exercising initiative and independent judgment in day-to-day activities.
Preferred experience:
- Current or past supervisory experience
Work Schedule: Monday to Friday 8am-430pm
Telework: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 52127F / Supervisory Social Worker
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Additional Benefits:
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases. When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of existing pay, higher or unique qualifications, or special needs of the VA.
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
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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)
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
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Area of Consideration - Eligible applications will be reviewed and referred in the following order:
1. Current permanent VA employees of the facility.
2. All other VA employees.
3. All other applicants/public.
Note: Veterans' Preference does not apply to this occupation, effective 10/1/24.
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 12/10/2024 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12625763.
- 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.
- Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
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Next steps
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