The incumbent serves as Supervisory Social Worker in the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program and assumes professional, technical and administrative responsibilities for social work to eligible Veterans in the HCHV clinic, outreach services, assessment referrals for VA/community services and the Homeless Hotline Call Center. 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 the CSWE website http:\\www.cswe.gorg/Accreditation to verify if that social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a master of social work. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. English Language Proficiency. Social workers must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3j, this part. Grade Determinations: Supervisory Social Worker, GS-12 (1) Education and Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in a specialty area or in administration demonstrating progressively more professional competency and judgment. Candidate 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. (2) Licensure/Certification. 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. (3) Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: (a) Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines. (b) Knowledge 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. (d) Ability to provide staff training and development. (e) Skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers. (4) Assignment. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), and variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. At the GS-12 grade level, supervisory social workers typically have 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 and below. The supervisory social worker is responsible for the professional and administrative management of an area in a social work service, in a care/product line, or multiple facilities. They provide direct clinical services with or without program coordination responsibilities.] References: VA Handbook 5005/120 Part II Appendix G39, Social Worker Qualification Standard The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. Physical Requirements: Light lifting, under 15lbs; Light carrying, under 15lbs; Walking (3hrs); Standing (6-8hrs); Repeated bending (2hrs); Climbing legs only (1hr); Both legs required; Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; Hearing (aid permitted); Clear speech; emotional stability; moderate duty; sitting for long time periods. Protracted or irregular hours of work. ["The objective of the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) program is to re-integrate homeless Veterans who may have psychiatric and substance abuse disorders into the community and to help them achieve the maximum level of health and social functioning possible. Incumbent serves as social work supervisor in the HCHV program. He/she assumes professional, technical and administrative responsibilities for social work in the HCHV clinic, outreach services, assessments, referrals for VA/community services to eligible Veterans and the Homeless Hotline Call Center. The incumbent manages and controls the use of data related to these programs regarding day to day functioning and program evaluation. The incumbent ensures that the resources for homeless Veterans are accessible and coordinated within the catchment area for the medical center. The program is comprehensive and requires extensive coordination among a wide variety of staff, disciplines and treatment components to ensure its success in conjunction with the Health Care for Homeless Program Supervisor/Program Manager. As the supervisory social worker, the incumbent has significant personnel management responsibilities for an average size professional and non-professional staff, including support staff and professional staff at the GS-12 grade level and below. The incumbent is responsible for the professional and administrative management in the HCHV Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Contract Program. The incumbent directs clinical services with program coordination responsibilities. The incumbent is licensed at the advanced practice level. The incumbent is responsible for various control points assigned to the program within the assigned areas. The incumbent manages and controls the use of data related to these programs regarding day to day functioning and program evaluation. In conjunction with the Health Care for Homeless Program Supervisor/Program Manager, plans, organizes and directs administrative, operational, patient and personal activities for the programs to include supervision of accurate and timely entry of program data to include HOMES, program NA TS and implements actions to meet/exceed program performance measures and increase overall program workload and achieve and maintain CARP accreditation. Work Schedule: TBD with Service line, The work schedule will be determined based on the needs of the Medical Center. Ralph H. Johnson VA Health Care System is an acute care facility operating 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Functional Statement #: Social Worker / FS00000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Note: This is a Bargaining Unit Position. EDRP Authorized: Please contact VHA EDRP Program Support at VHAEDRPProgramSupport@va.gov or contact the VISN7 EDRP Facility Coordinators VISN7EDRPFacilityCoordinators2@va.gov Notifications: This position is in the Excepted Service Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held This position is not a Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment."]

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