Social Worker Program Manager
Federal government of the United States
- Maine
- $108,587-141,167 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Accepting applications
- Maintain overall responsibility for their teams and the delivery of outpatient general mental care.
- Report directly to the Chief of Mental Health Service.
- Supervise staff members on their team.
- Educate and assist teams in the implementation of various initiatives that impact their programs.
- Review daily the number of consults conducted in their Teams
- Receive or pull daily information about open encounters on the team and share with the team leads.
- Gather data weekly and disseminate to the team leads in weekly meetings.
- Supervise personnel who build the clinics for the teams.
- Receive information from leadership daily about call outs for the team and work with team to help patients be seen or rescheduled.
- Manage interpersonal dynamics as they arise.
- Consults widely on empirically based treatments, Conducts initial assessments, suicide assessments, evaluations and updated care plans on a complete spectrum of mental health patients.
- Provides empirically based individual and group psychotherapy to mental health patients
Compressed/Flexible:Not Available
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 402-F04719
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact Amy.Haley@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not requiredNotification:
- This position is in the Excepted Service.
- Due to a critical staffing shortage, 38 U.S.C. § 7412 waives the requirement to apply Veterans' preference for this job announcement.
- This position is not covered in a Bargaining Unit position.
- This position is covered by a special rate.
- Selectee may be required to work at any VA Maine Healthcare System campus, as needed.
- May be required to attend conference at other facilities or other VA sites on occasion.
- The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC's.
- 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.
- Narrative responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) may be required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment.
- 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.
- You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- Subject to background/security investigation.
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
- 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 http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work.
- Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/.
- English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
- Experience/Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Candidates 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.
- Licensure/Certification. Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.
- (a) Skill in coordinating and implementing one or more specialty program(s), across the facility.
- (b) Skill in local policy and practice development, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program as prescribed by the program handbook or national directive.
- (c) Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s).
- (d) Ability to collaborate with internal and external partners to further program goals and enhance patient centered care.
- (e) Ability to provide the full range of supervisory duties including assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluations; and selection of staff, training, and recommendation of awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary action.
- (f) Ability to oversee the fiscal matters of the functions supervised (including fund controls, contracts, and equipment expenditures), forecast resource and equipment needs, and administer the allocated budget.
- (g) Knowledge of organizational structure and impact on program operations.
- Benefits