Senior Social Worker (Caregiver Support Program Coordinator)

Veterans Health Administration; Santa Maria (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration's Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System seeks a Social Work Program Coordinator for the PCAFC. This role manages daily operations, provides clinical services, education, and quality improvement, and develops partnerships to support Veterans and their caregivers.

The Coordinator oversees staff, supports policy and resource development, ensures program evaluation, and serves as a liaison within VA and the community.

Qualifications

• Master's in Social Work from a CSWE-accredited program.
• Licensed to independently practice social work at the advanced level; CA licensure requirements apply.
• Experience in caregiver programs or VA Caregiver Support preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily operations and program support for PCAFC.
• Provide clinical services, education, and quality improvement.
• Develop partnerships to support Veterans and their caregivers.
• Oversee staff and supervise program activities.
• Support policy and resource development and conduct program evaluation.
• Serve as liaison within VA and the community.

Skills

Clinical social work

Program coordination

Leadership

Education

Master's in Social Work (MSW)

Job description

Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System seeks a Social Work Program Coordinator for the Program of Comprehensive Assistance to Family Caregivers (PCAFC). This role manages daily operations and program support, provides clinical services, education, and quality improvement, and develops partnerships to support Veterans and their caregivers. The Coordinator oversees staff, supports policy and resource development, ensures program evaluation, and serves as a liaison within VA and the community.

Citizenship

Citizenship: Citizen of the United States English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.

Education

Education: Must 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. Note: 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

Licensure: Candidates must be licensed by a state to independently practice social work at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

Grade Determinations GS-12 Senior Social Worker

Grade Determinations GS-12 Senior Social Worker: In addition to the basic requirements stated above, the following qualification criteria must be met for each grade. The candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the grade.

Experience

Experience: Must have at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment and are experts in their specialized area of practice. Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty.

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area.

Preferred Experience

Preferred Experience: Work experience with caregivers or the VA Caregiver Support Program Specialized knowledge of practice typically related to the adult and geriatric population Experience with coordinating tasks, resources and timeliness Versatile with strong ability in working with multiple databases and applications

Reference

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements

Physical Requirements: Eligible applicants must be physically and mentally able to perform efficiently the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, without hazard to themselves or others. Depending on the essential duties of a specific position, usable vision, color vision, hearing or speech may be required. However, in most cases, a specific physical condition or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid.