Social Worker (Admissions Coordinator)

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The US Department of Veterans Affairs WNY Health Care System seeks a Social Worker Admissions Coordinator for the Community Living Center (CLC) in Buffalo. The role focuses on direct service delivery to veterans and families and coordinating all CLC admissions, including Buffalo and Batavia facilities.

Qualified candidates hold a CSWE-accredited MSW, an advanced practice license, and excellent English proficiency. Knowledge of policy development and multidisciplinary supervision is essential.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school.
• Licensure or certification at the advanced practice level and able to supervise licensure.
• Proficient in spoken and written English.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct services to veteran residents and their families in the CLC.
• Serve as admission coordinator for all CLC admissions (Buffalo and Batavia).
• Develop and implement program policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Oversee daily program operations, monitor performance, and prepare reports.

Skills

Program coordination

Administration

Supervision

Policy writing

Training

Education

Master's in Social Work (CSWE-accredited)

Advanced practice license/certification

Job description

The CLC social worker admissions coordinator is located at VA WNY Health Care System. Assigned to the Community Living Center (CLC). Primary responsibility to provide direct services to veteran residents and their families of this service as well as servicing as the admission coordinator to all admissions into the Community Living Centers (Buffalo and Batavia). 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 http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the 3 accreditation standards for a masters of social work.
• Licensure or Certification Requirement: You MUST be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.
• English Language Proficiency. Social workers must be proficient in spoken and written English.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinations for Social Worker(Program Coordinator),GS-12 Experience and Education Requirement:

You must possess one year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. 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.

AND, Licensure/Certification Requirement:

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.

AND,

In addition to the basic, experience, education and licensure/certification requirements above the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs below.

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of program coordination and administration which includes consultation, negotiation, and monitoring.
• Knowledge and ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program.
• Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff assigned to the program.
• Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s).
• Ability to provide training, orientation, and guidance within clinical practice.

Assignments.

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.

Program coordinators at the GS-12 grade levelare administratively responsible for a clinical program providing treatment to Veterans in a major specialty area, such as but not limited to: Spinal Cord Injury, Homeless Continuum Veteran Program, Hospice and Palliative Care Program, Suicide Prevention Program, Veterans Justice Outreach, Caregiver Support Program and Community Nursing Home Program. The program coordinator may be the sole practitioner in this specialty at the facility and typically provide direct patient care services in the program area. The program coordinator oversees the daily operation of the program, develop policies and procedures for program operation, and prepare reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use. They may be responsible for the program's budget, developing and monitoring staff compliance with practice, standards and guidelines on documentation, workload, data entry, ethical practice and service delivery. The program coordinator provides analysis and evaluation of clinical program data and computerized programs to identify system-wide trends and needs to enhance the quality of service. They may be responsible for, or contribute to, the program's resource and fiscal management, monitoring control points developing the annual budget, operating within that budget, and accounting for appropriated funds. The program coordinator is administratively responsible for the clinical programming and prepares reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use. They provide 14 leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for assigned staff. They initiate and conduct a variety of program or service audits and complete designated clinical practice audits and reports, including productivity assessments. They oversee program operations and evaluations, identifying areas for improvement, gathering relevant data, assessing the data, developing and implementing ideas for improvement and evaluating efficacy of improvement efforts.

Preferred Experience:

Experience in a medical or long-term care setting, demonstrating independent advanced practice and clinical decision-making.

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

Physical Requirements:

See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Services.