Supervisory Social Worker

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Bemidji (MN); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The incumbent at the Fargo VA Health Care System leads a Community Based Outpatient Clinic Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program, supervising social workers, psychologists, and licensed professional mental health counselors. This role focuses on administrative and clinical leadership, ensuring high-quality behavioral health services and staff development.

Qualifications include an MSW from an accredited program, state licensure to independently practice social work, and strong English

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work from CSWE-accredited program.
• Must be licensed/certified to independently practice social work at the MSW level.
• English language proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to the Community Based Outpatient Clinic Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program team.
• Oversee supervision of social workers, psychologists, and licensed professional mental health counselors.
• Manage administrative and clinical operations within the BH service line.
• Provide staff training and development and ensure provision of clinical social work services.

Skills

Organizational skills

Supervisory duties

Clinical supervision

Quality improvement

Staff training

Interpersonal skills

Education

MSW degree

CSWE-accredited program

Job description

The incumbent provides supervision to Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program team assigned to the Fargo VAHCS which may include Social Workers, Psychologists, and Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselors. This vacancy will be filled by either a Supervisory Social Worker, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager), or a Psychology Program Manager. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).

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 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).

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

GS-13 Supervisory Social Worker

Experience/Education.

One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level, which is defined as:

• Organizing, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines.
• Working knowledge of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement.
• Ensuring provision of clinical social work services.
• Providing staff training and development.
• Demonstrated skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers.

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.

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.

Documentation is required if part of your state's requirements for providing supervision for licensure is beyond your licensure only (example: certification of continuing education credits).

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) Skill in a range 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 by supervised social workers.
• (d) Ability to delegate authority, manage priorities, coordinate work, and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion.
• (e) Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems, develop and implement solutions that result in efficient operations, and use data effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the service.
• (f) Ability to provide staff training and development.

All qualifying experience you possess must be clearly described in your application package. We will not make assumptions when reviewing applications. Failure to demonstrate your experience in your resume may result in disqualification. It is strongly recommended that you write to each KSA in your application package.

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. Supervisory social workers at the GS-13 grade level typically supervise professional and non-professional staff. They are responsible for the professional and administrative management of an area in a social work service, in a care/product line, or across multiple sites, (e.g., multi-division facilities and CBOCs). Incumbent may also provide direct clinical services.

Reference:

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

The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements:

You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination.