Supervisory Social Worker

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Greenville (NC)

On-site

USD 127,000 - 165,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Child Care Subsidy

Federal pension

Telework

Job summary

The Supervisory Social Worker is assigned to the Durham VA Health Care System and oversees social work staff at outpatient clinics in Durham, Greenville, Havelock and Morehead City, NC.

The incumbent leads policy development, ensures compliance with VHA directives, licensure standards, and VA-OIG expectations, and provides administrative, technical, and clinical supervision to the unit.

Qualifications

Education recognized by the U.S. Department of Education may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing qualifications on education.

Responsibilities

Supervise social work staff in outpatient clinics within Durham, Greenville, Havelock and Morehead City, NC.
Plan, establish, and implement policies and procedures; set goals and monitor performance.
Ensure staff adherence to current VHA directives, licensure standards, and VA-OIG expectations.
Provide administrative, technical, and clinical supervision to accomplish unit tasks.

Job description

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

The Supervisory Social Worker is assigned to the Durham VA Health Care System and is responsible for professional and administrative management social work practice in general outpatient mental health programs. The incumbent provides supervisory oversight for social work staff at outpatient clinics located in Durham, NC, Greenville, NC, Havelock, NC and Morehead City, NC.

Key Responsibilities

As the supervisor, the incumbent assists in planning, establishing, and implementing policies and procedures; developing individual or group goals and objectives as well as monitoring, operating, evaluating, coordinating and overseeing the Social Work staff of the assigned program. The incumbent will assure the Social Workers whom they supervise are aware of, adhere to all current directives of VHA, State licensure standards, and VA-OIG expectations.

The incumbent possesses or develops an understanding and sensitivity of the individual needs, beliefs, and/or expectations of patients with various backgrounds. The incumbent is respectful toward patients' values and practices resulting in overall patient satisfaction and comfort level. Incumbent takes into consideration the age, developmental and cultural needs of the patient.

The incumbent provides administrative, technical, and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit. Ensures that essential Clinical Social Work functions are provided.

Diagnostic evaluations Psychotherapy Develop therapy goals Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).

Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience. Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized **This position is NOT eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)**

Requirements & Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $126913 – $164989/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-12.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.