Supervisory Social Worker

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Veterans Affairs TVHS seeks a Supervisory Social Worker to lead a Mental Health Care Line program. This role oversees administrative and clinical operations, ensuring Veterans receive integrated treatment, medication management, and education services across the care continuum.

The incumbent will supervise licensed and non-licensed staff, coordinate care, and drive quality improvement initiatives to enhance service delivery for Veterans at TVHS in Tennessee.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited school.
• Licensed or certified to independently practice social work at the master's level.
• U.S. citizenship and English proficiency required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee administrative and programmatic resources for a Veterans Affairs mental health program.
• Provide supervision of professional and non-professional staff and clinical services.
• Coordinate assessment, case management, psychotherapy and education for Veterans.
• Contribute to quality improvement and ensure timely, effective services.

Skills

Organizational skills

Supervisory duties

Clinical supervision

Data analysis

Staff development

Education

Master's degree in social work (CSWE-accredited)

Job description

Supervisory Social Worker position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) Mental Health Care Line (MHCL). The incumbent provides oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and responsibilities for a program that delivers treatment and related services and interventions including medication management, assessment, case management, psychotherapy and education for Veterans with a full range of mental health treatment needs.

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.
• English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
• 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/.

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

Experience/Education.

One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. 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 supervisory social workers must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs:

• Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines.
• Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement. Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers.
• Ability to delegate authority, manage priorities, coordinate work, and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion.
• 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.
• Ability to provide staff training and development.

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.

Preferred Experience:

Experience in Mental Health leadership. Work experience with Substance use Disorders and/ or Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, preferably training in Evidence based psychotherapies for those disorders.

Reference:

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

The full performance level of this vacancy is 13.

Physical Requirements:

Work is performed in a clinical setting that exposes the incumbent to the communicable diseases common of the client population. The incumbent may be required to work an irregular tour and weekends as the need arises.