Supervisory Social Worker (CERS)

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Los Angeles seeks a Supervisory Social Worker (GS-12) to lead a team within the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team, focusing on housing assistance, homelessness prevention, and coordination of services for Veterans.

This position requires a master’s in social work, state licensure, U.S. citizenship, and strong supervision and clinical leadership skills, with an emphasis on organization and staff development to improve Veteran care across multiple

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program (or equivalent).
• Licensed or certified to independently practice social work at the master's level.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• English language proficiency in speaking and writing.

Responsibilities

• Organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines.
• Provide and supervise clinical social work services.
• Conduct staff training and development.
• Coordinate with departments to ensure continuity of care for homeless Veterans.

Skills

Advanced practice skills

Clinical supervision

Staff training

Interpersonal relations

Time management

Education

Master's degree in Social Work

Job description

The Supervisory Social Worker functions as a member of the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team. The incumbent will focus on housing issues, securing housing, using available homeless resources, prevention of homelessness, health promotion, connecting and coordination of multiple services related to homeless Veterans care needs. These positions provide support to the National Center for Warrior Independence at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles, California.

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 4 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

In addition to the basic requirements listed above for employment, the following criteria must be met:

Supervisory Social Worker, GS-12

• Experience/Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 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.
  • (a) Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines.
  • (b) Knowledge 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.
  • (d) Ability to provide staff training and development.
  • (e) Skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers.
• 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. At the GS-12 grade level, supervisory social workers typically have significant personnel management responsibilities for a small to moderate sized professional and non-professional staff, including support staff and professional staff at the GS-12 grade level and below. The supervisory social worker is responsible for the professional and administrative management of an area in a social work service, in a care/product line, or multiple facilities. They provide direct clinical services with or without program coordination responsibilities.

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-12.

Physical Requirements

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