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Social Worker- Program Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is for a Social Work Program Coordinator, who supervises a Behavioral Health Interprofessional Program (BHIP) in the Mental Health Service. A Mental Health Clinic BHIP consists of multidisciplinary staff and serves veterans with psychiatric, substance use, psychosocial and medical issues.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties include, but are not limited to: The incumbent has broad program management responsibilities, which include the operation and management of key clinical, training, or administrative activities for a Behavioral Health Interprofessional Program in the Mental Health Clinic.
- →Responsibilities include knowledge, development, and implementation of programs, policies, and procedures for the Behavioral Health Interprofessional Program, as well as oversight of administrative and programmatic resources.
- →Has direct responsibility for the professional activities of multidisciplinary staff (Psychiatrists, Nurses (RN and LPN), Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, Social Workers, Pharmacists, and Peer Support Specialists).
- →Monitoring of outcomes using a data-driven quality assurance process for a program that delivers specialized, complex, highly professional services that are important components of the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, and significantly affect the health care provided to veterans.
- →Responsible for compliance with all accreditation, VACO, and hospital requirements, policies, and procedures.
- →Serves on committees representing the VAAAHS Mental Health Service as needed.
- →Provides clinical consultation to various disciplines and levels of training (psychology practicum students, psychology interns, psychology postdoctoral residents, psychiatry residents, nursing, medical residents, medical students, social work trainees).
- →Provide leadership, guidance, and consultation on staff education and development.
- →Provides back-up coverage for Mental Health Service staff as requested to do so by the Chief and/or his/her delegates, Mental Health Service.
- →Completes treatment planning/goal setting, case management, consultation and referral(s) to service providers and specialty treatment clinics, resource utilization and development, advocacy, crisis intervention, education and prevention, case/care coordination, and supportive counseling.
- →The Social Worker has the ability to provide evidence-based individual, group, and advanced level care management interventions used in the treatment of Veterans with psychiatric diagnosis.
- →Fulfill ethical responsibilities to Veterans, colleagues and VA in accordance with the Social Work Code of Ethics, VHA Code of Ethics, and local ethical policies, which include but are not limited to compliance with all laws and regulations.
- →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) 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.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 22be9996-49ed-448a-821b-32a7d4cf400b
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