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Social Worker (Program Coordinator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 days ago
About the Role
The Social Worker Program Coordinator is aligned under the Mental Health Service at Albany HCS. Assignments include responsibility for planning, establishing and implementing policies and procedures for the Social Work on-Call Program and Mental Health Unit. The Social Worker coordinates the 24-7 Social Work coverage of the Emergency Department, and weekend/holiday coverage for Mental Health Unit programming, which includes managing the pool of covering Social Workers and their schedules.
What You'll Do
- →Supports implementation of policies as well and is responsible for implementation and planning.
- →Responsible for all program planning and development, advising facility and VISN leadership of shifting trends and identifying the need for and making recommendations on program operations or policy changes based on work experience.
- →Works collaboratively with internal/external stakeholders to expedite service delivery.
- →Includes community partners.
- →Develops, enhances, and tracks new initiatives, monitors effectiveness, and modifies as needed to meet care needs.
- →Co-leads development and maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) required to meet Joint Commission standards.
- →Ensures all required environment of care (EOC) standards are met for the Inpatient Psychiatry Unit through coordination of EOC rounds, submission of MHEOC reports to the service line, VISN, and VACO and close coordination with the facility quality, safety and value services to ensure Joint Commission standards are continuously met.
- →Coordinates the planning, development and implementation of the group programming treatment for the Inpatient Mental Health Unit.
- →The primary source of evidenced based therapy on the inpatient unit is recovery-oriented group therapy and is a core treatment priority for the Veteran Health Administration.
- →Recovery oriented group programming is comprehensive and extensive with an average of 20-30 group therapy sessions per week.
- →These contributions enhance patient care, reduce restraints/seclusions, reduce 30-day readmission rates and improve staff satisfaction within VA inpatient mental health units and is therefore vital to the unit.
- →Provides education, training, supervision, and scheduling of group facilitators from a wide variety of clinical backgrounds including trainees and permanent staff from social work, nursing, psychology, psychiatry, occupational therapy, and chaplain services.
- →In all, approximately 40 VA staff may be supervised and managed in this area.
- →Awareness of inpatient cost factors that align with facility budget and discharge care coordination Ensures appropriate staffing to include moving or requesting additional FTE to provide appropriate clinical care Identifies and requests appropriate equipment or supplies to ensure effective clinical care and/or meet the EOC standards on the inpatient psychiatry unit.
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 health assessment.
- ✓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 1 or 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: 75b83262-8fc9-4eb6-a9f3-ac105cbfdbb5
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