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Social Worker (Program Coordinator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 46 days ago
About the Role
This position is for the Social Worker Program Coordinator for the Veterans Recovery Center (VRC/PRRC). The Coordinator leads a learning-based, skills-development program for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness, ensures a recovery oriented approach, directs an interdisciplinary team, manages services in clinic, via Video Connect (VC), and in community settings, and collaborates with related mental health programs to enhance Veteran wellness, recovery, integration, and independence.
What You'll Do
- →Incumbent oversees daily operations and also provides individual and group services, as well as, carries a caseload of 5-10 Veterans for ongoing treatment planning.
- →Incumbent is integral to creating updates/changes to course curriculum to ensure a broad range of appropriate services are made available.
- →Incumbent will assist to develop, provide or secure training, orientation, and guidance within clinical practice.
- →In tandem with the Coordinator of Recovery Oriented Services, incumbent will support staffing efforts and participate in interviewing candidates and orientating new providers.
- →Incumbent will actively liaise with other recovery-oriented programs, support cross collaboration between teams and attend administrative, clinical and training opportunities across programs.
- →Able to serve as a subject matter expert and either consult or provide direct treatment for a clinically complex cohort that is often psychosocially challenging.
- →Assists in assuring continuity of care across settings and the ability of Veterans to directly access VA services.
- →In addition, the incumbent uses sound judgment in the interpretation of trends and patterns; the application of guidelines; and the recommendation of program enhancements.
- →The incumbent performs program analysis, development, review, research, design, and contact work as possible with various agencies, including VA evaluation programs such as NEPEC.
- →Incumbent provides technical and clinical supervision of the interdisciplinary team that is necessary for accomplishing the work of the program.
- →Provides informal feedback and periodically reviews employee's work and liaises with administrative supervisors as needed.
- →Collaborates supervisors of related services to review and improve practice of staff from each discipline.
- →Incumbent must be able to drive to meet with staff, provide services in the community, observe clinical services, facilitate meetings and to liaise with other program staff/coordinators.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
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 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.
Benefits
- ★Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional
Personality Fit
Job ID: ed31d6b4-30df-4c0b-ae46-56419a417a3b
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