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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
This position is NOT eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP). This Supervisory Social Worker supervises professional staff in multiple major care lines: Acute inpatient Medicine/Surgery/Critical, Outpatient ambulatory, and specialty areas such as the Emergency Room (ER), Clinical Command Center (C3), Clinical Resource Hub (CRH), Survivors Assistance Memorial Support (SAMS), and Outpatient Surgery Service (OSS) at the Palo Alto Division of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.
What You'll Do
- →The incumbent supervises a group of employees performing work at the GS-12 level and below, including advanced practice social workers and social work program coordinators and GS-11s who can practice at the independent level.
- →The incumbent provides administrative, technical, and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the units.
- →GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED DUTIES INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: The incumbent performs the administrative and personnel management function relative to staff supervised.
- →Incumbent will have established guidelines and performance expectations for staff, clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
- →Observes workers' performance; demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques.
- →Incumbent administratively supervises employees to accomplish the work of the organization unit.
- →Incumbent exercises supervisor authorities and responsibilities involving work assignment and review, as well as the administrative and personnel management functions relative to the staff supervised.
- →In addition, the incumbent provides clinical supervision for social work licensure for social workers seeking state licensure through individual and group sessions.
- →The GS-13 Supervisory Social Worker incumbent is responsible to the Chief, Social Work Service, but practices independently, exercising initiative and independent judgment in day-to-day activities.
- →Supervision/consultation is of an administrative and professional nature, with the Supervisory Social Worker (e.g., Assistant Chief/Chief of Social Work Service), providing guidelines as to the general policy and direction of SWS, the incumbent coordinates.
- →In unusual and/or complex administrative and clinical problems, the incumbent initiates consultation with the Chief as well as with other authoritative resources at the Medical Center, such as Regional Counsel, Business Services, Fiscal, Office of Quality, Safety and Value, and Human Resource Management Services.
- →Completes BLS quarterly and remains up-to-date on certification.
- →Other Duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: M-F 8:00 am - 4:30 pm or as determined by the supervisor.
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.
- ✓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 the 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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: d2af76ba-7102-4513-bf73-53ef3d5728db
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