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Supervisory Social Worker (Assistant Service Chief)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
The Social Work Assistant Chief, is assigned to the Memphis Veterans Health Care System. The incumbent serves in a full-time administrative position with full authority and responsibility for providing administrative support to the Social Work Service Chief. The incumbent will participate in overseeing the practice of all of the social workers in the Memphis Veterans Health System as well as program management, education, human resource management, supervision and organizational stewardship.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Major duties include, but are not limited to: Incumbent is responsible for making decisions regarding work problems presented by subordinate social work supervisors and staff.
- →Collaborates with others in negotiating, deciding upon, and/or coordinating social work-related changes affecting other programs.
- →Advises Social Work Chief, Care Line Managers/Chiefs on problems involving the relationship of social work activities to the various units and programs.
- →Makes selections for supervisory and non-supervisory positions, hear group grievances and serious employee complaints, review serious disciplinary cases (i.e., those proposing suspensions and removals), and disciplinary problems involving key employees.
- →Develops and monitors standards of clinical practice/standards of care for Social Work, including development of care guidelines, manuals, and guides to professional practice.
- →The Assistant Chief is responsible for working with Human Resources and the Resource Management Board providing necessary documents and information regarding staff vacancies and hiring needs of the Service.
- →Briefs management orally and in writing on a regular basis concerning matters related to Social Work Service, in order to provide information required to make effective decisions for program planning.
- →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) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
- →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.
- →Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
- →Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
- →Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 50982-F
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 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: 23bd3f82-d749-4619-a1b2-ea11842f01b1
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