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Supervisory Social Worker (Chief Social Work)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The Chief, Social Work Service for the Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. VA Medical Center serves as the senior Social Work Executive for the medical center and is the facility's authoritative subject matter expert on all matters related to social work practice.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The incumbent provides leadership, direction, oversight, and coordination of social work professional practice for all GS-0185 social workers, regardless of organizational alignment.
- →The Chief ensures compliance with national VA policies, VHA directives, accreditation standards, state licensing requirements, and professional social work practice standards.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Provides executive leadership, strategic direction, and administrative oversight for all social work programs and staff.
- →Represents Social Work Service as a full member of facility leadership, collaborating with the Director, Chief of Staff (COS), Associate Director for Patient Care Services.
- →(ADPCS), Deputy COS, and other service chiefs on all matters impacting social work practice.
- →Develops and implements strategic plans, staffing models, and program goals for social work services aligned with VHA policy and medical center priorities.
- →Oversees the development, implementation, and monitoring of policies, procedures, and standard operating practices affecting social work functions throughout the facility.
- →Oversees professional practice standards for all GS-0185 social workers, including those aligned outside of Social Work Service.
- →Ensures each social worker has an approved scope of practice or clinical privileges, consistent with state licensure and VHA policy.
- →Oversees and ensures completion of Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) processes for social workers functioning under clinical privileges.
- →Oversees documentation standards, ethical practice, Social Determinants of Health.
- →(SDOH) assessment requirements, workload entry, productivity monitoring, and performance improvement activities.
- →Monitors state licensure, credentialing, certification, and continuing education compliance for all social workers, ensuring alignment with VA Handbook 5005 and VHA standards.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm; Monday - Friday Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized 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.
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: cdc14e90-8b3f-4c6b-b58f-900a10c47266
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