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Supervisory Social Worker (Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
On-site Menlo Park, CA $129K – $168K Apply by Sep 21, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP OperationsHealthcare
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The Supervisory Social Worker serves as the clinical and administrative leader for the VA Palo Alto Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (DOM RRTP). The position supervises staff, oversees program operations, ensures regulatory compliance, provides evidence-based mental health and substance use treatment, coordinates interdisciplinary care, manages crisis intervention and discharge planning, and promotes quality improvement to deliver comprehensive, Veteran-centered services.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The incumbent assumes supervisory and administrative responsibility for the management of the assigned staff who function within various programs in the VA Hospital.
- →Domiciliary Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (DOM RRTP) is a co-ed residential program providing cognitive-behavioral treatment for the rehabilitation of homelessness and its contributing factors (e.g., substance use, serious mental illness) in a therapeutic community context.
- →The incumbent will have a professional leadership role in the program.
- →Incumbent works closely with the Program Coordinator to assist with program oversight, monitoring, and administration.
- →Incumbent may facilitate staff meetings, oversee the treatment planning and discharge planning of residents, and oversee patient transfers to and from other VA programs to the DOM RRTP.
- →GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED DUTIES INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: Supervisory Responsibilities: The incumbent serves as the Administrative and Clinical Supervisor of a GS-12 Senior Social Worker and 2 GS-7/8/9 Peer Specialists.
- →Incumbent is programmatically responsible to the Program Coordinator and reports administratively to the same.
- →Direct Services - Residential Clinical Work: The incumbent provides direct mental health and substance abuse services for Veterans and family members or significant others in support of the Veteran's treatment.
- →Screening/Assessment: Incumbent will develop an assessment of the Veteran in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, the Veteran, family members, and significant others.
- →Treatment Planning/Goal Setting: The incumbent maintains treatment plans based on clinical assessment for each Veteran which are reviewed monthly with updates as needed.
- →Referral to Service Providers: Throughout the course of treatment, the incumbent is the subject matter expert on VA and/or community resources.
- →Resource Usage/Development: Incumbent identifies gaps in services and develops VA and community resources to meet the needs.
- →Advocacy: Incumbent understands the intimidation of bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the Veteran/family.
- →Crisis Intervention: Incumbent is experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpatient programs and has access to multiple resource directories in addition to previously developed resources to meet the demands of a crisis.
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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 34d1c44e-1c48-45a0-ad15-195893c6b6e8
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