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Supervisory Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 51 days ago
About the Role
The Supervisory Social Worker (GS-13) provides leadership, oversight, and direction for social work operations within Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC), including Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), the Medical Foster Home Program, the Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Team (GeriPACT), and the Community Living Center (CLC).
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Supervisory Social Worker (GS-13) provides leadership, oversight, and direction for social work operations within Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC), including Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), the Medical Foster Home Program, the Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Team (GeriPACT), and the Community Living Center (CLC).
- →Develops, evaluates, and maintains standard operating procedures to ensure consistent, high-quality program delivery.
- →Monitors program performance measures, identifies trends, and implements improvements to strengthen Veteran outcomes and meet or exceed SAIL and hospital benchmarks.
- →Leads and participates in interdisciplinary quality improvement efforts related to care coordination, transitions of care, and length-of-stay reduction.
- →Serves on key facility committees such as Utilization Management, Acute Care, and the Complex Discharge Team, representing Social Work Service interests.
- →Provides training, consultation, mentorship, and professional development opportunities for staff across multiple grade levels and disciplines.
- →Ensures timely completion of administrative requirements, including suspense actions, reports, workload tracking, and documentation standards.
- →Promotes and supports Equal Employment Opportunity principles, ensuring fair, merit-based practices in hiring, performance evaluation, and staff development.
- →Collaborates with Nursing, Geriatrics & Extended Care leadership, and other departments to resolve Provides direct clinical services to Veterans and maintains an active clinical caseload as designated by Social Work leadership.
- →Performs additional duties as assigned to meet the needs of Social Work Service and the Geriatrics & Extended Care program.
- →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.
- →Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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 evaluation.
- ✓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
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