Supervisory Social Worker Vet Center Director

We're Looking for a skilled Supervisory Social Worker Vet Center Director in the Veterans Health Administration based in Farmington, New Mexico. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. TimeinGrade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade at any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet TimeinGrade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. If you have not held a GS grade at any time in the past 52 weeks this requirement does not apply to you. Basic Requirements Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Employee Occupational Health Services. English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English. Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) Degree: Applicants must have fulfilled all of the requirements for the Masters Degree in Social Work (MSW) in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (www.cswe.org/) (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). Experience/Education: One year of experience equivalent to the GS12 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in a specialty area or in administration demonstrating progressively more professional competency and judgment. Candidate may have certification or other postmasters degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience. Licensure: Applicants must be licensed or certified at the Advanced Practice level in their state of practice and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstrated Knowledge Skills and Abilities: In addition to the experience the candidate must demonstrate all of the following KSAs: Ability to independently organize work set priorities and meet multiple deadlines. Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision consultation negotiation with other departments and quality improvement. Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers. Ability to delegate authority manage priorities coordinate work and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion. Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems develop and implement solutions that result in efficient operations and use data effectively to manage workload quality performance and productivity within the service. Ability to provide staff training and development. GS13 Specialized Experience: For this position you must have one year of postmasters degree experience (VA or NonVA) equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in a specialty area or in administration demonstrating progressively more professional competency and judgment. Candidate may have certification or other postmasters degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum / course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience. Specialized experience is: Knowledge and understanding of the effects of PostTraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Knowledge of methods principles and theories sufficient to intervene and stabilize combat Veterans suffering from multiple diagnoses Ability to conduct psychosocial assessments and implement treatment plans for combat Veterans and their families Ability to establish and maintain referral networks through community outreach to provide services to Veterans Experience in working with Veterans especially combat Veterans Veterans who were sexually traumatized and / or harassed while in the military Experience in providing family counseling services to Veterans and their family Experience working with combat Veterans and their families who have PTSD or readjustment issues and the ability to make independent judgments and recommendations about a number of serious and complex cases Special knowledge and skill in community resource identification and development public speaking basic principles of education staff recruitment and development and program design and management Knowledge of VA and community resources available to Veterans and their family Develops and manages a clinics budget and program funds Working knowledge of electronic records Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates and sets guidelines for clinical therapeutic and treatment priorities Incumbent must possess supervisory and management skills Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional philanthropic religions spiritual community student social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 3540 hours of work per week. Parttime experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at https://www.opm.gov/policydataoversight/classificationqualifications/generalschedulequalificationstandards/. Reference: VA Handbook 5005/120 Social Worker Qualification Standard Appendix G39 dated September 10 2019. Physical Requirements: The work does not inherently include physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with a workplace accommodation. A preplacement exam is not required.

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.