Social Worker Mirecc Director

We're Looking for a skilled Social Worker Mirecc Director in the Veterans Health Administration based in Bronx, New York. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Basic Requirements:Citizenship: US CitizenEducation: Have a masters degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the masters degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work.Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the masters degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/.Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Employee Occupational Health Services.English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 167 7403(f). Creditable Experience. The candidate must have knowledge of current professional social work practices. To be creditable the experience must have required the use of knowledge skills abilities and other characteristics associated with current professional social work practice. The experience or education must be postMasters of Social Work (MSW) degree. Experience and education satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice which is paid/nonpaid employment as a professional social worker as defined by the appropriate state licensing board. Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is obtained following graduation with a masters degree in social work and if it includes work as a professional social worker directly related to the position to be filled. Qualifying experience must also be at a level comparable to social work experience at the next lower level Grade Determinations: In addition to the basic requirements for employment the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Social Work Program Manager GS15Experience/Education. The social work program manager at the GS15 grade level must have at least four years of experience as a VA clinical social worker with at least oneyear equivalent to the GS14 grade level. The social work program manager must evidence possession of progressively higher supervisory and management skills. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in administration demonstrating progressively more professional competency skills and judgment. The individual 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/Certification. The social work manager must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.Demonstrated Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the experience above the candidate must fully meet the KSAs for the GS14 grade level and demonstrate all the following professional KSAs:(a) Ability to manage and direct unusually large interdisciplinary programs complex organizational units apply effective management practices plan design implement and evaluate a program(s) that encompasses a wide range of facility/healthcare system/VISN/CO activities.(b) Ability to oversee issues related to budget projections and participate with senior leaders from the governing body management and staff in upholding the facility mission vision value and strategic plan to include directly interacting with elected officials on VA related issues/concerns (i.e. members of Congress Veterans Service Organizations State and Local entities).(c) Knowledge in establishing policy procedures and quality monitors while considering multiple priorities funding sources and varying resources.(d) Skill in assessing need for basic and complex services across multiple programmatic patient care venues coordinate and expand the efforts of multiple program elements across a complex system.(e) Knowledge to complete all program evaluations and documents required by the medical center VISN and VHA Central Office ensuring compliance with appropriate accrediting bodies such as The Joint Commission (TJC) Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP).(f) Ability to orient teach and serve as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assists in their formulation of the clinical social work characteristics and appropriate treatment expectations regarding Veterans family members and caregivers.(g) Skill in balancing responsibilities in a complex environment and to work with great autonomy set priorities and delegate tasks meet multiple deadlines analyze complex organizational problems and develop and implement effective solutions for those problems.(h) Ability to promote and effectively manage a culturally diverse workforce which embraces the values and needs of all individuals through longterm commitment strategic and business planning education experience which broadens the mindset and by fully managing human resources. References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/120 PART II APPENDIX G39 The full performance level of this occupational series is GS11 . The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS15.

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.