This position is located within the Mental Health Service at the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC. The Social Worker supervises multiple staff assigned to the Suicide Prevention program including administrative staff and provides direct clinical care supervision of clinical staff. The incumbent is directly responsible for the administrative, clinical, budgetary, space, personnel, and professional activities related to the Suicide Prevention team.

Duties

The Suicide Prevention Supervisor will provide clinical, administration and supervision of interdisciplinary staff who work in the program. The incumbent organizes, directs, and manages all aspects of the suicide prevention program including comprehensive development, planning, and implementation of the program's policies and procedures, determining program needs, collecting/monitoring data driven outcomes, and establishing program initiatives within the limitations of available staff and budget. The duties of the incumbent are highly complex and require in-depth administrative knowledge, clinical expertise, and complex managerial skills in the independent management and administration of the Suicide Prevention. As the supervisor, the incumbent is responsible for planning, establishing, and implementing policies and procedures, developing individual or group goals and objectives as well as monitoring, operating, evaluating, coordinating and overseeing the staff of the Suicide Prevention program. The incumbent assures that staff are aware of, and adhere to, all current policies and directives of VHA, Joint Commission standards, CARF standards, State licensure standards, and VA-OIG expectations as applicable. The incumbent conducts ongoing intensive reviews and appraisals to ensure the accomplishment of objectives and adherence to standards set by governing bodies. Administrative responsibilities include hiring and training of Suicide Prevention Program staff, providing leadership to the program, clinical supervision; planning, developing, implementing and evaluating staff in-service training; monitoring the programs faithfulness and fidelity to the suicide prevention directives; reporting on program performance, identifying the need for performance improvement and developing objectives to achieve program improvements; maintaining budget and ensuring fiscal stability. The incumbent will comply with agency directives, procedures and policies; maintain records and statistics; prepare correspondence; make entries in the clinical record; and carry out special projects as required. Duties include, but not limited to: Oversees the overall implementation and function of the Suicide Prevention Program Plans work to be accomplished by team members, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules. Assigns work to team members based on the Suicide Prevention program's priorities and consideration of difficulty and requirements of assignments such that the experience, training, and abilities of staff are effectively utilized to meet organization and customer needs. Balances workload and provides advice, guidance, and direction on a wide range of clinical, budgetary, and administrative issues. Develops and implements an ongoing education plan for providers, Veterans, families and members of the community of risk factors and warning signs for suicide and treatment options. Implements information systems to track services including visits, referrals, inpatient admissions, patient demographics, and patient satisfaction. The incumbent provides programmatic guidance including technical and clinical assistance to other staff in the Suicide Prevention Program. Participates in administrative committees associated with flagging, tracking and monitoring of high-risk Veterans and serving as back-up to Suicide Prevention Coordinator and other Suicide Prevention clinicians as needed. Advanced skills and ability in conducting psychosocial assessments including assessing functioning and needs of Veterans to formulate and implement a recovery-oriented treatment plans, identifying the Veteran's problems, strengths, challenges, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with the Veteran, family and interdisciplinary treatment team. Holds employees responsible for satisfactory completion of work assignments. Appraises team members' performance ensuring consistency and equity in rating techniques. Implements minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and letters of expectations and recommends action in more serious disciplinary matters. Prepares documentation to support actions taken. Identifies employee developmental needs and provides or arranges for training (formal and informal) to improve job performance. Advocacy - Understands the challenges of bureaucracy and will act as an advocate when it serves the best interest of the Veteran and/or family. When appropriate and feasible, the social worker will educate and encourage the Veteran and/or family to advocate on their own behalf, thus fostering a sense of independence and empowerment. Performs other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM Telework: Ad-hoc; at discretion of Supervisor Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Travel Required: Yes, 25% Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education: Have a master's 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 master's degree in social work. Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level. English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f) May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: Minimum Qualifications for GS-13 (Above Full Performance Level): In addition to meeting the basic requirements, you must also have: Experience/Education: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 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 post-master's 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: Individuals assigned as supervisory social workers must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: In addition to the experience above, 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. Assignment: For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), and variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Supervisory social workers at the GS-13 grade level typically supervise professional and non-professional staff. They are responsible for the professional and administrative management of an area in a social work service, in a care/product line, or across multiple sites, (e.g., multi-division facilities and CBOCs). Incumbent may also provide direct clinical services.] Preferred Experience: Must be experienced with suicide prevention and have supervisory experience. References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/120 PART II APPENDIX G39 The full performance level of this vacancy is 11. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13. Physical Requirements: Duties performed require some physical effort such as sitting, standing, driving, walking, bending, typing, and carrying of light items such as papers, files, books, or reports that do not require special physical demands. The work requires typical safety precautions associated with working in the community and mental health care settings, such as, patient physical or verbal interactions, driving a Fleet vehicle, working with office equipment, and avoiding real or potential accidents.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Charles George VA Medical Center 1100 Tunnel Road Asheville, NC 28805 US
• Name: Christina Trull
• Phone: 828-318-6521
• Email: [email protected]