This position is located at the Boise VAMC in Social Work Services and reports to the Suicide Prevention Coordinator, who reports to the Chief of Social Work. Preferred Experience: Preferred two years post LCSW experience in behavioral health, experience managing or coordinating a program, ability to pull and analyze data, developing policies, ability to communicate and interact with others well.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to: -Utilize program coordination skills to develop and monitor administrative and clinical plans for Veterans receiving COMPACT Act services. -Oversee daily operations of the program and provides reports and metrics to facility, VISN and VACO as requested. -Capture and analyze local data trends to inform program development and improvement. -Collaborate with local facility revenue and finance departments. -Advocate for Veteran, ensuring they do not received bills for COMPACT related care. -Provide education and training on COMPACT Act to internal and external stakeholders as the facility subject matter expert. -Reviews and develops policies, standard operating procedures, practice guidelines for the program. -Coordination between health care providers and care managers in direct care and community care. -Collaborate with inter-professional teams within the VA healthcare system and community to navigate complex care coordination. -Consultation and negotiation across program areas to ensure appropriate resources are secure in a clinically relevant and timely manner. -Coordinate with local Patient Advocate Tracking System -Replacement (PATS-R) COMPACT clinical review teams. -Coordinates with local facility Office of Integrated Veteran Care (IVC) Care Coordinators. -Provide training, education, orientation and guidance on clinical program area. -Provide clinical social work assessment, intervention, treatment and follow-up, using a social determinant of health framework to COMPACT Act Veterans. -Assist with navigation between varying levels of care and conducts comprehensive transition planning. -Utilize designated COMPACT Act templates and coding requirements when documenting in the medical record. -Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area. Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday Compressed/Flexible:No Telework: Available on ad-hoc basis Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

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. English Language Proficiency Requirement - Per VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, Paragraph 3j: No person will be appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C., chapter 73 or 74, to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA who is not proficient in written and spoken English. 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. 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 GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to dependently practice social work at the master's degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. Grade Determinations: Social Worker GS-12 Program Coordinator Experience and Education: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. 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 social worker program coordinator 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: Knowledge of program coordination and administration which includes consultation, negotiation, and monitoring. Knowledge and ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program. Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff assigned to the program. Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s). Ability to provide training, orientation, and guidance within clinical practice. Preferred Experience: Working with behavioral health Veterans, program management, experience using and analyzing data, and ability to collaborate with others. Physical Requirements: Work, divided between office and clinical settings, is primarily sedentary. May require prolonged standing, moderate walking, and manual dexterity. Requires carrying light items, such as books, files, or laptop computer References: VA Handbook 5005/120 Part II, Appendix G39.

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 Boise VA Medical Center 500 West Fort Street Boise, ID 83702 US
• Name: Yolanda Gallegos
• Phone: (208) 422-1000 X7394
• Email: [email protected]