The Social Work Executive has responsibility for overseeing the practice of more than 130 social workers in Finger Lakes Health Care System in the Bath and Canandaigua VA Medical Centers outpatient clinics in Rochester, Elmira, Wellsville NY and rural health clinics in Wellsboro PA. \

Duties

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Major Duties: Incumbent is responsible for the strategic planning and operation of Social Work Services. The incumbent is responsible for ensuring the administrative and clinical supervision of social work staff in their professional role. Incumbent ensures the provision of social work services and/or case management services in a variety of inpatient and outpatient program areas and clinics. Participates in making selections for supervisory and non-supervisory positions, hear group grievances and serious employee complaints, review serious disciplinary cases (i.e., those proposing suspensions and removals), and disciplinary problems involving key employees. Incumbent will consult regarding training needs and decide types of training problems related to the identified problems. Provides information related to program elements being initiated, dropped, curtailed or emphasized regarding how many resources should be deployed; the time of curtailing, initiating, and changing program elements; basic program planning and evaluation activities; evaluation of program goals and objectives; decisions on organizational structure and delegated responsibility; measures for improving coordination among subordinate units, and control measures to provide data for management; decisions which have an impact on relationships with other programs and units and which may have the potential for negative media coverage; and decisions regarding ways to substantially reduce operating costs without impairing overall operations, such as, reduction of average length of stay on inpatient programs. Responsible for ensuring the assessment, evaluation and recommendation of personnel actions based upon clinical practice to the appropriate Social Work Standard Board. Incumbent monitors social work compliance with licensure as required by VA qualification standards. The incumbent serves as a vital professional influence and resource to Local Leadership in their compliance with standards defined by accrediting organizations, such as The Joint Commission of Hospital Accreditation (JCAHO) and The Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) standards applicable to Social Work. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

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. 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. 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 independently practice social work at the master's degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. 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: Social Work Executive GS 13 Experience/Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. social work executive positions are only established at facilities that do not have a chief social work service. In facilities with care/product lines, the social work executive is the highest level professional position at the facility with responsibility for the professional practice of all facility social workers and provision of social work services. The social work executive must evidence possession of supervisory and management skills. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in administration, demonstrating progressively more professional competency skills and judgment. Candidates 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. The social work executive 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: (a) Ability to provide technical social work guidance in order to complete job assignments. (b) Skill in applying legal, ethical, and professional standards to social work practice. (c) Knowledge of social work practice, policy, and accreditation standards across the continuum of health care. (d) Skill in providing consultation to facility leadership, care/product line managers, and other staff on social work qualification standards, practice, competency, productivity, and continuing education requirements. (e) Skill in developing, implementing, and maintaining clinical social work practice standards. (f) Skill in administrative oversight to ensure compliance with social work licensure requirements. 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. In the absence of a facility social work chief, the social work executive is typically responsible for clinical oversight of a professional social work practice in a small to moderate program at a VHA facility. The social work executive is responsible for overseeing the provision of social work services and the professional practice of all facility social workers to include participation in the selection and credentialing of social workers. Additionally, these are generally collateral assignments, determined by the needs of the local facility, the VISN, and/or VHA Central Office. References: VA Handbook 5005/120, Part II, Appendix G-39. Social Work Qualification Standard GS-185, Veterans Health Administration

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 Bath VA Medical Center 76 Veterans Avenue Bath, NY 14810 US
• Name: Emily Donnan
• Phone: 716-293-1567
• Email: [email protected]