The Social Worker-Program Coordinator functions as the Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment (COMPACT) Act Coordinator within the Mental Health Clinic (MHC) interdisciplinary triage team. The COMPACT Act Coordinator serves as the singular point of contact at the Madison VAMC to ensure that all COMPACT care is received, transitions are safe and comprehensive, and Veterans are not billed for COMPACT related care.

Duties

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU The Social Worker-Program Coordinator functions as the Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment (COMPACT) Act Coordinator within the Mental Health Clinic (MHC) interdisciplinary triage team. The COMPACT Act Coordinator serves as the singular point of contact at the Madison VAMC to ensure that all COMPACT care is received, transitions are safe and comprehensive, and Veterans are not billed for COMPACT related care. Primarily, a candidate for this role will have a clinical license to work with Veterans who are at high risk for suicide. Other skills would include the ability to provide outreach, ability to manage administrative and clinical reviews, case management experience, and skillset and knowledge of the healthcare system to assist Veterans with navigation. As a team member of the MHC triage team, other duties may include (at the discretion of the Supervisor): Same day access coverage (inclusive of facilitating MH intakes for unplanned absences), responding to Emergency Department consults, inpatient consults and providing social work coverage in the inpatient acute psychiatric unit. Mental Health experience preferred. Duties include and are not limited to the following: Primary navigator for Veterans receiving care under COMPACT Act. (Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act of 2020 (COMPACT) Act, Section 201) Acts as the Subject Matter Expert on the COMPACT Act Coordinating care between varying venues of care, types of care, and location of care in collaboration with assigned care coordinators at each step of the Veteran journey Instrumental in connection and referral Responsible for daily operations of the program area and are responsible for, or contribute to, all aspects of clinical and administrative programming Provide leadership direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development and continuing education for staff Duties also include the following: Utilize program coordination skills to develop and monitor administrative and clinical plans for Veterans receiving COMPACT Act services. Oversees daily operations of the program and provides reports and metrics to facility, VISN and VACO as requested. Captures and analyses local data trends to inform program development and improvement. Collaborate with local facility revenue and finance departments. Advocate for Veteran, ensuring they do not receive 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 Provides training, education, orientation and guidance on clinical program area. Provides clinical social work assessment, intervention, treatment and follow-up, using a social determinant of health framework. Assists with navigation between varying levels of care and conducts comprehensive transition planning. Utilizes 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. Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff. Other duties as assigned. Other duties include Emergency Department duties, part-time MHC Triage duties, part-time Inpatient Consults, part-time Work Schedule: Full time, 0800-1630 M-F Telework: Yes, at the discretion of the Supervisor

Requirements

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship English Language Proficiency Master's degree in social work from a school of social work, fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Note: A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work. Licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the master's degree level For the announced grade level, GS-12 in the Program Coordinator position, the requirements are as follows: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. 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. Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: (Cover these in your resume/CV) 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 References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/120, PART II APPENDIX G39 The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. Physical Requirements: Must be in overall good health, able to sit at a desk working at a computer, engage in light to moderate physical activity including sitting, walking, bending, and carrying supplies. Applicants must be able to perform primarily light and sedentary duties with occasionally moderate physical demands, exercise patience, and control emotions, with reasonable accommodation, if necessary, without endangering the health and safety of the applicant or others. Position requires walking throughout the clinic and the Medical Center, standing for extended periods of time, and involves sitting at a computer and in counsel and consultation with Veterans and interdisciplinary teams. This position also requires close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; and repetitive motions of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application.

Required: Master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)

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 William S Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital 2500 Overlook Terrace Madison, WI 53705 US
• Name: Cindra Johnson
• Phone: 6086221070
• Email: [email protected]