The HUD VASH Supervisor functions as the Clinical Supervisor for the HUD VASH Program at Lyons Campus, under Social Work Service providing a full range of services to patients and their families while providing administrative oversight.

Duties

The HUD/VASH Program is within Homeless Services located in the Mental Health & Behavioral Science (MH&BS) service line. The Homeless Veterans Program consists of the Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans (DCHV), Compensated Work Therapy (CWT), Incentive Therapy Program (ITP), Supported Housing (SH), Transitional Residence (TR), Homeless Chronically Mentally Ill (HCMI), Education Therapy, Manual Arts therapy and Vocational Counseling. HUD VASH provides full range of services to patients and their families to resolve their needs and psychosocial problems. The choice of treatment method is predicated on the establishment of a psychosocial diagnosis. As the Clinical Supervisor of the HUD VASH program, the incumbent has responsibility for supervising the provision of, as well as for providing case management services and consultation to the HUD VASH team. The Supervisor also leads the HUD VASH team to ensure consistency and continuity of care carried out in full accordance with broad program goals of the VA NJ Health Care System. The Social Work HUD VASH Supervisor also provides administrative coverage for the Social Work Homeless Program Coordinator, as assigned. Responsibilities encompass direct service, system support, administrative and educational activities. The incumbent is responsible for assuring that the social workers learn and appropriately use the documentation systems of CPRS and HOMES. The Supervisor tracks statistics on the program and responds to periodic requests for data from local, VISN and national VA offices. The incumbent performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised. Employs a full range of social treatment modalities with individuals and groups, with appropriate regard for the complexity of given problems. As assigned, provides service to veterans at any and all points on the continuum of care while in the HUD VASH program, from pre-admission to post-discharge. The incumbent is expected to serve as a model of excellence in practice and assume a leadership and teaching role. The incumbent may be called upon to orient, social work associates, volunteers and to serve as student field instructors. He/she participates, as required, in orientation, training and staff development programs, and may also participate in research activities of the department and Medical Center. The HUD VASH Clinical Supervisor's caseload will be composed of the more complex cases, managed by HUD VASH. Typically, such veterans have Axis I diagnoses, co-occurring substance abuse disorders, as well as medical co-morbidity. The incumbent exercises skills and ability to engage in the complete range of treatment techniques and appropriately uses them in accordance with each situation, and in collaboration with team assessments, as to the most effective treatment plan to follow. Therapeutic methods used involve individual, family and group treatments in intervention needs such as marital, occupational, and environmental and other personal dysfunctional situations, in order to improve interpersonal relationships and to resolve or modify the problems. The incumbent participates actively in the ongoing administrative process related to planning implementation of the program and its goals. Specific contributions include recommendations for improvements, modifications, revisions regarding operational procedures, structures and policies to achieve maximum effectiveness of the program. Role effectiveness in this area requires participation in orientation of patients and training of clinical personnel, including ongoing interpretation of the significance of the psycho-social and socio-economic components of the illness and its treatment to other team members. Additional duties as assigned Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child. Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66. Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #:24559F 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. 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/. Loss of Licensure or Certification. Once licensed or certified, social workers must maintain a full, valid, and unrestricted independent license or certification to remain qualified for employment. Loss of licensure or certification will result in removal from the GS-0185 social worker series and may result in termination of employment. 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. § 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: In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Supervisory Social Worker, GS-12: Education and Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 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: (a) Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines. (b) Knowledge of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement. (c) Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services. (d) Ability to provide staff training and development. (e) Skill in interpersonal relationships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers. References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/120 PART II APPENDIX G39 Dated September 10, 2019 The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12, which is the actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy. Physical Requirements: Work is sedentary but also demands standing, walking, bending, twisting, and carrying light items. 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 post-Masters of Social Work (MSW) degree. Experience and education satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice, which is paid/non-paid 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 master's 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. Part-Time Experience. Part-time experience is creditable according to its relationship to the full-time work week. For example, one week of full-time credit is equivalent to two weeks of part-time work. Fellowships or Post-Graduate Training. Fellowship and post-graduate training programs are typically in a specialized area of clinical practice, i.e., group or family practice. Training as a fellow or post-graduate may be substituted for creditable experience on a year-for-year basis. Practicum in a VA Setting. A VHA practicum experience may not be substituted for experience, as the practicum (field placement) is completed prior to graduation with a master's degree in social work.

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: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address VA New Jersey Health Care System 385 Tremont Avenue East Orange, NJ 07018 US
• Name: Kelli Bencic
• Phone: 716-458-6982
• Email: [email protected]