PLEASE READ THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE BEGINNING THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO ENSURE YOU SUBMIT ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. This Job Opportunity Announcement will be used to fill a Social Worker (Program Coordinator) - Suicide Prevention and COMPACT Act GS-0185-12 position in Mental Health Service at the Cheyenne VA Health Care System, Loveland, CO. Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf

Duties

The Social Worker Program Coordinator serves as the Suicide Prevention Crisis Support and COMPACT Act Coordinator. The Social Worker Program Coordinator is assigned to the Suicide Prevention and Crisis Support Team within the Mental Health Service Line (MHSL) at the Cheyenne VA Health Care System (CVAHCS). The Veterans Comprehensive Prevention, Access to Care, and Treatment Act of 2020 (COMPACT) Act, Section 201 expands the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)'s ability to furnish and pay for treatment of eligible individuals in acute suicidal crisis. The Social Worker Program Coordinator serves as the COMPACT Act Coordinator and has responsibility as the primary navigator for Veterans receiving care under COMPACT Act. The Social Worker Program Coordinator also serves as a point of contact and facilitator of crisis care for screening and evaluation of suicide risk and inter-facility communication/transferbetween VA and/or non-VA facilities. The Social Worker Program Coordinator is responsible for the implementation, coordination, and monitoring of the COMPACT Act at the facility. Assigned duties include but are not limited to: Oversees daily operations of the COMPACT Act program and utilizes program coordination to develop and monitor administrative tracking and clinical plans for Veterans at intermediate or high risk of suicide and/or receiving COMPACT Act services. Provides crisis intervention (in-person, virtually, or telephonically) including timely assessment of at-risk Veterans in crisis to identify immediate needs, evaluate risk, and initiate safety plan as appropriate. Assists with navigation between varying levels of care and provides comprehensive transition planning. Assists with hospital transfers from local VA to VA/non-VA facilities, ensure appropriate documentation is completed, received, or provided to interdisciplinary team or outside agency. Coordinations between health care providers and care managers in direct care and community care. Collaborates with local facility revenue and finance departments. Advocate for Veterans, ensuring they do not receive bills for COMPACT related care. Collaborates with interprofessional teams within the VA healthcare system and community to navigate complex care coordination. Coordinates 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. Consults and negotiates across program areas to ensure appropriate resources are secure in a clinically relevant and timely manner. Reviews and develops policies, standard operating procedures, and practice guidelines for 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. Provides training, education, orientation, and guidance on COMPACT Act and preventing suicide. Provides education and training on COMPACT Act to internal and external stakeholders as the facility subject matter expert. Utilizes designated Crisis, Suicide Prevention, and COMPACT Act templates and coding requirements when documenting in the medical record. Organizes work, sets priorities, manages deadlines, and evaluates assigned program area. Serves on Interdisciplinary Treatment or Review Team(s). T Attends Mental Health Staff meetings and any other mandatory meetings regularly. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not authorized Telework: As determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 58729-0 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized 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: Citizenship: Be a citizen of the United States. 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/. Grandfathering Provision. The following is the standard grandfathering policy for all title 38 hybrid qualification standards. Please carefully review the qualification standard to determine the specific education and/or licensure/certification/registration requirements that apply to this occupation. English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English. Social Worker (Program Coordinator), GS-12 Experience and Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level which includes: Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services. Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diversified backgrounds. Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures (i.e. acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology) to formulate a treatment plan. Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals. Ability to provide consultation services to new social workers, social work graduate students, and other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment. 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, candidates 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: Prior Crisis and Transfer experience preferred. References: VA HANDBOOK 5005/120 PART II, APPENDIX G39, Social Worker Qualification Standard The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12. Physical Requirements: Typically, the employee sits comfortably indoors to do the work. This position requires potentially long periods of continued walking; standing; sitting, bending; carrying of light items such as papers, books, small parts; or driving an automobile; etc. Use of fingers, both hands required, ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, near vision correctable at 13" to 16", hearing (aid permitted), clear distinctive speech.

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 Cheyenne VA Medical Center 2360 East Pershing Boulevard Cheyenne, WY 82001 US
• Name: Carrie Konowicz
• Phone: 303-202-8633
• Email: [email protected]