This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

Duties

The Senior Social Worker (Local Recovery Coordinator -LRC) has the responsibility to lead the transformation of local VA mental health services to a recovery-oriented model of care, to help sustain those changes over time, and to support further systemic change as new evidence becomes available on the optimal delivery of recovery-oriented mental health care. The LRC is to lead, educate, model, and consult regarding recovery services, principles, and behaviors. Veteran-centric, recovery-oriented care is the hallmark of all mental health services in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Major dues include, but are not limited to: The LRC is the leader of the facility Mental Health Summit planning committee. The LRC is responsible for the implementation and ongoing mission of the Re-Engaging Veterans with Serious Mental Illness in Treatment Program (SMI Re-Engage). The LRC collaborates, and offers consultation as appropriate, with the Inpatient Mental Health, the local Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC), Evidence Based Psychotherapy (EBP) coordinator, Military Sexual Trauma (MST) coordinator, Veterans Justice Outreach (VJO) Coordinator, Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) coordinator, Transition and Case Management (TCM) coordinator, Women Veterans Program coordinator, Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) Program coordinator and other Therapeutic Supported Employment Services(TSES) staff, Mental Health Intensive Case Management Program (MHICM) coordinator, Primary Care Mental Health Integration (PCMHI), Peer Supports, VA-sponsored residency and training programs, local Vet Centers, and any other special population point of contact ensuring access to integrated, recovery-oriented MH services for all Veterans. The LRC is a member of the local Mental Health Executive Council and routinely participates in VISN and national LRC conference calls, retreats, and/or conferences. The LRC provides on-going education to Veterans and family members about recovery transformation in VHA MH services (including access to available services). Additionally, the LRC provides on-going training and consultation to facility staff about psychosocial rehabilitation, recovery transformation, and recovery-oriented services. The LRC participates as requested in activities that support Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) accreditation in CWT, MH Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP), Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Centers (PRRC) programs and other MH programs as appropriate. The LRC functions as a Licensed Independent Practitioner (LIP). Duties may be assigned to areas of the facility consistent with a focus on serious mental illness (e.g. Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center; Inpatient Mental Health, MH-Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program). Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Available on a Ad-hoc basis. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Local Recovery Coordinator Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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 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 be substituted for the master's degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Acreditation to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for the masters of social work. Licensure. Person 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 https://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). Exception. VHA may waive the licensure or certification requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified, pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations. This exception only applies at the GS-9 grade level. For the GS-11 grade level and above, the candidate must be licensed or certified. At the time of appointment, the supervisor, chief social work or social work executive will provide the unlicensed/uncertified social worker with the written requirements for licensure or certification, including the time by which the license or certification must be obtained and the consequences for not becoming licensed or certified by the deadline. Grandfathering Provision. All persons employed in VHA as a psychologist on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education (i.e., degree and internship requirements) and licensure/certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. All persons employed in VHA in this occupation on the effective date of this qualification standard are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive education and licensure or certification that are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. For employees who do not meet all of the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Such employees in an occupation that requires a licensure or certification, may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupation, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, on a temporary or permanent basis, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard. Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation, who subsequently obtain additional education and/or licensure/certification/registration that meet all of the basic requirements of this qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation. If an employee who was retained in an occupation listed in 38 U.S.C. § 7401(3) under this provision leaves that occupation, the employee loses protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation. Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker, GS-12 Experience/Education: At least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advance practice skills and judgement. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice. Senior social workers may have certification or other post-masters training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty. Licensure/Certification: Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all the fallowing KSA's; Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or which special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area. Preferred Experience: Experience working with Veterans who have serious mental illnesses. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Services.

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 Coatesville VA Medical Center 1400 Black Horse Hill Road Coatesville, PA 19320 US
• Name: Rodney Stewart
• Phone: 412-651-6213
• Email: [email protected]