The Social Work Program Coordinator will be assigned to the Suicide Prevention Program for the Columbia VA Health Care System Mental Health Service Line, associated Community Based Outpatient Clinics, or using Tele-Work or Tele-Mental Health processes. As a Suicide Prevention Coordinator, the Social Work Program Coordinator will serve as the primary point of contact and coordinator for the Suicide Prevention Program.

Duties

Total Rewards: 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 Major duties may include, but are not limited to: Clinical Responsibilities:(20%) National Veterans Crisis Line: Oversees the day-to-day processing of crisis line referrals from the National Veterans Crisis Line to the Dorn VA within 24 business hours. The National Veterans Crisis Line call center referrals are crisis calls by nature and involve critical thinking and knowledge of available resources for Veterans in acute or routine life situations, including psychiatric emergencies. o Monitoring of High Risk Veterans: The National Patient Record Flag for suicide is locally designated, monitored, reviewed and determined by this incumbent through chart review, consultation with assigned clinical staff, and by assessment of the Veterans current state. Monitoring is a minimum of 90 days per Veteran. This includes insuring assigned clinical staff members have completed Suicide Safety Plans, updated Treatment Plans that address the suicidality, and ongoing clinical appointments and follow-up phone calls. This incumbent will assist with clinical decisions and crisis intervention as clinically indicated. Data Collection & Post-intervention: Completes issue briefs related to self-directed violence and is the point of contact for all suicide behavior tracking and performance improvement activities including but not limited to aggregate reviews and performance measures related to suicide prevention efforts. This encompasses tracking and trending data to develop, implement and oversee policies and procedures to reduce the incident of suicide in the VHA. The incumbent is responsible for providing support and post-intervention efforts to Veteran's next of kin survivors of suicide loss and completion of behavioral autopsies. S/he will participate in national program evaluation and research procedures designed to assess clinical impact, patient satisfaction, and other aspects associated with the delivery of care by way of telework modalities Administrative Responsibilities (70%) Provides outreach, teaching, and training to the Dorn VAMC and CBOC staff members, Veterans, family members and community at large, including the VITAL Program with colleges and universities operating within the CVAHCS catchment area. A member of the local Suicide Risk Reduction Committee, is a member of the Patient Safety Council, member of the Environment of Care Council, and assigned to the VISN and National Suicide Prevention Team. The incumbent uses professional expertise to collaborate, develop, revise and enforce policies related to national and local suicide prevention efforts. The efforts include allocation of resources including the yearly suicide prevention funds provided by the Office of Suicide Prevention. The incumbent assures that all Office of Mental Health/Suicide Prevention, National Patient Safety, Office of Inspector General and Joint Commission standards and policies are adhered to in a timely and effective manner. This includes developing screening and assessment tools for at risk Veterans, providing oversight of high risk Veterans through patient record flagging and tracking of patient care, and leading mental health environment of care rounds and reporting for Dorn VAMC. The incumbent implements, monitors and tracks all national, VISN and local suicide prevention mandates, policies and procedures. Teaching and Training: (10%) Provide Suicide Prevention Education, Training, and Teaching to staff. Provide training and supervision of graduate Social Work trainees, as well as practicum and work study students. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday | 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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)Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #:56340F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized 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 SW Licensure Summary by State. 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: Senior Social Worker, GS-12. (1) Experience/Education. The candidate must have 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 advanced practice skills and judgment. 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. (2) 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. (3) Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following KSAs. (a) Ability to implement social work research methodology, health services research, and the peer review processes in the preparation of study proposals meeting the guidelines of various funding agencies. (b) Ability to formulate a research study, from conceptualization of the research problem through the implementation, analysis, interpretation, and reporting phases. (c) Skill in the use of computer input and analysis of social science data including the use of statistical packages. (d) Knowledge of the principles of scientific reporting for publications in peer reviewed journals and for presentation at scientific and professional meetings. (e) Ability to develop realistic goals and objectives, translate management needs, and concerns into operational terms that can be subjected to empirical study and analysis, and communicate the results in both verbal and written form. (f) Knowledge of current and standard literature in disciplinary field and literature sources, including VA reporting requirements, recurring and non-recurring statistical reports, as well as computer files, forms, and procedures created to support them. (g) Skill in the critical review and synthesizing of large amounts of information into cogent presentations, translating management needs and concerns into operational terms that can be subjected to empirical study and analysis. (h) Knowledge in preparing research project budgets, using VA guidelines in the management of funds, monitoring and evaluating the appropriateness of research funding requests in coordination with Fiscal Service and the R&D Administrative Officer. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-11. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12. Preferred Experience: Specialized Suicide Prevention experience. (e.g. Suicide prevention, crisis intervention, community outreach/engagement, training and education positions). Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.

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 Columbia VA Health Care System 6439 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC 29209 US
• Name: Greta Kirby
• Email: [email protected]