The Marion VA Medical Center is seeking a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Service Chief) to serve as the Chief of Care Management and Social Work Service at the Marion VA Medical Center, Marion, Illinois.

Duties

The Chief, Care Management and Social Work Service has full responsibility for provision of complex social work services requiring advanced practice skills as well as administrative responsibility for numerous programs such as Community Nursing Home, Respite, Contract Adult Day Healthcare, Veteran Directed Home Care, Advance Care Planning, Caregiver Support, Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program, and Post 9/11 Military to VA. Additional program areas with coordination responsibilities lying within Care management and Social Work include the Visual Impairment Services Team, Polytrauma/TBI, and Spinal Cord Injury and Diseases, including Multiple Sclerosis and ALS. The Chief is responsible for defining the mission and vision of the Service, developing the scope of practice for health care system social workers, designing a service business plan, and assuring implementation of quality improvement measures. The incumbent is responsible for developing, planning, clarifying, administering and managing Care Management and Social Work Services for all areas of the Marion VA Health Care System (HCS). The incumbent designates service priorities and objectives, ensures the supervision and evaluation of all service staff, and is responsible for supervising and evaluating the performance of all direct reports, including program managers, program coordinators, and social workers. The Chief makes independent professional decisions and recommendations. The incumbent serves as the liaison to other Services or care-lines, other facilities, VISN offices and VHA Central Office. This position also serves as liaison with Veterans Benefits Administration Offices, other government agencies, and the community. The incumbent is responsible for advising management of specific clinical or administrative issues within the Care Management and Social Work Service and within the Marion VA HCS. The position serves as a consultant, mentor, and advisor to subordinates, peers and administration. The incumbent is responsible for Joint Commission, CARF, OIG and other compliance for the Care Management and Social Work services at the facility. The Chief of Care Management and Social Work Service serves as the facility's Social Work Executive and has professional and clinical responsibility for approximately 100 facility social workers, including one GS 14, eight GS-13 and twenty GS-12 social workers. This includes provision of program specific consultation related to social work, social work hiring and human resources actions, social work productivity measurement, staffing management, risk management and coverage, management of the social work trainee program, strategic direction for social work, and professional education. This employee travels to the various sites and to other VA facilities, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), or VACO as necessary. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Telework: Adhoc Telework only as needed. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Preferred Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. Candidate must have strong leadership skills as well as evidence of supervisory and management skills. Experience must demonstrate possession of advance skills in administration, demonstrating progressively more professional competency skills and judgment. Individual may have certification or other post-masters degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Preferred Experience: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. Candidate must have strong leadership skills as well as evidence of supervisory and management skills. Experience must demonstrate possession of advance skills in administration, demonstrating progressively more professional competency skills and judgment. Individual may have certification or other post-masters degree training from a nationally recognized professional organization or university that includes defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience. 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 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. 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. (a) For appointments at the GS-9 grade level, VHA social workers who are not licensed or certified at the time of appointment must become licensed or certified at the independent, master's level within three years of their appointment as a social worker. (b) A social worker who does not yet have a license that allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record. English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). Grandfathering: 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). All persons employed in VHA in this occupation on the effective date of this qualification standard (September 10, 2019) 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: Experience/Education.One year of experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level. The chief social work service must evidence possession of supervisory and management skills. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in administration, demonstrating progressively more professional competency skills and judgment. 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. The chief social worker 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) Skill in providing the full range of supervisory duties across multiple service divisions/sections, which would include responsibility for assignment of work to be performed, performance evaluation, selection of staff, and recommendations of awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary actions. b) Skill in applying legal, ethical, and professional standards to social work practice. (c) Skill in developing, maintaining, and managing social work services in multiple divisions/sections. (d) Ability to ensure compliance with social work practice, policy, and accreditation standards across the continuum of health care (e) Skill in providing consultation to facility leadership, managers, and other staff on 24 social work qualification standards, practice, competency, productivity, and continuing education requirements (f) Skill in administrative oversight to ensure compliance with social work licensure requirements. References: VA Handbook 5005/120, PART II, APPENDIX G39, SOCIAL WORKER QUALIFICATION STANDARD GS-0185 The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-14. Physical Requirements: Light lifting, under 15 pounds, Light carrying, under 15 pounds, Straight pulling (1 hour), pushing (1 hour), walking (2 hours), standing (2 hours), Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other, Hearing (aid permitted), Working closely with others, Working alone.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Marion VA Medical Center 2401 West Main Street Marion, IL 62959 US
• Name: David Orozco
• Phone: 361-905-3700
• Email: [email protected]