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Veterans Health Administration is Hiring a Social Worker Near Philadelphia, PA

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/
• English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

Grade Determinations: Supervisory Social Worker, GS-13

Experience/Education: One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 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:

1. Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines.
2. Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement.
3. Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers.
4. Ability to delegate authority, manage priorities, coordinate work, and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion.
5. Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems, develop and implement solutions that result in efficient operations, and use data effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the service.
6. Ability to provide staff training and development.

References: VA HANDBOOK 5005, PART II, APPENDIX G39The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements: The physical demands of this position involve active listening, reading, observing, and evaluating verbal and nonverbal behavior, walking, speaking, writing clinical notes, using office equipment such as computers, telephones, fax, photocopy machines and travel throughout the catchment.

Responsibilities:

VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU

The incumbent is to serve as subject matter expert for facility leadership and help coordinate the provision of comprehensive health care services to women Veterans; plan for the establishment of new specialty or primary programs and the expansion of existing programs to meet the needs of women Veterans who are currently seeking care within the facility and the increasing number expected to do so; ensure equity of access, service and benefits to women Veterans; coordinate the provision of high quality preventive, diagnostic, treatment, consultation and referral services for women Veterans within a comprehensive, tertiary healthcare facility; coordinate medical and/or surgical health care services; coordinate/provide mental health services for women Veterans; collect, develop and analyze data to assist in planning for women Veterans services, and utilize appropriate clinical indicators and monitoring activities to assure that the care provided is of the highest quality.

The incumbent must ensure the coordination and provision of gender-specific and gynecological services; ensure the availability of counseling and treatment for sexual trauma; ensure there are adequate psychiatric services such as drug and alcohol treatment and group therapy, which may have gender variations; ensure availability of medical services such as endocrinology and oncology (breast and reproductive cancers) which may have gender variations, for eligible women Veterans. The incumbent is also responsible for helping coordinate the facility approach to both internal and external victims of rape. The WVPM participates in outreach activities to identify and locate women veterans in need of health care services. Outreach is to include communication and coordination with state veterans' offices and other health and social services agencies.

The incumbent is the designated contact person for medical center staff, women Veterans and their families, as appropriate, who are in need of health care and counseling services. To the extent possible, the WVPM ensures that the Veteran is followed throughout the treatment process to ensure appropriateness and continuity of care.

The WVPM promote s systems and practices that enhance women Veterans' satisfaction; collaborates with Services across the HCS to provide education regarding needs and requirements re: gender-specific services and care. The incumbent develops processes for orienting women patients to the medical center health care services and veterans' benefits; works with WVP SW to identify, develop and coordinate the use of existing community resources to ensure that women Veterans receive needed services; collects and monitors reliable, current data on the care of women; monitors and ensures patient satisfaction among women Veterans in all aspects of their health care; develops and monitors gender specific quality indicators and monitors outcomes in health care delivery to women Veterans; provides consultation and technical assistance to medical center staff on women Veterans' issues; and serves as an advocate for women Veterans.

Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday
Travel Required: No
Functional Statement #: Supervisory Social Worker / 000000
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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