What are the responsibilities and job description for the Supervisory Social Worker (CHOS) position at VA Puget Sound Health Care System?
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Social Worker is assigned to Community Housing and Outreach Services (CHOS) Programs, with responsibility to provide direct services for Veterans, their families and caregivers. Has significant personnel management responsibilities for the professional social work and interdisciplinary staff members assigned to the CHOS program.
Functions
Compressed/Flexible:Available
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): May Be authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
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: AD-HOC
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Functional Statement #: 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Social Worker is assigned to Community Housing and Outreach Services (CHOS) Programs, with responsibility to provide direct services for Veterans, their families and caregivers. Has significant personnel management responsibilities for the professional social work and interdisciplinary staff members assigned to the CHOS program.
Responsibilities:
Total Rewards of a Allied Health ProfessionalFunctions
- The CHOS Program Manager is licensed at the advanced practice level and is able to provide supervision for subordinate staff to qualify for licensure. The manager incumbent assists in planning, establishing, and implementing policies and procedures; developing individual or group goals and objectives as well as monitoring, operating, evaluating, coordinating and overseeing the social work and interdisciplinary staff of the CHOS program.
- The manager ensures the staff supervised are aware of and adhere to all current directives of VHA and meet accreditation standards.
- The manager will develop, enhance, and track new initiatives, monitor their effectiveness, and modify as needed to meet the program needs.
- The manager provides administrative, technical, and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the program.
- The manager works collaboratively with a broad range of community partners in a large geographic area covering most of Western Washington.
- The manager implements programmatic changes to ensure the needs of Veterans are met, maintaining high standards. The incumbent strives to ensure all Performance Measures are met or exceeded for the CHOS program and works to develop operational strategies to achieve target performance. The incumbent remains flexible and aware of the trends to stay abreast of new measures and focus energy accordingly.
- The manager performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised.
- The manager engages in coordination with the VA and community agencies, organization, and groups to learn of current services, resources, and/or benefits available to homeless Veterans. Actively participates in program planning and development, advising the CHOS Director of shifting trends with caseloads and identifying the need for and making recommendations on program procedure of policy changes based on work experiences.
- The manager participates in program evaluation and performance improvement initiatives at the program, medical center, VISN, and national levels by identifying questions and trends that should be studied as a basis for improving aspects of care delivered to Veterans.
- The manager provides supervision to CHOS Supervisors and is aware of their workload to provide coverage when needed.
Compressed/Flexible:Available
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): May Be authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
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: AD-HOC
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
Functional Statement #: 000000
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Salary : $417