Senior Social Worker - Healthcare for Homeless Veterans (HCHV)
What you'd do
The Healthcare for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Senior Social Worker falls under the Social Work Service care line and provides direct services to Veterans referred to or presenting for resources and/or referrals to homeless programs. The HCHV Social Worker provides a variety of services to Veterans experiencing homelessness, who are unstably housed and/or at imminent risk of homelessness, and act as a liaison between VA and community providers.
Major duties
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The HCHV Senior Social Worker has knowledge about VA contracting and is responsible for reviewing contracts and ensuring transitional housing sites under VA contract are adhering to the contract. The HCHV Senior Social Worker provides oversight and administrative functions for HCHV programs. The HCHV Senior Social Worker is responsible for multiple functions such as billing, program inspections, data monitoring, clinical oversight of programs, Veteran engagement/Case Management and Veteran Treatment/Housing Plans. This position will also provide coverage to the Grant-per-Diem Program. Position Location: 4461 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89104 Duties may include but are not limited to: Use a high level of skill in assessing and intervening with complicated psychosocial problems of Veterans in HCHV Programs. Responsibilities include program oversight, coordination and provision of Social Work services to Veterans. Participates in regular multidisciplinary inspections of HCHV programs to ensure both programmatic standards are being met and that Veterans are receiving appropriate services. Addresses and resolves, where possible, Veteran specific issues and program concerns. Responsible for conducting psychosocial assessments, making psychosocial diagnoses, conducting mental health assessments and making DSM-V diagnoses as appropriate. Ensures service plans are completed, updated and address Veteran needs and goals, develop comprehensive plans of care with Veterans and HCHV Providers that address the factors that contributed to homelessness, including substance abuse disorders and other co-occurring factors within a recovery and housing first models. Provides a full range of Social Work services within commonly accepted standards of Social Work practice which includes case management, discharge/aftercare planning, psychosocial interventions/counseling for individuals, groups and families, and crisis intervention as needed. Acts as a liaison between VA and community providers. Conducts admission screening, consults with program staff regarding the care and services provided to Veterans, provides services at program sites and may transport Veterans, provides consultation/education and referral to Veterans regarding community resources, and provides information and referral for VA services and benefits. Provides clinical oversight to HCHV Programs, conducts and coordinates HCHV Program inspections, maintains administrative files and conducts quarterly administrative meetings with HCHV Programs, and reconciles and prepares monthly per diem billing and maintains billing records. Required to obtain and maintain a FAC-COR Level I certification to ensure compliance to contracts and funded services are provided to Veterans. Maintains data, completes HOMES documentation, reviews NEPEC reports, local scorecard data reflecting performance standards, and documents all Social Work interventions and activities in Veteran's clinical record utilizing CPRS and ensures appropriate hand off when transferring Veteran care. Required to complete Quarterly Assurance Surveillance Plan (QASP) to further ensure compliance by the community provider contract. Copies of the QASP will be provided to the Social Work Service COR for filing. Current and unrestricted Nevada driver's license is required. Drive in the community on freeways, highways, and surface streets in moderate to heavy traffic for several hours a day from moderate to high distances to conduct face-to-face visits with Veterans. May transport Veterans in government vehicles in support of meeting the goals identified in the Veteran's Housing Stability Plan. Other duties as assigned by management. Work Schedule: Full-Time, M-F, 0730-1600 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: Not Authorized Functional Statement #10034-F Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
Basic Requirements: Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g this part). English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). 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 tohttp://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 tohttp://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. Grandfathering Provision. The following is the standard grandfathering policy for all title38 hybrid qualification standards. Please carefully review the qualification standard to determine the specific education and/or licensure/certification/registration requirements that apply to this 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: (2)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. (3)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. (4)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. (5)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 The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12 Senior Social Worker GS-12 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. 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 of the following KSAs: (a)Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. (b)Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. (c)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. (d)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. (e)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. (4)Assignments. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), and variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time. Senior social workers are licensed or certified to independently practice social work at an advanced level. Senior social workers typically practice in a major program area such as but not limited to: Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center or Polytrauma Network Site; a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Center, or a national VHA referral center, such as a national Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder or a national Transplant Center, or other program are of equivalent scope and complexity. The senior social worker may be assigned administrative responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns. Assignments include clinical settings where they have limited access to onsite supervision such as CBOCs or satellite outpatient clinics. The senior social worker collaborates with the other members of the treatment team in the provision of comprehensive health care services to Veterans, ensures equity of access, service, and benefits to this population, ensures the care provided is of the highest quality. The senior social worker provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for assigned social work staff. They serve on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility, VISN and national level, or in the community as deemed appropriate by the supervisor, Social Work Executive or Chief of Social Work Services. This assignment is to be relatively few in number based on the size of the facility/service and applying sound position management. This assignment must represent substantial additional responsibility over and above that required at the full performance grade level and cannot be used as the full performance level of this occupation. Preferred Experience: Contracting and working with Unhoused Veterans Physical Requirements: In Accordance with VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
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