Supervisory Social Worker
What you'd do
The Supervisory Social Worker (GS-13) provides leadership, oversight, and direction for social work operations within Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC), including Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), the Medical Foster Home Program, the Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Team (GeriPACT), and the Community Living Center (CLC).
Major duties
Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Supervisory Social Worker (GS-13) provides leadership, oversight, and direction for social work operations within Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC), including Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), the Medical Foster Home Program, the Geriatric Patient Aligned Care Team (GeriPACT), and the Community Living Center (CLC). Develops, evaluates, and maintains standard operating procedures to ensure consistent, high-quality program delivery. Monitors program performance measures, identifies trends, and implements improvements to strengthen Veteran outcomes and meet or exceed SAIL and hospital benchmarks. Leads and participates in interdisciplinary quality improvement efforts related to care coordination, transitions of care, and length-of-stay reduction. Serves on key facility committees such as Utilization Management, Acute Care, and the Complex Discharge Team, representing Social Work Service interests. Provides training, consultation, mentorship, and professional development opportunities for staff across multiple grade levels and disciplines. Ensures timely completion of administrative requirements, including suspense actions, reports, workload tracking, and documentation standards. Promotes and supports Equal Employment Opportunity principles, ensuring fair, merit-based practices in hiring, performance evaluation, and staff development. Collaborates with Nursing, Geriatrics & Extended Care leadership, and other departments to resolve Provides direct clinical services to Veterans and maintains an active clinical caseload as designated by Social Work leadership. Performs additional duties as assigned to meet the needs of Social Work Service and the Geriatrics & Extended Care program. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: May be authorized Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not 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: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. 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/. Loss of Licensure or Certification: Once licensed or certified, social workers must maintain a full, valid, and unrestricted independent license or certification to remain qualified for employment. Loss of licensure or certification will result in removal from the GS-0185 social worker series and may result in termination of employment. English Language Proficiency: Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). 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: 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: Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines. Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement. Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers. Ability to delegate authority, manage priorities, coordinate work, and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion. 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. Ability to provide staff training and development Preferred Experience: Extensive clinical experience serving medically complex older adults, including work in Geriatrics & Extended Care settings such as Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC), GeriPACT, Medical Foster Home, or Community Living Center (CLC) Experience Supporting or leading complex discharge planning, risk mitigation, or safety related case discussions involving high risk Veterans. Experience managing or coordinating across multiple physical locations or within large, complex healthcare systems. Experience providing training, mentorship, or consultation to staff of varying skill levels and disciplines. Proficiency in balancing clinical and administrative responsibilities while maintaining timely workload completion and adherence to performance expectations. 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-13. Physical Requirements: There are no physical requirements for this occupation per OCHCO Communications email to VA Handbook 5019, updated on 4/17/2026.
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