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USAJOBS · 1 month ago

Social Work Program Manager

Augusta, Georgia, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$146K/yr - $190K/yr

4+ years exp

USAJOBS is seeking a Social Work Program Manager at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. This role involves directing all Mental Health activities, managing resources, and ensuring the integration of clinical and administrative functions to provide optimal care for the Veteran population.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

The incumbent directs all Mental Health activities, to include budget and fiscal management, human resource management, strategic planning, clinical end administrative program development, management and evaluation of services and programs, and ensuring that the clinical and administrative functions are integrated in order to provide optimum utilization of resources

Incumbent participates in management discussions, policy making, provides program direction to other directors, managers, and assigned personnel within Mental Health and makes sound decisions in line with law, federal regulations, and policy

The incumbent actively participates in the development of overall management goals, objectives, and philosophies necessary for the attainment of optimum system efficiency and effectiveness in providing recovery focused holistic health care to the Veteran population

The incumbent provides input, advice, and counsel for system strategic planning, programming, budgeting, general administration, and other areas as appropriate

The incumbent manages a large, diverse service that provides Mental Health care services central to the mission of VAAHCS

The incumbent manages these services across a large geographic catchment area and in all settings across the healthcare system including the main medical center, community outpatient clinics, community resource and referral centers, and community-based staff/programs

Mental Health is a large clinical program area, with oversight of multiple outpatient programs throughout the healthcare system, an inpatient acute care setting, multiple Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs (RRTP)

Within the Mental Health program spectrum of services there are: Primary Mental Health Ambulatory Care Section, Specialty Mental Health sections, Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery, Homeless and Outreach Services, Health Psychology Section, Psychiatry (Research and Education) and the Administrative Section

Programs include Primary Care/Mental Health Integration, PTSD Clinical Team, Dementia Care, Substance Abuse Treatment, Family Program, Women's Mental Health program, Psychiatric Emergency Services, Therapeutic Supported Employment Services, Local Recovery, the Homeless and Mental Health Rehabilitation and Recovery Treatment Center, Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Peer Support, Suicide Prevention, HUD/VASH, Grant and Per Diem, Housing First, two (2) Community Resource and Referral Centers, Veteran's Justice Outreach and the Homeless PACT, collaborations with Readjustment Counseling Services and provides management oversight of multiple discipline training programs with multiple university affiliates

Qualification

Master's in Social WorkLicensed Social WorkerManagement SkillsBudget ManagementProgram EvaluationInterpersonal SkillsCommunication SkillsLeadership Skills

Required

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

Must be proficient in written and spoken English

Subject to background/security investigation

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements

Must pass pre-employment Medical Evaluation

Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Complete all application requirements detailed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement

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)

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

The social work program manager at the GS-15 grade level must have at least four years of experience as a VA clinical social worker with at least one-year equivalent to the GS-14 grade level

The social work program manager must evidence possession of progressively higher supervisory and management skills

Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills in administration, demonstrating progressively more professional competency skills and judgment

The individual 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

The social work manager must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure

In addition to the experience above, the candidate must fully meet the KSAs for the GS-14 grade level and demonstrate all the following professional KSAs: Ability to manage and direct unusually large interdisciplinary programs, complex organizational units, apply effective management practices, plan, design, implement, and evaluate a program(s) that encompasses a wide range of facility/healthcare system/VISN/CO activities

Ability to oversee issues related to budget projections and participate with senior leaders from the governing body, management and staff in upholding the facility mission, vision, value and strategic plan to include directly interacting with elected officials on VA related issues/concerns

Knowledge in establishing policy, procedures and quality monitors while considering multiple priorities, funding sources, and varying resources

Skill in assessing need for basic and complex services across multiple programmatic patient care venues, coordinate and expand the efforts of multiple program elements across a complex system

Knowledge to complete all program evaluations and documents required by the medical center, VISN and VHA Central Office, ensuring compliance with appropriate accrediting bodies such as The Joint Commission (TJC), Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), and Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)

Ability to orient, teach and serve as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assists in their formulation of the clinical social work characteristics and appropriate treatment expectations regarding Veterans, family members and caregivers

Skill in balancing responsibilities in a complex environment and to work with great autonomy, set priorities and delegate tasks, meet multiple deadlines; analyze complex organizational problems and develop and implement effective solutions for those problems

Ability to promote and effectively manage a culturally diverse workforce which embraces the values and needs of all individuals through long-term commitment, strategic and business planning, education, experience which broadens the mindset and by fully managing human resources

Preferred

10+ years as Mental Health provider

3+ years in a leadership position

Benefits

The Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program

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)