Chief Of Mental Health Social Worker Program Manager

We're Looking for a skilled Chief Of Mental Health Social Worker Program Manager in the Veterans Health Administration based in Loma Linda, California. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Noncitizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education. Have a masters 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 masters 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 4 accreditation standards for a masters of social work. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the masters degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. Physical Requirements. See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 Employee Occupational Health Services. 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: Social Work Program Manager GS15 Experience/Education. The social work program manager at the GS15 grade level must have at least four years of experience as a VA clinical social worker with at least oneyear equivalent to the GS14 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 postmasters 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. Demonstrated Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to the experience above the candidate must fully meet the KSAs for the GS14 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 (i.e. members of Congress Veterans Service Organizations State and Local entities). 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 29 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 workforce which embraces the values and needs of all individuals through longterm commitment strategic and business planning education experience which broadens the mindset and by fully managing human resources. Assignment. For all assignments above the full performance level the higherlevel duties must consist of significant scope complexity (difficulty) and variety and be performed by the incumbent at least 25 of the time. At the GS15 grade level size scope significance and impact is greater than the GS14 grade level. The broad responsibility includes management of a very large significantly complex service within the organization. Provides direct oversight to services with multiple complex programs located at multiple sites and sections across the health care delivery system. The manager has full responsibility for managing and supervising all aspects of program operations including clinical practice of an unusually large number of employees across multiple areas/sites education quality assurance for outcomes human resource management and supervision of the extraordinarily large service. Professional staff under direct supervision may include psychiatrists psychologists physicians social workers nurses health system specialists and patient services assistants. The social work program manager provides strategic planning including establishment of long and shortrange goals and development of policies and procedures to ensure goal attainment management of administrative and programmatic resources (including budget and line authority within the service) and outcomes monitoring using datadriven quality assurance processes. They may have the responsibility for managing and supervising additional facility wide programs outside of the Service including supervision operations clinical practice and program management. The manager develops responses to controlled correspondence received by the Medical Center from VISN and VHA Central Office levels inclusive of responding to elected representatives and the Office of Inspector General Hotline concerning Veteran care and other matters of public interest. Preferred Experience: HCLDP Graduate Board Certified in their Specialty Fellowship in any Medical Specialty 10 years of VA Experience 5 years supervisory experience. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: The incumbent must be mobile throughout VA Loma Linda Healthcare Systems (including ACC main site and community) as needed including walking standing bending pushing (i.e. wheelchairs) and some moderate lifting at times. In addition there can be prolonged standing walking and sitting during activities at the VA or in the community. The incumbent is required to provide onsite and bedside care for Veterans and onsite supervision to administrative reports. The incumbent may carry light items such as books files or a laptop computer. Duties require ability to walk distances communicate verbally in a clear manner and normal hearing and manual dexterity.

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.