Community Health Social Work Program Coordinator

VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Major duties for this position may include (but are not limited to):

• Independently performs oversight visits case reviews and assures quality case management for their assigned CNH/CCN.
• Independently manages Veterans under discretionary contracts awaiting SVH placement.
• Coordinates with SVH admission staff to ensure timely and appropriate placement.
• Reviews Veteran Directed Care consults performs biopsychosocial assessments determines eligibility and completes required documentation.
• Provides expert guidance to Veterans caregivers and interdisciplinary teams.
• Uses the Case Mix Tool to determine service hours and collaborate with stakeholders.
• Provides specialized case management for STR Veterans needing enhanced services particularly those at risk of homelessness.
• Submits and monitors referrals to GEC administrative staff for financial authorization processing.
• Visits Veteran patients at CHNs to conduct thorough psychosocial assessments and make psychosocial diagnoses.
• Provides high-quality case management and care coordination to Veterans residing at CNH or instructional settings.
• Independently works with Veterans and their families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric medical and social utilizing individual/family counseling.
• Assists CNH staff with determining appropriate care planning including discharge planning as needed.
• Assesses CNH Veterans functional status and fitness for continued placement.
• Address all CNH resident/family concerns identified.
• Facilitates meetings with the CNH staff when appropriate to allay or address the VA Veteran or family concerns.
• Demonstrates an advanced understanding of the range of treatment and skills needed for adult patients related to physical limitations psychological needs and associated illnesses and conditions.
• Monitors and provides suicide risk assessments to those residents identified at risk.
• Collaborates with other service providers in reassessing the Veterans need for continued institutionalized care and/or works with the CNH discharge planner to coordinate movement to lower levels of care or home.
• Maintains communication with GEC supervisory or administrative staff VISN and national information as applicable and keeps abreast of changes to the program at the national level.
• Acts as an advocate for the Veteran/family as well as advocating for new/additional services in the community.
• Processes alleged abuse cases according to established VA and community policy and keeps leadership abreast of any active abuse allegations.
• Provides education related to VA and community resources entitlements advance directives and health care planning.
• Provides Veterans and their caregivers with ongoing supportive counseling related to chronic/terminal illness and the need for institutional care.
• Coordinates care with CNH staff to assist Veterans and family members with grief and loss counseling.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with employees volunteers and community partners.
• Collaborates on performance improvement for the service and facility to ensure compliance with local and national regulations.

• 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 ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical 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.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

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: Must 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 to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work. A copy of transcripts must be submitted with your application package to verify that you meet the education requirements unless you are qualifying under the Grandfathering Provision.

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 masters degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to 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.
Grandfathering Provision: The following is the standard grandfathering policy for all title 38 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.

1. 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.

• Knowledge of program coordination and administration which includes consultation negotiation and monitoring.
• Knowledge and ability to write policies procedures and/or practice guidelines for the program.
• Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff assigned to the program.
• Skill in organizing work setting priorities meeting multiple deadlines and evaluating assigned program area(s).
• Ability to provide training orientation and guidance within clinical practice.