Social Worker (Assistant Chief)

VA Careers - Social Work: Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Provide administrative leadership and support to the Social Work Chief.
• Oversee social work practice supervisors and staff across CTVHCS.
• Manage social work programs standards of care and quality improvement.
• Coordinate inpatient/outpatient social work services and community collaboration.
• Develop SOPs treatment protocols education materials and program evaluations.
• Brief leadership prepare reports and support accreditation compliance.
• Participate in committees inspections and special projects.
• Maintain academic affiliations and oversee student placements.

• 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.
• 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.

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: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• English Language Proficiency Requirement: You must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
• Education and/or Experience Combination: You must possess 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. Note: A doctoral degree in Social Work may NOT be substituted for the masters degree in Social Work.
• License or Certification: You must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.
• Advanced-practice social workers: Advanced practice level social workers must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which includes 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. All states except California use a series of licensure exams administered by the ASWB.

1. Employees 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 journeyman level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
2. Employees in an occupation that requires a licensure/certification/ registration only at higher grade levels must meet the licensure/ certification/registration requirement before they can be promoted to those higher grade levels.
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 who are converted to title 38 hybrid status under this provision and subsequently leave the occupation lose protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of re-entry to the occupation.
5. Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation who subsequently obtain additional education and/or licensure/certification/registration that meet all the basic requirements of this qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation.

• Knowledge of administrative and supervisory duties which includes personnel actions clinical supervision consultation negotiation with other departments and quality improvement.
• Knowledge of legal ethical and professional standards applicable to social work practice.
• Ability to develop maintain and oversee social work programs in all settings.
• Knowledge of social work practice policy and accreditation standards across the continuum of health care.
• Skill in providing consultation to facility leadership managers and other staff on social work qualification standards practice competency productivity and continuing education requirements.

• Evidence of Belt/Systems Redesign training/experience/certification
• At least 3 years of supervisory social work experience
• Competence in providing consultation to facility leadership managers and other staff on social work qualification standards practice competency productivity and continuing education requirements.
• Competence overseeing utilization of resources and budget
• Evidence-Based Practice experience/training (combination of experience and training is acceptable)
• Ability to develop maintain and oversee social work programs in all settings