Supervisory Social Worker Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Programs

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

The incumbent functions as the Supervisor of the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) and is assigned to the Behavioral Health (BH) Service within the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital (Truman VA). Truman VA is a level 1C Medical Center which provides inpatient residential and outpatient mental health services at the main facility as well as both outpatient medical and mental health services at each of our eight area Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).

Duties may include:

• Directly supervises 14 FTE including GS-13 psychologists and GS-11-12 social workers assigned to BHIP at the CBOCs. Supervisory authority includes the full range of personnel management functions.
• Completes quarterly and end-of-year performance appraisals for all assigned staff. Develops individualized performance plans and productivity targets in alignment with national and local program standards. Monitors staff productivity and ensures compliance with all applicable performance measures standards and mandates.
• Conducts regular documentation and coding reviews of staff to ensure quality accuracy and compliance with facility and national standards.
• Independently approves and manages leave for all assigned staff to ensure continuity of care and uninterrupted service delivery across programs and locations.
• Coordinates recruitment selection and onboarding of staff associated with programs under supervisory responsibility exercising independent judgment in candidate evaluation and recommendation.
• Provides clinical consultation to front-line staff on complex cases and clinical situations both on-site and via telehealth technology serving as the primary clinical resource for the supervised team.
• Provides comprehensive psychosocial assessments and formulates diagnoses for Veterans presenting with a range of mental health conditions with particular expertise in complex and high-acuity presentations referred for advanced clinical evaluation.
• Develops implements and documents individualized collaboratively determined plans of care for Veterans in the CBOC setting. Treatment plans include measurable goals objectives and treatment methods based on psychosocial assessment; are individualized to reflect patient preferences; incorporate a multidisciplinary approach as clinically indicated; and are updated annually or more frequently as clinical needs change.

• 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.
• Incumbent is responsible to operate a government-owned/leased vehicle to properly carry out assigned duties. Incumbents must possess and maintain a valid unrestricted State drivers license have a safe driving record and demonstrate that they are medically qualified to operate the appropriate motor vehicle safely.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• 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:
Citizenship - You must be a citizen of the United States
English Language Proficiency - 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 by a state to independently practice social work at the masters degree level.
*Exception - For assignments at the GS-9 level VHA may waive the licensure or certification requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations. VHA social workers who are not licensed or certified at the time of appointment must become licensed or certified at the independent masters level within three years of their appointment as a social worker.

Grandfather Provision. A Social Worker employed in VHA on the effective date of the qualification standard (9/10/2019) who did not meet all the basic requirements in this standard but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed the following provisions apply:

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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.