Supervisory Social Worker (BHIP) EDRP Approved

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

The Mental Health Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (SHIP) Assistant Director is responsible for collaborating with and assisting the Director BHIP with operations of the Mental Health (MH) BHIP Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS). The incumbent collaborates with and assist the Director BHIP with planning establishing and implementing standard operating procedures (SOP) for the MH BHIP.

The Organizational Location of the Position is:

VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service Fort Worth Texas. Although this position is based at the VANTHCS Forth Worth VA Clinic this position will provide duties at any or all VANTHCS service sites locations and may be assigned to different service sites as needed by MH Service.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides managerial oversight and leadership to the Mental Health Service Diamond Team supervising the Diamond Team Clinical Team Leaders. The incumbent plans organizes directs and evaluates the administrative and clinical functions of the team. The incumbent supervises professional and support staff coordination of program initiatives implementation of standard operating procedures policies and procedures and management of resources to achieve optimal Veteran outcomes and staff performance.
• Assists with supervising BHIP management staff as directed by the Director BHIP.
• Prepares and manages processes associated with accreditation reviews and site survey visits.
• Assists with monitoring clinical training and development of BHIP staff who provide psychotherapy mental health assessment care management and other psychosocial services.
• Evaluates the needs of the BHIP sites and Veteran access to care when considering and recommending BHIP staff members for further clinical training.

• 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 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:

• 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 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.
• 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 Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).

• 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.