Supervisory Social Worker

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

Supervisory Social Workers at the GS-13 grade level are responsible for overseeing both professional and non-professional staff at the GS-12 grade level and below within a clinical program that delivers specialized treatment services to Veterans in a major area of Social Work practice.

This announcement will fill Supervisory Social Work vacancies in the Housing and Urban Development-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program and the Behavioral Emergency Response Team within Community Reengagement Reintegration Service. Both positions are located at the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles California.

Key job duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides professional and administrative management of the assigned program.
• Provides clinical supervision for unlicensed Social Workers.
• May provide direct clinical psychosocial and case management services as needed.
• Provides orientation and on-going training to subordinate staff.
• Monitors compliance with documentation guidelines workload standards data entry protocols ethical practices and service delivery requirements.
• Responsible for data collection administrative record keeping and monitoring patient or program clinical indicators thresholds and performance measurements.
• Ensures collaboration with community partners across Greater Los Angeles as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• 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.

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. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).
• 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. Transcripts must be submitted at time of application. Conferral of degree(s) must be stated on transcript(s). Unofficial transcripts(s) are acceptable
• Licensure. 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 Copies of licensure/certification must be submitted with application packet

• 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.