Social Worker (Program Coordinator) – Caregiver Support Coordinator Position Available In Kennebec, Maine

Social Worker (Program Coordinor) – Caregiver Support Coordinor Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion VA Maine Healthcare System – Geriric and Extended Care Summary This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval , award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP applicion. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/12/2025 to 06/23/2025 Salary $92,869 – $120,734 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Togus, ME 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTD-12746443-25-MK

Control number 838669400 This job is open to Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This job is open to current permanent employees of Stion 402, VA Maine Healthcare Systems. Videos Duties This Social Worker (Program Coordinor) position is within the Geriric and Extended Care Service the VA Maine Healthcare System, Togus locion. This position is full-time 40 hours per week. Major duties include but are not limited to: Participes in direct caregiver and Veteran contacts to identify and assess caregiver stress/burden and the development and applicion of directed clinical trement interventions. Advises and collabores with interdisciplinary teams troughout the medical center on caregiver issues. Crees educional tools, develops programs and implements training focused on specific caregiver needs/issues. Provides educion and in-service training to employees, Veterans, families and caregivers. Provides ongoing consultion and support to colleagues regarding caregiver support. Develops and facilites caregiver support groups (face-to-face or VANTS telephone line) and educional programs. Conducts caregiver and family clinical interventions to facilite the identificion of caregiver stress, psychiric illness, emotional distress and social needs as trement issues. Provides referrals or consults, or in some cases direct admission of a Veteran toother VA programs Serves as the major consultant for informion on negotiing the complex processes caregivers, Veterans and families encounter when interacting with government and community agencies. Maintains a knowledge base of current theory and trement modalities by reading professional journals, tending conferences, clinic seminars and teleconferences, and merials distributed through VA and prive sector sources. Collabores with the pient aligned care team, mental health and geriric primary care clinicians to provide Veteran and staff educion on caregiver issues. Coordinion will include hands-on support group work involvement, and training of pient aligned care team clinical social work staff in the development and facilition of such groups. Serves as a liaison between the VA and community agencies. Participes in caregiver support activities in the local community and ste to promote and recognize the role of the caregiver. Establishes and maintains access to electronic social networks such as , , secure email and YouTube in accordance with VA policy.

Develops and fosters relionships with community partners to assist with system navigion, maintain collaborion and coordine services Provides outreach presentions to community social service agencies, military Guard and Reserveunits, Veteran Service organizions and other groups on VA caregiver benefits, programs and services. Performs a wide range of services and provides technical assistance to ste, local, and prive agencies, and universities. Technical assistance provided is based on monitoring activities and program reviews, and the development and analysis of informion. Uses sound judgment in the interpretion of trends and pterns; the applicion of guidelines; and the recommendion of program enhancements. Performs program analysis, development, review, research,design, and contact work as possible with various agencies (public, DOD, ste, etc.).

Work Schedule :

Full-time, Monday thru Friday 7:30 am to 4:00 pm. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Stion (Relocion Assistance):

Not Authorized EDRP Authorized:

Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact , the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance.

EDRP Assignment Code:

03

Pay:

Competitive salary and regular salary increases

Paid Time Off:

37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Parental Leave:

After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy:

After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66 .

Retirement:

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by

VA Insurance:

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # :402-F2427 Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selectee must have a safe driving record. Selectee must have a valid unrestricted driving license. May be subject to sisfactory completion of our credentialing process. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( ). Effective May 7, 2025, driver’s licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Qualificions Applicants pending the completion of educional or certificion/licensure requirements may be referred and tentively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship:

You must be a citizen of the United Stes Educion and/or

Experience Combinion:

You must possess a master’s degree in Social Work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Educion (CSWE). Gradues of schools of social work th are in candidacy stus 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 master’s degree in Social Work.

License or Certificion:

You must be licensed or certified by a ste to independently practice social work the master’s degree level.

English Language Proficiency:

Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

Grade Determinions :

Social Worker (Program Coordinor), GS-12 Experience and Educion. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must demonstre possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstring progressively more professional competency. Candide may have certificion or other post-master’s degree training from a nionally recognized professional organizion or university th includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship, or equivalent supervised professional experience. Licensure/Certificion. Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinor must be licensed or certified the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

Knowledge of program coordinion and administrion which includes consultion, negotiion, 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 evaluing assigned program area(s). Ability to provide training, oriention, and guidance within clinical practice.

Preferred Experience:

Skill in a range of specialized interventions and trement modalities used in specialty trement programs or with special pient populions this includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Ability to incorpore complex multiple causion in differential diagnosis and trement within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measure and effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluions to improve trement services and to design system changes. Ability to prove specialized consultion to colleagues and students on the psychosocial trement of pients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12.

Physical Requirements:

See VA Handbook 5019. Educion

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .

NOTIFICATIONS

Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position. This position is covered by a special re. Travel and relocion expenses are not authorized. This position is in the Excepted Service. Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. Narrive responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) required from the selectee in order to proceed with the appointment. Incomplete applicions will not be May be required to tend conference other facilities or other VA sites on occasion. The incumbent may be required to travel to other VA campuses and CBOC’s. Selectee may be required to work any VA Maine Healthcare System campus, as needed. Additional informion During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Area of Considerion – Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: 1. Current permanent VA employees of the facility.

Note:

Veterans’ Preference is not applicable to VA employees or employees of other Federal agencies. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have – whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Resume Reminder:

Your resume must include the following informion each job listed: 1. Job title 2. Duties (be as detailed as possible) 3. Month & year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) 4. Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week). Please be aware th your answers verified against informion provided on your resume. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail. An incomplete applicion will receive a ring of IFFM (ineligible due to missing forms).Requests for reconsiderion will not be considered for applicants who fail to submit a complete applicion package. We cannot be held responsible for incompible software or fax transmissions. SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (for Eligibility and/or Time-in-Grade): If you are a current federal employee, you must tach your most recent, non-award SF-50. This SF-50 should not be more than a year old and must show your current position, grade and step. Award SF-50’s typically do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted if they do not include Grade and Step. In order to clearly demonstre you possess the time-in-grade as required by the announcement, additional SF-50s should be tached which clearly demonstre the minimum time-in-grade requirement. Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held Promotions with an effective de more than one year old SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/23/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Melissa Kumar Phone Address VA Maine Healthcare System 1 VA Center Augusta, ME 04330 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: Resume SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Resume Reminder:

Your resume must include the following informion each job listed: 1. Job title 2. Duties (be as detailed as possible) 3. Month & year start/end des (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008) 4. Full-time or part-time stus (include hours worked per week). Please be aware th your answers verified against informion provided on your resume. Be sure th your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail. An incomplete applicion will receive a ring of IFFM (ineligible due to missing forms).Requests for reconsiderion will not be considered for applicants who fail to submit a complete applicion package. We cannot be held responsible for incompible software or fax transmissions. SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (for Eligibility and/or Time-in-Grade): If you are a current federal employee, you must tach your most recent, non-award SF-50. This SF-50 should not be more than a year old and must show your current position, grade and step. Award SF-50’s typically do not provide sufficient informion and will not be accepted if they do not include Grade and Step. In order to clearly demonstre you possess the time-in-grade as required by the announcement, additional SF-50s should be tached which clearly demonstre the minimum time-in-grade requirement. Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held Promotions with an effective de more than one year old SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (Schedule A) Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) PCS Orders Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume Separion Notice (RIF) SF-15 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/23/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion Melissa Kumar Phone Address VA Maine Healthcare System 1 VA Center Augusta, ME 04330 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/12/2025 to 06/23/2025 Salary $92,869 – $120,734 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Togus, ME 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Travel Required 50% or less – You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential 12 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTD-12746443-25-MK

Control number 838669400 ., .