Supervisory Social Worker – Substance Use Disorder Position Available In Columbia, Florida

Supervisory Social Worker

• Substance Use Disorder Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion North Florida / South Georgia Veterans Health System Summary The incumbent is a Supervisory Social Worker whom has responsibility for the day-to-day operions of SUD Residential Rehabilition Trement Programs serving Veterans with Substance Use Disorder (SUD) and those dually diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI), Intensive Outpient Program (IOP), and traditional outpient services within the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System Mental Health Service, loced in Lake City.

Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 05/15/2025 to 05/22/2025 Salary $116,852

• $151,910 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion Lake City, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time
• Monday
• Friday, 8:00am
• 4:30pm Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12735874-25-AT

Control number 837067600 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees
• Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.

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 Department of Veteran Affairs employees, current permanent Federal employees of other agencies and all US Citizens. Videos Duties This is a multi-discipline posting. Applicants considered from one of the following Multidisciplinary Occupions, which are listed in separe announcements: Psychology Program Manager or Supervisory Social Worker. You can apply to the Psychologist position here The Supervisory Social Worker (SSW) has responsibility over programs to provide specialized clinical care to Veterans with a wide range of SUDs, many with other co-occurring mental health and/or medical conditions. Provision of substance use services is complex, with Veterans moving between varied levels of care as clinically approprie. The SSW ensures Veterans receive individual, case management, and group interventions from multidisciplinary team members. The SSW ensures multidisciplinary team members implement and facilite approximely 50 educional and therapeutic group interventions each week for the purpose of providing comprehensive, recovery focused clinical interventions for the purpose of treing Veterans. The SSW works with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure the transition of Veterans moving across varied levels of care from inpient, incarcered, and outpient settings. Responsibilities include implemention of evidence-based programs; development of local policies, procedures, and protocols to enhance trement programs and professional staff performance; systems redesign to improve access, effective and efficient Veteran-centered care; monitoring program outcomes for efficiency and productivity; and space planning for maximal program accommodion. The SSW has clinical and administrive responsibility of the daily operions of the Psychosocial Residential Rehabilition Trement Program, PRRTP, and the Substance Abuse Trement Team (SATT) outpient program. Outpient and residential programs both utilize the services of a multi-disciplinary staff to provide coordined, integred, rehabilitive, and recovery-oriented medical and mental health care to Veterans whose care needs are complex in nure, across multiple locions, some requiring supervision twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven days per week. The SSW has responsibility of leading a multidisciplinary team including Psychologists, Psychirists, APRN’s, RN’s, Social Workers, Peer Specialists, Registered Dietitian, Vocional Rehabilitive Specialist, Pharmacist, Program Assistants, Nursing Service staff and clinical trainees. Other duties include, but not limited to; Responsible for the development of program policy and procedures and is responsible for implementing and maintaining policy and procedures for the trement and coordinion of Veterans th meet VA, Joint Commission and Committee on Accredition of Rehabilition Facilities (CARF) standards for SUD programs. Coordines interdisciplinary staffing and work assignments to accomplish the work of the SATT and SUD Residential Rehabilition Trement Programs (RRTP). Exercises supervisory authorities involving work assignments and review, as well as the administrive and personnel management functions relive to the staff supervised. Demonstres advanced knowledge and expert skill in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of SUD-oriented services.

Work Schedule :

Monday

• Friday, 8:00am
• 4:30pm

Compressed/Flexible :

Not available. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not available.

Pay:

Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step re of the approprie grade may be determined after considerion of higher or unique qualificions or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Re of the Grade).

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) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.

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)

Telework :

Not available.

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : Supervisory Social Worker, FS #51936F 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. 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 must meet the requirements by the closing de of this announcement, which is 05/22/2025.

Basic Requirements :

United Stes Citizenship:

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Educion:

Have 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. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master’s degree in social work. Verificion of the degree can be made by going to http://www.cswe.org/Accredition to verify th the social work degree meets the accredition 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 ste to independently practice social work the master’s degree level. Current ste requirements may be found by going to http://vaww.va.gov/OHRM/T38Hybrid/. Grade Determinion Requirements, Supervisory Social Worker GS-13: In addition to the basic requirements, this following are required for the GS-13 grade-level position:

Experience/Educion:

One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Experience must demonstre possession of advanced practice skills in a specialty area or in administrion demonstring progressively more professional competency and judgment. 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.

AND Licensure/Certificion:

Individuals assigned as supervisory social workers must be licensed or certified the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Grandfhering Provision. The following is the standard grandfhering policy for all title 38 hybrid qualificion standards. Please carefully review the qualificion standard to determine the specific educion and/or licensure/certificion/registrion requirements th apply to this occupion. All persons employed in VHA in this occupion on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the title, series and grade held, including positive educion and licensure or certificion th are part of the basic requirements of the occupion. For employees who do not meet all of the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Such employees in an occupion th requires a licensure or certificion, may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, or changed to lower grade within the occupion, but may not be promoted beyond the journey level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of the qualificion 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 initially grandfhered into this occupion, who subsequently obtain additional educion and/or licensure/certificion/registrion th meet all of the basic requirements of this qualificion standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupion. If an employee who was retained in an occupion listed in 38 U.S.C. § 7401(3) under this provision leaves th occupion, the employee loses protected stus and must meet the full VA qualificion standard requirements in effect the time of reentry to the occupion.

NOTE:

If social workers covered under the grandfhering provision of the 1991 Federal law regarding licensure or certificion of VHA social workers leave the GS

• 0185 social work series, they lose the grandfhering protection.

If they choose to return a ler de to the GS-0185 series, they must be licensed or certified to qualify for employment as a social worker. While we no longer require essay-style responses to our Knowledge’s Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics (KSAOs), you must be able to demonstre th you possess the (below) competencies which are necessary to perform the work of the position. Please ensure your resume/CV/applicion contains sufficient informion to support the level of experience/educion/training; otherwise, we will not be able to award you credit for the experience/educion/training you claim. These are the KSA’s for this subject position: Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre the following

KSAs:

Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines. Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultion, negotiion with other departments and quality improvement. Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers. Ability to delege authority, manage priorities, coordine work, and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accure and timely fashion. Ability to analyze organizional and operional problems, develop and implement solutions th result in efficient operions, and use da effectively to manage workload, quality, performance, and productivity within the service. Ability to provide staff training and development.

Preferred Experience:

Treing/Managing SUD populion/programs.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please the GS 13 Social Worker(Program Coordinor) as defined in See VA Handbook 5005/120, Part II, Appendix G39, Social Worker Qualificion Standard, GS-185, Veterans Health Administrion, . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-13.

Physical Requirements:

The work requires extreme pience and controlling of emotions. The work may require using approprie techniques to physically restrain pients who pose a danger to themselves or others. The work may also require assisting physically disabled Veterans. Day

• to-day work involves sitting, walking, standing, and carrying light objects.

The work is typically performed in a clinical setting th exposes the incumbent to the communicable diseases common to Veterans with SUDs. Some of the work is performed in a setting away from the office, where the environment cannot be controlled. The incumbent must be able to safely opere a government owner vehicle for the purpose of community work or to transport pients. Educion Have 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. A doctoral degree in social work may NOT be substituted for the master’s degree in social work. Verificion of the degree can be made by going to to verify th the social work degree meets the accredition standards for a masters of social work.

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, : . Additional informion This occupion is listed on the OIG Determinion of Veterans Health Administrion’s Occupional Staffing Shortages fiscal year (FY) 2025 ded October 01, 2024. Therefore, vacancy announcement is exempt from Veterans Preference. Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. 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. 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.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

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. Area of Considerion

• Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: 1.

Current permanent VA employees of the facility. 2. All other VA employees. 3. Current permanent Federal employees of other agencies. 4. All other applicants.

Note:

Veterans’ Preference does not apply to this occupion, effective 10/1/24. 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 Transcript 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 Advanced Practice Licensure Other (2) Professional Certificion Resume 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 05/22/2025 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 Alexander Torelli Phone Address Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1601 Southwest Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 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 Transcript 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 Advanced Practice Licensure Other (2) Professional Certificion Resume 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 05/22/2025 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 Alexander Torelli Phone Address Malcom Randall Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1601 Southwest Archer Road Gainesville, FL 32608 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 05/15/2025 to 05/22/2025 Salary $116,852

• $151,910 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion Lake City, FL 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time
• Monday
• Friday, 8:00am
• 4:30pm Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus Yes Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBTC-12735874-25-AT

Control number 837067600 ., .