Social Worker Program Manager Position Available In Cumberland, North Carolina

Social Worker Program Manager Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Veterans Health Administrion Summary The incumbent serves as the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Manager, which provides a ste-of-the-art behavioral health services, educion, and resources to Veterans with complex mental health needs for the Fayetteville VA Coastal Health Care System (FVAMC). The incumbent serves as a Social Work Program Manager locally titled Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP). The incumbent oversees service delivery and coordinion of care activities. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 04/30/2025 to 05/14/2025 Salary $125,657 – $163,356 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fayetteville, NC 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 Service Excepted Promotion potential 13 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

CBTA-12728460-25-CF

Control number 836144400 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency Open to U.S. Citizens Videos Duties VA Careers –

Social Work :

VA Careers –

Licensed Clinical Social Worker :

Social Work :

The incumbent supervises BHIP Teams performing work various disciplines and provides administrive, technical, and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the BHIP. The incumbent exhibits leadership th is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for BHIP pient flow and staff workload through integred of BHIP across the Fayetteville Enterprise and ensuring BHSL organizional mission and health care are provided efficiently. The incumbent performs the administrive and personnel management function relive to staff supervised. Incumbent will have established guidelines and performance expections for staff, clearly communiced through the formal employee performance management system. Observes workers’ performance; demonstres and conducts work performance critiques. Provides informal feedback and periodically evalues employee performance. The incumbent works to resolves informal complaints and grievances. Develops work improvement plans, recommending and executes personnel actions as necessary. Provides advice and counsel to workers reled to work and administrive mters. Effects disciplinary measures as approprie to the authority deleged in this area. Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests. The incumbent assures th subordines are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulions. The Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) Manager manages the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) and is directly responsible to the Chief of the Social Work Division, BHSL or designee and ultimely to the Chief of Behavioral Health Service Services (BHSL). The incumbent assists in planning, establishing, and implementing policies and procedures for the BHIP Program; supervising both general BHIP and specialty staff; and developing program or team goals and objectives as well as monitoring, opering, evaluing, coordining, and overseeing BHIP Program services for the Fayetteville VA Coastal Health Care System (FVACHCS). The incumbent assumes the supervisory and administrive responsibility for the management of the assigned staff who function within BHIP. The BHIP staff/Teams currently comprised of psychirists, psychologists, registered nurses, clinical pharmacists, social workers, peer support and mid-level prescribers. The incumbent also provides direct clinical services as needed to include providing gap coverage within the BHIP teams and providing clinical services, team leadership and consultion to newly forming BHIP teams. The incumbent supervises BHIP Teams performing work various disciplines and provides administrive, technical, and clinical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the BHIP. The incumbent exhibits leadership th is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for BHIP pient flow and staff workload through integred of BHIP across the Fayetteville Enterprise and ensuring BHSL organizional mission and health care are provided efficiently. The incumbent performs the administrive and personnel management function relive to staff supervised. Incumbent will have established guidelines and performance expections for staff, clearly communiced through the formal employee performance management system.

Work Schedule :

Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm

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) 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 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:

Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English Language Proficiency. Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f). 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/. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinions :

Social Worker (Program Coordinor), GS-13??????? Experience/Educion. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. Experience must demonstre possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstring progressively more professional competency. Candides 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. (a) Skill in coordining and implementing one or more specialty program(s), across the facility. (b) Skill in local policy and practice development, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program as prescribed by the program handbook or nional directive. (c) Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluing assigned program area(s). (d) Ability to collabore with internal and external partners to further program goals and enhance pient centered care. (e) Ability to provide the full range of supervisory duties including assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluions; and selection of staff, training, and recommendion of awards, advancements, and when approprie, disciplinary action. (f) Ability to oversee the fiscal mters of the functions supervised (including fund controls, contracts, and equipment expenditures), forecast resource and equipment needs, and administer the alloced budget. (g) Knowledge of organizional structure and impact on program operions. Assignment. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty), and variety and be performed by the incumbent least 25% of the time. At this grade level, social worker program coordinors oversee the administrive and clinical aspects of a major specialty trement program, such as, but not limited to: Post Traumic Stress Disorder, Substance Abuse Trement Program, Home-Based Primary Care, Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Caregiver Support Program or Transition and Care Management Program, or a combinion of programs loced one facility or multiple divisions of a facility. They are responsible for coordining interdisciplinary staffing, work assignments, budget, trement services provided, and admission criteria??????? for the program. The program coordinor may or may not have supervisory responsibilities. They have full responsibility for all phases of service delivery for a major specialty program. The program coordinor is responsible for the program’s resource and fiscal management, monitoring control points developing the annual budget, opering within th budget, and accounting for appropried funds. They are administrively responsible for the programming and operions of the program assigned, develop policies and procedures for program operion, and prepare reports and stistics for facility, VISN, and nional use. Program coordinors provide leadership, direction, oriention, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing educion programs for assigned staff. They initie and conduct program or service audits and complete designed clinical practice audits and reports, including productivity. Program coordinors oversee program operions and evaluions, identifying areas for improvement, ghering relevant da, assessing the da, developing and implementing ideas for improvement, and evaluing efficacy of improvement efforts.]???????

Preferred Experience:

5 years of mental health experience preferred. Also 3-5 years of program coordinion experience preferred. Also prefer 3-5 years of supervisory experience.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS 13. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is in the range of GS-13 to GS-13.

Physical Requirements:

See VA Directive and Handbook 5019,

Employee Occupional Health Services 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 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. 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: License Resume 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 (VA) License 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 05/14/2025 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 Chauntell Farmer Phone Address Fayetteville NC VA Medical Center 2300 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 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: License Resume 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 (VA) License 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 05/14/2025 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 Chauntell Farmer Phone Address Fayetteville NC VA Medical Center 2300 Ramsey Street Fayetteville, NC 28301 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 04/30/2025 to 05/14/2025 Salary $125,657 – $163,356 per year Pay scale & grade GS 13 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fayetteville, NC 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 Service Excepted Promotion potential 13 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

CBTA-12728460-25-CF

Control number 836144400 ., .