Supervisory Social Worker Position Available In Davidson, Tennessee

Supervisory Social Worker Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Tennessee Valley HCS

• Acute Psychiry Summary The Supervisory Social Worker is assigned to Acute Psychiry in the Mental Health Care Line.

The Supervisor will clinically and administrively oversee all acute psychiry social workers on units 7 A, 78 and 4 North. The Supervisor will also provide direct pient care on the Acute Psychiry Units. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/20/2025 to 07/01/2025 Salary $105,262

• $136,846 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Nashville, TN 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time 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

CBTG-12751828-25-MAK

Control number 839178400 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 announcement is open to current permanent Tennessee Valley Healthcare System employees. A current (2025) non-award SF50 must be submitted for verificion. Videos Duties VA Careers

• Social Work :

  VA Careers

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker :

  Trement Planning/Goal Setting

• The social worker is responsible for developing the trement plan and setting achievable trement goals with the Veteran and family. The trement plan completed and upded as specified by policy for the assigned work area. Referral to service providers
• Throughout the course of trement the social worker is the subject mter expert on VA and/or community resources. The social worker will collabore with other service providers in reassessing the Veteran’s needs. Resource Usage/Development
• The social worker is responsible for using the current social work resource file of VA and community social service programs and enhancing the content to the benefit of Veterans. Crisis Intervention
• Social worker is experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans for admission to mental health inpient programs. Educion/Health promotion and prevention
• Social worker provides educion reled to VA and community resources, entitlements, Advance Directives/ Living Wills and refers Veterans/families to the approprie interdisciplinary team member for identified health educion needs. Coordinion of non-institutional and institutional services
• The social worker will review the progress notes from the other providers to accurely determine the strengths and limitions of each Veteran being referred for mental health services. Social worker will educe the Veteran, families, and the team of various options available to them and will collabore with the Veteran and family on the preferred option. Supportive counseling
• Social worker will provide the Veterans and their caregivers with ongoing supportive counseling.

Administrive Responsibilities:

Enter all Veteran/family contacts in the electronic record using approprie forms and temples. This informion entered in a complete, confidential, and professional manner to ensure informion on the pient is shared with other VA staff. This informion reviewed on a regular basis. Establishes and maintains positive working relionships with employees, volunteers, consumers and stakeholders within the VA and outside community agencies. Attends all approprie staff meetings (interdisciplinary trement team meetings, Mental Health Social Work staff meetings, committee meetings as approprie, etc.) and perform other duties as required. Collabores in the performance improvement processes and comply with performance measures as required by the VA for their specific populion and/or program. Coordines the program operion of the inpient acute psychiry unit, and programmic activities of professional and multidisciplinary staff with various tours of duty. Assists in planning, establishing, and implementing policies and procedure, developing individual or group goals and objectives as well as monitoring, opering, evaluing, coordining, and overseeing the clinical activities of the psychiry units. Ensures the clinical staff are aware of and adhere to all current directives of VHA, and meet current JCAHO standards, Ste licensure standards, and VA-OIG expections.

Work Schedule :

7:00am

• 3:30pm, Alterne tours to be considered Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not authorized Permanent Change of Stion (Relocion Assistance): Not authorized

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 # : 71118F 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. 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 tohttp://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 tohttp://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 :

GS-12 Educion and Experience. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 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. 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. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to the experience above, the candide must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

(a)Ability to independently organize work, set priorities, and meet multiple deadlines. (b)Knowledge of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision, consultion, negotiion with other departments and quality improvement. (c)Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services. (d)Ability to provide staff training and development. (e)Skill in interpersonal relionships in dealing with employees, team leaders, and managers. 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 the GS-12 grade level, supervisory social workers typically have significant personnel management responsibilities for a small to modere sized professional and non-professional staff, including support staff and professional staff the GS-12 grade level and below. The supervisory social worker is responsible for the professional and administrive management of an area in a social work service, in a care/product line, or multiple facilities. They provide direct clinical services with or without program coordinion responsibilities.]

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12.

Physical Requirements:

Physical demands of the work are generally minor and are generally sedentary in nure but may require occasional travel. Physical activity involves sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, climbing stairs, and carrying light items such as papers, books or other supplies. The incumbent uses a computer and standard office equipment to complete tasks. The emotional demands can be stressful in working with the Veteran/Pient populion and their families/caregivers. A level of self-awareness is essential.

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 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action 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 DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume 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 07/01/2025 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 Mthew Kale Phone Address Tennessee Valley HCS

• Nashville 1310 24th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212 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 SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action 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 DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume 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 07/01/2025 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 Mthew Kale Phone Address Tennessee Valley HCS

• Nashville 1310 24th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37212 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 06/20/2025 to 07/01/2025 Salary $105,262

• $136,846 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Nashville, TN 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time 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

CBTG-12751828-25-MAK

Control number 839178400 ., .