VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU
Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf
The incumbent serves as a Social Work Program Coordinator, locally titled Caregiver Support Program (CSP) Manager, which provides a state-of-the-art continuum of services, education, and resources to caregivers of Veterans with complex needs. The incumbent oversees service delivery and coordination of care activities for family caregivers who provide personal care services to eligible Veterans regardless of period of service. The CSP includes the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers (PCAFC) and the Program of General Caregiver Support Services (PGCSS) at the VA Health Care System.
The incumbent provides the full range of supervisory duties which would include responsibility for the assignment of work to be performed; performance evaluations; selection of staff, training of staff, and recommendation of awards, advancements, and when appropriate, disciplinary action.
- Develops and facilitates CSP-program-focused direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs for VA facility staff and the community.
- Develops and implements a plan for outreach to Veterans and Veteran caregivers who may benefit from the CSP program services (but who do not presently use VA for their health care needs).
- Maintains a current network of referral resources to include peer support mentoring groups, caregiver skill-building and self-care educational opportunities, mental health support, legal and financial services.
- Directly supervises the VA HCS Caregiver Support Coordinator(s) (CSC) and, when applicable, the Program Support Assistant (PSA) and other interprofessional staff assigned to the Caregiver Support Program.
- Coordinates program implementation with multiple clinical services across all campus locations within the VA facility, including but not limited to nursing; physical, occupational, and speech therapists; and mental health and primary care providers.
- May provide clinical interventions to the Veteran and caregiver populations served by the programs.
- Develops policies and procedures for program operation and prepares reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use.
- Plans organizes, and coordinates administrative, operational, clinical, and personnel activities for the CSP program,
- Provides oversight of facility CSP program fiscal matters of the functions supervised (which would include fund controls, contracts, and equipment expenditures), forecasts resource and equipment needs, and administers the allocated budget.
- Manages CSP clinical and business operations, accountability for program effectiveness, and modification of service patterns to comply with the delivery of standardized processes.
- Develops a data-driven, continuous quality improvement program with established goals and outcomes to evaluate and document the program's effectiveness.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8am - 4:30pm
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact ???????
VHAEDRPProgramSupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate 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: Ad-hoc only
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $105,188 Per Year (GS 13)