Supervisory Social Worker (Field Education Work Manager)

Within this system, the Social Work/Field Education Manager oversees social work education, training programs, and clinical supervision, while also providing leadership across multiple service areas including Primary Care/PACT Social Work, Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Assistance, Survivor Assistance Memorial Support, Spinal Cord Injury and Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) social work.

Major Duties/Responsibilities: Provides leadership, oversight, and direction for assigned social work programs, ensuring that services are aligned with VA mission, policies, and national standards of care. Develops, evaluates, and updates program policies, procedures, and workflows to improve efficiency, quality, access, and Veteran experience. Leads long range and short-range program planning, including operational priorities, staffing needs, resource utilization, and performance goals. Analyzes workload, performance metrics, and program data to guide decision making and resource planning.

Ensures program compliance with Joint Commission, CARF (if applicable), VA Directives, VISN guidance, and all accreditation standards. Provides clinical and administrative supervision to social workers and interdisciplinary staff assigned to the program. Provides individual and group clinical supervision to unlicensed social workers and social work associates toward independent licensure.

Serves as a mentor for early-career social workers, guiding professional development, advanced practice skills, and ethical decision making. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized 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 Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 000000 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized