Summary

The Social Worker (Assistant Program Coordinator) position is located at North Battlefield VA Outpatient Clinic within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) - Veterans Health Administration (VHA) - VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6) - Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center (HVAMC) - under the Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences Service Line (MHBS). This position is aligned with the Suicide Prevention Program.

Duties

• 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 Program Coordinator assists the Program Manager with facilitating implementation of suicide prevention strategies within the Medical Center to help ensure that all appropriate measures are being taken to prevent suicide in our Veteran population
• This position assists the Suicide Prevention Program Manager in planning - establishing - and implementing policies and procedures - developing individual or group goals and objectives - as well as monitoring - evaluating - and coordinating the Suicide Prevention Program
• This position will have supervisory responsibility for the Suicide Prevention Program
• The Suicide Prevention Program is one that has a singular focus on those Veterans with suicidal ideations and behaviors (Self-directed violence) and are general considered high risk
• The Program Coordinator must be licensed at the advanced practice level and must be able to provide clinical supervision for licensure
• They must be able to provide consultation and oversight in serious and complicated cases for providers throughout the medical facility
• The work of this position is highly complex - involving a combination of mental health administrative - consultative services - and intensive clinical services which require the exercise of mature professional judgement and the flexible use of a wide range of professional abilities
• Duties Include - but not limited to: Oversight of the practice of the social workers and administrative support personnel in the Suicide Prevention Program detailed below to ensure the highest quality of service delivery provided to Veterans throughout the Hampton system of care
• Supervisory responsibilities include ongoing evaluation of staffing needs and personnel assignments - periodic updating of position descriptions and functional statements - coordination of competency evaluations - completing performance appraisals - and professional and administrative supervision as appropriate and necessary
• Establish performance and outcome standards for the facility Suicide Prevention Program that promote quality and efficiency of services in coordination with the overall goals of the medical center and those of the VISN and VA Central Office
• Provides leadership in identifying and addressing ethical issues impacting Veterans and staff - and initiates and participates in ethical consultations as appropriate
• Maintains Veteran confidentiality - analyzes ethical care issues - applies appropriate theoretical principles - and ensures application of institutional policy
• Serves as a resource for the protection of Veteran and family rights
• Provides considerate care - respecting Veteran and family value and belief systems
• Identifies high-risk patients and assures that the appropriate level of intervention is implemented
• This may include psychotherapy and/or case management services for Veterans diagnosed with mental health disorders - in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team
• Assists with tracking and reporting all suicide attempts and completions at the facility
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Available Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
• Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases 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) 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