Supervisory Social Worker/BHIP Team Supervisor

Department of Veterans Affairs•Tucson, AZ

60d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Duties include, but are not limited to: BHIP consists of several multi-disciplinary teams of mental health providers who work together to ensure Veteran's mental health and related needs are met. Each BHIP team structure consists of up to four team-lets, with up to four psychiatric providers on each team. The incumbent in this position will function as an administrative supervisor for one BHIP team, the incumbent is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of one BHIP team and ensure coordination of all mental health and related services for each Veteran assigned to their respective BHIP team. The incumbent is delegated the full scope of authority and responsibility for the administration and coordination of said program and their staff, to include performance standards and evaluations, workload evaluation, competencies, proficiencies and all other personnel related responsibilities. The incumbent assumes professional, technical, and administrative responsibilities for social work programs extended to these areas. The incumbent collaborates with supervisory clinical leads outside of social work (i.e., psychology, nursing, psychiatry) in evaluating their employees' clinical skills. The incumbent is responsible for various control points assigned to the program within the assigned areas. The incumbent is delegated the full scope of authority and responsibility for the administration and coordination of said program and their staff, to include performance standards and evaluations, evaluation of their clinical skills in conjunction with their discipline-specific program areas (social work, substance abuse, etc.), workload evaluation, competencies, proficiencies and all other personnel related responsibilities. The incumbent assumes professional, technical, and administrative. responsibilities for social work programs extended to these areas. The incumbent is responsible for various control points assigned to the program within the assigned areas. The incumbent manages and controls the use of data related to these programs regarding day-to-day functioning and program evaluation. In conjunction with the BHIP Program Coordinator and Mental Health Outpatient Section Chief, plans, organizes and directs administrative, operational, patient and personnel activities for the service. The incumbent is a role model for the interns and non-clinically licensed social workers, as well as senior social workers and social worker psychotherapists within BHIP, demonstrating the ability to apply social work principles to clinical and psychotherapeutic practices. The incumbent will demonstrate a sensitivity to and knowledge about the influence on the services provided of ethnic, cultural, and individual differences. Consistent with the expectation of all advanced practice level social workers, the incumbent meets all of the requirements consistent with functioning as a licensed independent practitioner (LIP) within this medical center. The incumbent is competent to function in any of the following areas and provides specialized clinical services within the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP). These include any of the following options: Performing specialized treatment of complex mental health issues for patients referred to or within the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP), incorporating complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of Veteran patients, including making biopsychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses with approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Providing evidence-based individual, group, and family psychotherapy as clinically indicated in the treatment of a wide variety of mental health disorders and behavioral deficits for patients referred to or within the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP). Developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty areas, utilizing outcomes evaluations to improve treatment services. Incumbent is able to demonstrate the ability to design changes based on empirical findings. Providing consultation to colleagues and students on the biopsychosocial treatment of patients treated in specialty areas, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills.

Requirements

Licensed independent practitioner (LIP)
Demonstrate the ability to apply social work principles to clinical and psychotherapeutic practices
Demonstrate a sensitivity to and knowledge about the influence on the services provided of ethnic, cultural, and individual differences

Responsibilities

Function as an administrative supervisor for one BHIP team
Oversee the day-to-day operations of one BHIP team
Ensure coordination of all mental health and related services for each Veteran assigned to their respective BHIP team
Administration and coordination of said program and their staff
Performance standards and evaluations
Workload evaluation
Competencies
Proficiencies
Personnel related responsibilities
Assume professional, technical, and administrative responsibilities for social work programs extended to these areas
Manage and controls the use of data related to these programs regarding day-to-day functioning and program evaluation
Plans, organizes and directs administrative, operational, patient and personnel activities for the service
Role model for the interns and non-clinically licensed social workers, as well as senior social workers and social worker psychotherapists within BHIP
Performing specialized treatment of complex mental health issues for patients referred to or within the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP)
Providing evidence-based individual, group, and family psychotherapy as clinically indicated in the treatment of a wide variety of mental health disorders and behavioral deficits for patients referred to or within the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP)
Developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty areas, utilizing outcomes evaluations to improve treatment services
Providing consultation to colleagues and students on the biopsychosocial treatment of patients treated in specialty areas