Supervisory Social Worker Caregiver Support Program

VA Careers - Social Work: Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

• Establishes & maintains an ongoing education program for Veterans caregivers community agencies students & staff to facilitate understanding of clinical practice guidelines mental health issues readjustment issues & psychosocial issues facing caregivers.
• Develops & facilitates CSP- program focused direction orientation coaching in-service training staff development & continuing education programs for VA facility staff & the community.
• Develops & implements a plan for outreach to Veterans & Veteran caregivers who may benefit from the CSP program services (but who do not presently use VA for their health care needs).
• Directly supervises the VA HCS Caregiver Support Coordinator(s) (CSC) & when applicable Program Support Assistant (PSA) & other interprofessional staff assigned to 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 & speech therapists; mental health & primary care providers.
• Provides clinical interventions to the Veteran & caregiver populations served by the programs.
• Serves as a consultant to other VA professionals & administrators on program specific activities.
• Serves as a liaison to Veterans Integrated Service Network Program (VISN) CSP Program & the VA Central Office (VACO) Program.
• Serves as the VA HCS POC for all inquiries & outreach requests regarding eligible PCAFC & PGCSS caregivers. This includes a wide variety of stakeholders (e.g. Veterans familys members state & community agencies Veterans Service Organizations VSOs military support programs Post Deployment Events Yellow Ribbon events National Guard & Reservist Units).
• Identifies unmet needs of the caregiver population their families/significant others & caregivers.
• Works collaboratively with facility VISN & VA Central Office staff to develop & implement solutions- participating in national regional & VISN operational calls; contributing to national leadership council committees; & implementing cultural transformation initiatives (e.g. Elizabeth Dole Foundations Campaign for Inclusive Care (CIC) the Rosalyn Carter Institute).
• Performs the administrative & personnel management function relative to staff supervised including personnel actions clinical supervision consultation negotiation with other departments & quality improvement.
• Works collaboratively with internal staff VISN & VACO leadership & external stakeholders to expedite service delivery.
• Provides consultation & briefings to other staff & internal/external stakeholders on the special needs of caregivers.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

*** This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30 2026 or until the position is filled. The initial cutoff date for referral of eligible applications will be August 24 2026. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as needed basis until positions are filled. ***

Basic Requirements
United States Citizenship. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Education. Have a masters degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited.

Note: A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the masters degree in social work.
Verification of the degree can be made by going to to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation 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 state to independently practice social work at the masters degree level. Current state requirements may be found by going to VHA may waive the licensure or certification requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification examinations. This exception only applies at the GS-9 grade level. For the GS-11 grade level and above the candidate must be licensed or certified.English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. 7403(f).

Grandfathering Provision. The following is the standard grandfathering policy for all title 38 hybrid qualification standards. Please carefully review the qualification standard to determine the specific education and/or licensure/certification/registration requirements that apply to this occupation.

1. All persons employed in VHA in this occupation on the effective date of this qualification standard (9/10/2019) are considered to have met all qualification requirements for the title series and grade held including positive education and licensure or certificationthat are part of the basic requirements of the occupation. For employees who do not meet all of the basic requirements in this standard but who met the qualifications applicable to the position at the time they were appointed to it the following provisions apply:
2. Such employees in an occupation that requires a licensure or certification may be reassigned promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level or changed to lower grade within the occupation but may not be promoted beyond thejourney level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions.
3. Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective date of the qualification standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed on a temporary or permanent basis until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard.
4. Employees initially grandfathered into this occupation who subsequently obtain additional education and/or licensure/certification/registration that meet all of the basic requirements of this qualification standard must maintain the required credentials as a condition of employment in the occupation.
5. If an employee who was retained in an occupation listed in 38 U.S.C. 7401(3) under this provision leaves that occupation the employee loses protected status and must meet the full VA qualification standard requirements in effect at the time of reentry to the occupation.

• (a) Ability to independently organize work set priorities and meet multiple deadlines.
• (b) Skill in a range of supervisory duties which includes clinical supervision consultation negotiation with other departments and quality improvement.
• (c) Ability to ensure provision of clinical social work services by supervised social workers.
• (d) Ability to delegate authority manage priorities coordinate work and follow up on pending issues to complete duties in an accurate and timely fashion.
• (e) Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems develop and implement solutions that result in efficient operations and use data effectively to manage workload quality performance and productivity within the service.
• (f) Ability to provide staff training and development