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This position is in the Mental Health Service of the Iron Mountain, Michigan VA Medical Center. As the Local Recovery Coordinator (LRC), the incumbent serves to: 1) assist in implementation of policies and procedures from the National Recovery Coordinator (NRC) and 2) oversee, facilitate and promote hospital wide recovery-oriented services, which includes education of providers and Veterans and their families on recovery and evaluation of implementation efforts.

Major Duties include:

• Advises the Chief, Mental Health service on filling peer specialist positions and serves as a supervisor and consultant to peer specialists.
• Serves as the point of contact to the National Recovery Coordinator and the National Recovery Advisory Committee (NRAC).
• Develops a 3-5-year plan for the facility that identifies staged implementation of recovery-oriented services.
• Assists with VA, regional and/or local recovery-oriented trainings, meetings, or conferences as needed.
• Coordinates the evaluation of recovery implementation at the facility and reports results to the NRC.
• Implement measures to assess recovery policy and procedures adherence, as well as assess the extent that the recovery model embodies the facility's programs.
• Serves as a mental health liaison to the facility's consumer council.
• Participates in facility MH leadership meetings and policy planning groups.
• Is administratively responsible and accountable for program development and effectiveness of the facility Local Recovery Program.
• Collects, analyzes and reports program data.
• Provides education and in-service training to VAMC employees, Veterans, families and Caregivers.
• Provides outreach presentations to community social service agencies, military Guard and Reserve units, Veteran Service organizations and other groups on Recovery programs and services.
• Performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening patients for psychosocial needs.
• Independently conducts psychosocial assessments and develops treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Provides crisis intervention services.
• Participate in the training of Social Workers, Volunteers, and Students.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g this part).

Education. Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Licensure. Individuals assigned as social worker program coordinator must be licensed or certified at the advanced practice level, and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

English Language Proficiency. Candidates must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).
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In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must meet the following grade requirements.

GS-12 Experience and Education. One year of experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. This experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. Experience includes the Social Worker being administratively responsible for a clinical program providing direct patient care services in the program area, managing the daily operation of the program, develop policies and procedures for program operation, and prepare reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use. The clinician must have knowledge and ability to independently implement treatment modalities and independently provide supportive counseling and/or psychotherapy for individuals, families and groups, skills in management/administration, which includes supervision, consultation, negotiation, and monitoring, and the ability to organize work, set priorities, meet multiple deadlines, and evaluate assigned program area(s).


In addition to the experience above, the candidate must demonstrate all the following KSAs:

1. Knowledge of program coordination and administration which includes consultation, negotiation, and monitoring.
2. Knowledge and ability to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines for the program.
3. Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff assigned to the program.
4. Skill in organizing work, setting priorities, meeting multiple deadlines, and evaluating assigned program area(s).
5. Ability to provide training, orientation, and guidance within clinical practice.

References: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G39.

Physical requirements. The work is primarily sedentary. Physical demands do not exceed those of a typical office setting. There may be some walking, standing, twisting, turning, sitting, pushing, bending, repetitive keyboarding, or carrying of light items. The work requires extreme patience and controlling of emotions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.