Social Worker Supervisor

THE POSITION

As a Social Worker Supervisor with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), you lead important work that supports veterans, their spouses, and their families. This position gives you the opportunity to guide social services and help ensure a positive and respectful experience for every resident at the Delaware Valley Veterans' Home. You join a team that approaches each day with purpose, collaboration, and a strong commitment to quality care.

Step forward and bring your leadership, energy, and dedication to a role where you can make a lasting difference.

This position oversees social services for residents and provides leadership within the department to support quality care. As a Social Worker Supervisor, you will perform the following duties:

• Department Oversight:
  Supervise social services operations, direct counseling, and lead case management activities
• Service Administration:
  Maintain complete records of social services and oversee functions related to admissions, transfers, and discharges
• Care Plan Participation:
  Attend interdisciplinary meetings, complete resident assessments, and integrate assessments into care plans
• Grievance Management:
  Coordinate grievance processes and ensure follow through based on facility policy
• Resident Counseling:
  Provide counseling to residents and families using appropriate treatment approaches
• Staff
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Promote teamwork, support training needs, and represent the department on committees

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary:
  
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of experience as a Social Worker 2 or a Forensic Social Worker 2 (Commonwealth job titles or equivalent Federal Government job titles, as determined by the Office of Administration) ; and a master’s degree in social work or social welfare; or
• Three years of professional social work experience, including one year in a consultative, administrative, advisory, or lead work capacity; and a master’s degree in social work or social welfare.

• You must possess a valid license as a Licensed Social Worker or Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Older Adult Protective Services Act.
• Under the Act, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports, including but not limited to, PA State Police and FBI clearance.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the…