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Senior Social Worker (CERS)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
About the Role
The Senior Social Worker serves on a multidisciplinary team and is administrative responsibility for clinical program development, accountable for clinical program effectiveness and program facilitation. These positions provide support to the National Center for Warrior Independence at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles, California.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU This announcement will fill Senior Social Worker vacancies within the Community Engagement and Reintegration Service (CERS) located at the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles, California.
- →Duties may include but are not limited to: Housing and Urban Development- Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH): Provides case management services to a special patient population that demonstrates highly complex psychosocial, health or mental health problems.
- →Provides clinical and administrative compliance during their course of providing Veterans with direct services and/or connecting homeless Veterans to the services and resources that will enable them to secure safe, affordable, quality permanent housing.
- →Provides information and referrals to VA programs in their provision of case management services.
- →Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with Veterans and their families when appropriate.
- →Ensure staff whom they supervise are aware of, adhere to all current directives of VHA and meet current Joint Commission and Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) standards, State licensure standards and VA-Office of Inspector General (OIG) expectations.
- →Provides orientation and ongoing training to subordinate staff and takes responsibility for providing opportunities to help staff update their clinical practice skills and acquire new knowledge in contemporary treatment modalities.
- →Care, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Service (CTRS): Provides case management services to a special patient population that demonstrates highly complex psychosocial, health or mental health problems.
- →Has advanced knowledge and experience in the use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses and injuries, common medications and their effects, side effects, and medical terminology.
- →Independently provides consultation services to other VA staff regarding the psychosocial needs of homeless Veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plans.
- →Work Schedule: Various tours of duty based on the needs of the service.
- →Compressed/Flexible: May be available based on the needs of the service.
- →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.
Requirements
- ✓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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓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.
- ✓Must be able to operate a government vehicle for the purposes of Veteran care and coordination.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1f9eca59-8cf6-4ae6-b5a3-9c428f6046fe
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