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Senior Social Worker - HUDVASH
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
About the Role
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.
What You'll Do
- →This announcement is with the North Florida/ South Georgia Veterans Health System in the Community Reintegration and Recovery Service section, this position is located on site at Jacksonville only.
- →The incumbent provides community-based case management services to Veterans participating in the HUD VASH program.
- →Veterans eligible for HUD/VASH come from a wide geographic area.
- →Their health and mental health needs may be complex and require a high degree of clinical oversight and creative problem solving.
- →Services are provided in healthcare settings and in the community.
- →The HUD/VASH Program requires continuous coordination with the community's homeless providers and coalitions as well as with other local, state, and federal agencies.
- →Major duties of the HUD VASH Senior Social Worker can include: Works closely with the VA medical center's homeless programs, residential and community care programs, and domiciliary programs to ensure that coordination between these entities is facilitated and veterans direct care, referral, and follow up is contiguous and based on a continuum of services.
- →Independently provides clinical psychosocial and case management services at an advanced practice level to eligible veterans and their family members in the VA Supporting Housing (VASH) Program to meet biological, psychological, social and environmental needs.
- →Provides support for the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV)/Community Care Programs including outreach activities, task forces and special assignments.
- →Provides support to the local Medical Center through the assignment of special projects and/or committees.
- →Functional Statement #: Senior Social Worker (HUD VASH) / #52053F Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not available Travel: You may be expected to travel up to 75% of the time - Valid Driver's License required EDRP Authorized: May be authorized to highly qualified candidates.
- →Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →Additional Benefits Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional
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 examination.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7699a811-2918-49a6-a3ab-8750140e939d
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