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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 9 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
- →VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The incumbent in this senior social work position provides housing and case management services to homeless veterans.
- →In 1992 the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) established the HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program.
- →The HUD-VASH programs are collaborative efforts to provide veterans with rental assistance through Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) or Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) and through the VAs provision of intensive case management services.
- →The primary goal of HUD-VASH is to move veterans and their families out of homelessness.
- →The primary component of the program is VA case management services, designed to improve veterans health and mental health, enhancing their ability to remain stable, housed and community-integrated.
- →Major Duties and Responsibilities: The incumbent provides social work services at program offices or field location alone or with peer or subordinate team members without a supervisor available for consultation.
- →The incumbent works directly with veterans within various community housing settings and community sites and provides supportive case management services and partners with community agencies to link access to community-wide housing services for veterans.
- →The incumbent provides services such as psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, individual, group, and family therapy, discharge planning and follow-up, crisis intervention, case management assistance, resource development, and coordination related to these services as clinically indicated.
- →The incumbent will provide case management and referral assistance to the veterans that assist consumers in meeting their goals and objectives within a psychosocial rehabilitation framework that allows successful reintegration into community living.
- →The incumbent completes, maintains, and assures the accuracy and timeliness of all statistical information provided to HOMES.
- →The incumbent makes independent professional decisions and recommendations with infrequent recourse to supervisory guidance.
- →Plans, develops and maintains a network of relationships with community resources and other advocates for the homeless to effectively screen and identify veteran members of the homeless population.
- →Depending upon need, the incumbent makes VA or community based referrals, advocates for scarce resources, confirms referrals are completed and provides intensive follow-up and coordination with these agencies.
- →Interviews potential clients, interprets VHA guidelines and eligibility requirements and completes a psychosocial history and assessment.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 26d7ecc3-f94c-42a8-aba7-28cde22857e8
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