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Senior Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 88 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 - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The incumbent in this senior social work position provides outreach services to Homeless veterans.
- →The Social Worker is responsible for outreach services to homeless veterans in communities and rural areas distant from the Jack C Montgomery VA Medical Center.
- →Assignments involve providing continuing social work services at a field location alone or with subordinate social work staff members without a supervisor available for consultation.
- →Such assignments typically require extensive coordination of services with a wide range of residents of various communities such as local lawyers, physicians, and public officials, and with local social agencies.
- →Clients tend to have frequent and severe crises and lack a family or community support network.
- →Clients also may be poor at self-monitoring and frequently fail to comply with medical or legal instructions.
- →They may have significant deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional support.
- →List the major duties and responsibilities of the position: Plan, develop and maintains a network of relationships with community resources and other advocates for the homeless.
- →Utilizes knowledge of community resources, makes referrals to the community and other government agencies as appropriate, and coordinates services.
- →Provides clinical services , guidance, emotional support and other assistance to clients.
- →Involves clients in individual or group counseling.
- →Interviews potential clients, interprets VHA guidelines and eligibility requirements and completes a psychosocial history and assessment.
- →Initiates eligibility determination, and forwards to VA eligibility staff members.
- →Establish an initial assessment at the time of the first visit.
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.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: db5da334-1d49-4746-ad3e-892fc8eaeaf3
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