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Senior Social Worker - VJP Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 54 days ago
About the Role
The Veterans Justice Program (VJP) Specialist Social Worker provides psychosocial assessments, case management services, continuous quality improvement activities, evaluation/consultation, placement services, and referral to various community agencies for Veterans who are being monitored by the courts, through the veterans treatment courts and are assisting veterans that are within 6 months of release from correctional institutions, facilitating reentry to the VA health care services.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Engages regularly with judges, court personnel, correctional administrators, and other justice-system stakeholders to develop, review, and maintain policies and procedures that support justice-involved Veterans.
- →Conducts proactive outreach within correctional facilities and treatment court programs, identifying and interviewing justice-involved Veterans to complete comprehensive needs assessments.
- →Treatment-matching assessment provides an initial determination of the needs of the Veteran seen by the VJP Specialist, and develops an initial plan.
- →Once the Veteran presents at a VA medical center following outreach.
- →Coordinates referrals, service linkages, and care planning to ensure continuity of care during transitions back to the community, including release from jail or prison.
- →Serves as a case manager for justice-involved Veterans in treatment courts or recently released from correctional institutions, facilitating access to VA health care, mental health services, benefits, and community-based resources to support stable, independent reintegration.
- →Performs duties across varying security levels while adhering to VA safety protocols in challenging environments that may involve psychiatric crises, acute medical issues, or high-risk behaviors.
- →Systems intervention is intended to improve VA, criminal justice, and non-VA community programs' services to Veterans involved in criminal justice.
- →It includes educating all stakeholders about the population, and developing and negotiating strategies to better serve Veterans involved in the criminal justice system.
- →This position requires documenting all patient interactions, preparing reports per VAHCS policy, participating in treatment planning, and serving as a social work expert across teams.
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: 8AM - 4:30PM, Monday - Friday Compressed: Authorized at supervisor discretion Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- →When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
- →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).
- →Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience.
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.
- ✓A valid state issued driver's license with a clean driving history in accordance with VA Policy to drive a government vehicle.
- ✓Ability to operate and drive a government vehicle as determined by an Occupational Health driving 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: d19096ea-a7a8-415c-b5e1-370a0a8e2536
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