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Social Science Technician
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 60 days ago
On-site Greenville, SC $50K – $66K Apply by Jul 27, 2026 Social Science Aid and Technician ESFJINFJISFJISTJ HealthcareTrades
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The Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Columbia VA Health Care System (VAHCS) opened in 1932 at its current location. The facility has 204 skilled nursing beds, which includes acute medical, surgical, psychiatric, and long-term care. The hospital provides primary, secondary, and some tertiary care. The facility is a complex teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, education, and research.
What You'll Do
- →Develops working relationships with various community agencies, SSVF partners and other governmental agencies, often serving as the VA liaison or contact person.
- →Have frequent contact with staff from various community agencies and maintains a good relationship that fosters interagency collaboration and allows for the coordinated care for Veterans.
- →Provides information, referrals and linkage to Veterans and families to VA healthcare, community resources, VA financial benefits, and assists with paperwork to obtain these services.
- →Makes referrals to the various homeless programs, as appropriate, for further evaluation and indicated treatment such as HCHV intake, GPD transitional housing, CWT/CEC employment services, VJO and HUD/VASH.
- →Incumbent interviews potential clients, confirms eligibility and attempts to complete a bio-psychosocial assessment and completes the HOMES forms, discharge planning and evaluation for ongoing services and interprets and explains the VA's treatment and benefit programs.
- →Develops and appropriate treatment plan using known available resources and information from the psychosocial assessment.
- →Maintain data and statistical compilations to comply with JCAHO, CARF, VA and medical center policy and procedures.
- →Maintain familiarity and shares responsibility for all performance measures relating to VA's Health Care for Homeless Veterans Programs.
- →Incumbent will assist with verifying Veterans' eligibility for VA hospital care and medical services and assist with linkage as appropriate by helping Veterans with completing VA Form 10-EZ, Application for Medical Benefits, for those Veterans not seen at the medical facility and/or will transport them to the VA eligibility office for services.
- →Additional duties as assigned.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm, M-F Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 01926-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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: 94ee8e04-199e-4e41-8d05-e0b2266df196
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