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Social Worker (CHOS)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 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
- →Duties will vary by grade, but at the GS-11 level: Clinical: Responsible for providing independent case management throughout the continuum of care for a caseload of Veterans in the HUD-VASH program.
- →Provides a full range of clinical services to include case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
- →Independently performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening Veterans for current mental health status, housing status, access to resources, and other needs.
- →Provides independent evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions, including individual, family, and group psychotherapy.
- →Incumbent can measure outcomes of these interventions.
- →Provides a full range of psychological assessment services and diagnoses mental disorders, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients, many of whom have psychiatric and medical problems.
- →Evaluates their own practice through case conferences and other organizational means.
- →Active participant in the development of treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran/family and the interdisciplinary treatment team.
- →Coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
- →Provides complex crisis intervention, clinical assessment and case management services, seeking to address the cause as well as the presenting complaint.
- →Provides consultation services to other staff regarding the mental health needs of Veterans and the impact of mental health on health care, adherence to treatment plan and other outcomes.
- →Administrative: Complies with criminal conflict of interest laws and Executive Branch Standards of conduct to avoid conflicts of interest while serving as the HUD-VASH Case Manager.
- →Performs accountability functions: 1) documents all contacts, interventions, and activities with patients/families in the electronic medical record; 2) completes statistical and other reports in accordance with VA Medical Center and respective professional discipline/Service level policies and procedures.
- →Other duties as assigned, as related to the needs of the program.
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 dentification 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 an unrestricted history in accordance with VA policy to drive a government vehicle.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5335d62d-84c1-4245-80fd-f72271f0d8d9
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