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Social Worker-HCHV/HUD-VASH
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 47 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 Duties include but are not limited to the following: The incumbent serves as the medical center's primary point of contact for those Veterans who they are assigned as case manager.
- →The incumbent develops working relationships with other organizations and directly coordinates with the designated PHA regarding housing voucher application and award process for each veteran.
- →The incumbent is responsible for coordination between Section 8 landlords, PHAs, and the VA to establish appropriate referral sites for placements.
- →The incumbent establishes implements, and maintains referral and screening procedures for potential HUD/VASH veteran participants that meet national policy as well as the needs of medical center mental health services and residential programs.
- →The incumbent provides referral to VA medical and mental health as inpatient and outpatient treatment and to other VA services including VA benefits, as well as community-based social services and other non-VA entitlement programs including Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) and Supportive Employment (SE).
- →The incumbent implements referral procedures, screening, and admission criteria.
- →The incumbent identifies and implements program eligibility, prioritization of subsets of the homeless veteran population, requirements of the PHAs, and other policy, regulation, or law pertaining to program administration.
- →The incumbent provides on-call crisis coverage as part of the homeless team and Sioux Falls VA Healthcare System Emergency Department as part of the regular rotation.
- →The incumbent's assignment may require an irregular tour of duty depending on the Veteran's needs.
- →The incumbent maintains and establishes new relationships with other community-based service providers for the homeless, and when appropriate, represents VA at community service provider meetings.
- →The incumbent evaluates the veteran's situation, abilities, and capabilities and arrives at a reasoned conclusion including an assessment of vulnerability and prioritization for admission.
- →The incumbent develops psychosocial treatment plans, actively involving the veteran and their family or significant others, in coordination with interdisciplinary teams, based on the psychosocial assessments, including goals for clinical treatment.
- →The incumbent MUST possess a current driver's license and drive a government vehicle in carrying out professional duties when deemed necessary.
- →Other duties as assigned.
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: 7991bff4-e93c-4a32-9a52-ff84f9928232
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