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Social Worker - Healthcare for Homeless Veterans (HCHV)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 17 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
- →The incumbent provides services to Veterans treated in the Homeless Veterans Program.
- →The social worker provides outreach, in reach, assessments, referrals and case management services to homeless veterans identified in the community or within the medical facilities.
- →Services are also provided to homeless veterans receiving treatment in contract residential treatment and supportive housing programs.
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to the following: The incumbent will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members.
- →The incumbent is an active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines.
- →The incumbent will participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
- →The incumbent will provide individual, family and group counseling as appropriate.
- →The incumbent will provide consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
- →The incumbent will act as a consultant to other team/staff members.
- →The incumbent will participate in the annual homeless initiatives (such as homeless stand down and CHALENG) that are required by the Northeast Program Evaluation Center (NEPEC) for this program.
- →The incumbent will act as liaison between VA and community resources, to include marketing and public relation duties as needed.
- →The incumbent will provide case management services to veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
- →The incumbent will provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which include case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
- →The incumbent will address Advance Directives and Organ Donation in accordance with the standards of their work area.
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 evaluation/examination.
- ✓Must posses a valid drivers license.
- ✓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: 3adf0d5c-67fd-41ef-a4b0-7f89acdec6b0
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