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Social Worker-Homeless Program/Substance Use Disorder Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 120 days ago
About the Role
This position is located within the Orlando VA Healthcare System, a Level 1a facility, which provides a state-of-the-art continuum of services, education and resources to Veterans and caregivers of Veterans with complex needs. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - Please see below.
What You'll Do
- →The Incumbent must be clinically knowledgeable to provide and complete assessments with understanding of complex and diverse populations.
- →Clients tend to have frequent and severe crises and lack a family or community support network.
- →Clients also may be poor at self-monitoring and frequently fail to comply with medical or legal instructions.
- →They may have significant deficits in coping skills and require continuing professional support.
- →The incumbent provides direct SUD services, case management, and outreach.
- →Independently conducts intake and needs assessments of Veterans experiencing homelessness.
- →Identifies symptoms leading to clinical diagnoses of SUD.
- →Provides al necessary assessment functions and SUD-specific assessments to aid in the development of treatment plans.
- →Develops comprehensive treatment plans collaboratively with the Veteran that address the factors that contributed to homelessness, including SUD concerns and other co-occurring psychosocial factors within a recovery model framework.
- →Works with the Veteran to achieve the Veteran's treatment goals and reassesses and revises goals as indicated by the Veteran's engagement in treatment.
- →Organizes and conducts individual and group case management and SUD treatment, to include early interventions and supportive follow-up to ensure stability through home visits and facility-based contacts.
- →Serves as a member of a multidisciplinary HCHV team.
- →Provides training for other members of the HCHV multidisciplinary team in areas related to SUD assessment, anger management, life skills, and SUD with co-occurring disorders.
- →Provides support to HCHV community partners as a functional member of their teams, to include consultation, interventions, or accompanying other case managers on home visits when there is an indication of problematic substance use.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Education: Have a master's degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
Personality Fit
Job ID: 32af3f18-1187-418c-927a-1f2d4e15ce28
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