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Social Worker (HUD) and (VASH)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
HUD-VASH, an intensive case management program for chronically homeless Veterans aimed at providing psychosocial services while participants reside in stable housing through HUD's Section 8 voucher system. The HUD VASH program falls under the Homeless Programs Section of Social Work.
What You'll Do
- →Provide clinical psychosocial and case management services at an independent practice level to eligible Veterans and their family members to meet biological, psychological, social and environmental needs.
- →Provide case management services while utilizing professional skill, objectivity, insight, clinical training, and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options and recognizing potential high risk factors, acuity, and needs for services.
- →Verify the Veteran's status, eligibility for VA medical care, and eligibility of program participation.
- →Responsible for ensuring that homeless Veterans are considered as primary participants for program acceptance.
- →Develop the screening procedures to involve a multidisciplinary team approach and is responsible to ensure criteria and procedures are maintained.
- →Provide primary input for program participant selection based on structured interviews and clinical assessments.
- →Establish, implement, and maintain 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.
- →Conducts and participants in outreach activities including field interviews, assessments and referrals for homeless Veterans contacted in the community, shelters, and "on the streets," as well as those who are referred by VA residential programs, medical centers or outpatient clinics.
- →Maintain current and establishes new relationships with other community-based service providers for the homeless, and when appropriate, represents VA at community service provider meetings.
- →Provide referral to VA medical and mental health 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.
- →Maintain treatment plans based on clinical assessment for each Veteran which are reviewed quarterly with updates as needed and make routine visits to each Veteran in residence to assess their environment and provide on-going clinical services.
- →Explain Veteran's treatment and progress to third parties as appropriate and manages the quality control and evaluation of the professional services provided.
- →Direct clinical and psychosocial services and is accountable for the overall effectiveness of the services provided.
- →Modify services to best meet the treatment needs of Veterans and to promote efficient practice and coordinates with other services offered in the treatment program, assuring such services are complementary and comprehensive.
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.
- ✓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.
- ✓Must have a valid driver's license.
- ✓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: 57a57bab-1d50-41b7-ab92-6d75661f722e
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