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Social Worker (HUD-VASH Substance Use Disorder Specialist)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
About the Role
The Senior Social Worker supports the HUD-VASH Supervisor and Homeless Program Coordinator by ensuring group and individual programming meets the needs of Veterans. This role is vital in maintaining continuity of care, collaborating closely with both outpatient and residential SUD programs. The Senior Social Worker is skilled in specialized interventions and provides advanced care to individuals, groups, and families, including case management.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Senior Social Worker serves as the SUD Specialist for Homeless Programs, providing evidence-based treatment for Veterans struggling with substance use and addiction, primarily within the HUD-VASH Program.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Completes comprehensive clinical assessments with Veterans and their family members/significant others to fully understand a Veteran's needs and identify treatment goals.
- →Reviews all data, subjective and objective, and makes a clinical assessment identifying needs and strengths.
- →Effectively uses professional skill, objectivity, and insight.
- →Uses advanced clinical training, insight, and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options.
- →Independently evaluates the client's situation, including the Veteran's strengths and arrives at a reasoned conclusion.
- →Develops psychosocial treatment plans in coordination with interdisciplinary team members and the Veteran's input, including goals for psychosocial clinical treatment and crisis intervention.
- →Documents independently in the medical records utilizing electronic formats, including psychosocial assessments, diagnostics, treatment, progress notes, follow up, no shows, collaboration, collateral information, informed consent, and referrals.
- →Senior Social Worker serves as a mentor to other Social Workers and acts as a role model for entry level Social Workers and interdisciplinary team members as a senior clinician with advanced practice skills and expertise.
- →Other duties as assigned.
- →Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
- →Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
- →Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
- →Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
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.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 55cb958c-088f-4596-ad96-e0656c2c6222
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