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Social Worker-(HUD VASH)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 13 days ago
On-site West Palm Beach, FL $84K – $109K Apply by Sep 12, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP Healthcare
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The HUD-VASH SUD Specialist supports chronically homeless Veterans using HUD-VASH vouchers, providing clinical care and housing support. The role focuses on substance use treatment, early intervention, and ongoing case management to help Veterans achieve stability, recovery, and long-term, permanent housing.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Major Duties and Responsibilities, but not limited too: Conducts independent intakes, needs assessments, and psychosocial evaluations to identify substance use disorders and develop personalized recovery-oriented treatment plans.
- →Performs active outreach in the community, emergency shelters, and on the streets alongside other homeless program specialists to locate and engage unhoused Veterans.
- →Organizes and leads individual and group counseling, delivers early interventions for relapse prevention, and provides crisis management for Veterans dealing with dual diagnoses, serious mental illness (like PTSD), and physical health issues.
- →Acts as an embedded expert on the HUD-VASH team, providing consultations, joining other case managers on home visits when substance use is suspected, and collaborating with local community agencies and acute treatment providers.
- →Helps establish referral procedures, contributes to policy-making and service planning discussions, collects and reviews performance data, and maintains precise clinical documentation.
- →Trains multidisciplinary team members on substance use assessments, anger management, and life skills, while also providing clinical oversight and supervision to social work trainees and staff working toward their state licensures.
- →Participates in an on-call social worker rotation (which may require evening, weekend, or holiday shifts), responds to the National Homeless Call Center, and ensures safety standards, infection control protocols, and OSHA guidelines are rigorously maintained during both office and field work.
- →Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 40049F Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 876fe36c-703c-4548-92e1-62fc2d95cc44
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