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Social Worker (HUD VASH)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 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 HUD-VASH senior social worker is responsible for: Providing leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs.
- →Clinical program development and accountability for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.
- →Incorporating complex multiple causation in differential diagnoses and treatments.
- →Responsible for completing the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) and if applicable the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation (CSRE).
- →Providing outreach services to engage homeless Veterans, to include building collaborations with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure service delivery methods and service patterns match the identified patient need.
- →Independently conducting interviews and assessments for the purpose of program enrollment and to aid in the development of treatment plans.
- →Utilizing Housing First and other evidence-based practice models to promote Veteran engagement and self-efficacy.
- →Assisting the Veteran with housing placement, beginning with the process of obtaining a HUD-VASH voucher from the Public Housing Authority (PHA) through the lease up process.
- →Advocating on behalf of Veterans and their families with landlords, PHAs, community providers and VA programs.
- →Developing and maintaining relationships and processes with the Continuum of Care, Coordinated Entry System, HUD Regional Offices, PHAs, and/or other internal and external stakeholders.
- →Assisting Veterans to form and achieve goals to improve quality of life, to include the pursuit of employment, engagement in medical and mental health care, increased social supports, access to benefits and end of life planning.
- →Providing community-based, clinical case management and care coordination services at the frequency commensurate with the Veteran's stage of case management, clinical needs, and preferences for care.
- →Conducting home visits, with the intent of removing barriers for access to care, supporting housing stability and assessing social and community integration.
- →Providing a wide range of social work interventions and services in both individual or group settings, to include psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management, as consistent with VHA Directive 1110.02 Social Work Professional Practice and approved scope of practice.
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.
- ✓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. cont from Qualifications :Specialized Experience.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 94f311e2-b79c-4b5c-91e8-bed1d6bdb7e5
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