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Social Worker- HUD-VASH
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 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
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Formulate and implement treatment plans in collaboration with the Veteran, interdisciplinary team, and when appropriate family members or caregivers.
- →Utilize supportive counseling, problem-solving strategies, and crisis intervention techniques to assist Veterans experiencing psychiatric, medical, financial, legal, and social problems.
- →Monitor treatment progress and reassess Veteran needs at least annually or more frequently as clinically indicated.
- →Ensure treatment plans include strengths, measurable goals, referral plans, and relevant history including mental health, substance use, medical, legal, housing, and social functioning.
- →Provide housing stabilization interventions designed to support long-term tenancy and prevent eviction, including problem-solving with Veterans regarding lease compliance, conflict resolution, and engagement in supportive services.
- →Deliver crisis intervention and supportive counseling to Veterans experiencing housing instability, behavioral health crises, or other psychosocial stressors impacting housing retention.
- →Assist Veterans in developing skills necessary for independent community living, including budgeting, maintaining housing, navigating community systems, and engaging in healthcare and recovery services.
- →Provide case management and care coordination to facilitate appropriate delivery of healthcare services.
- →Conduct face-to-face meetings with Veterans in their homes or community settings as clinically appropriate.
- →Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, VA services, and community partners to ensure coordinated care.
- →Maintain a network of community resources and referral options to support Veteran stability and recovery.
- →Advocate for Veterans within VA systems and external service networks.
- →Utilizes working knowledge of community-based housing, healthcare, and supportive service resources to make referrals and coordinate care.
- →Coordinates referrals to community programs including housing authorities, mental health programs, and social service agencies.
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: aadfd50a-b3bf-4670-a42a-f2c48cabd01b
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