Job Listing
Social Worker - HUDVASH
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
- →Position vacancies are at Gainesville VAMC and Jacksonville locations.
- →This position is located at the North Florida/ South Georgia Veterans Health System in the Community Reintegration and Recovery Service.
- →The incumbent provides community-based case management services to Veterans participating in the HUD VASH program.
- →Works closely with the VA medical center's homeless programs, residential and community programs, and domiciliary programs to ensure that coordination between these entities is facilitated and Veterans direct care, referral, and follow-up is based on a continuum of services.
- →Independently provides clinical psychosocial and case management services for eligible Veterans and their family members in the program.
- →Works in close consultation with the HUDVASH Social Worker assigned.
- →Veterans eligible for HUDVASH come from a wide geographic area.
- →Their health and mental health needs may be complex and require a high degree of clinical oversight and creative problem solving.
- →Services are provided in healthcare settings and in the community.
- →The HUDVASH Program requires continuous coordination with the community's homeless providers and coalitions as well as with other local, state, and federal agencies.
- →Duties of the Social Worker - HUD-VASH program include but are not limited to the following: Develops working relationships and agreements with other organizations and directly coordinates with the designated Public Housing Authority(PHA) regarding housing voucher application and award process for each veteran.
- →Regularly conducts and participates 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.
- →Evaluates the veteran's situation, abilities, and capabilities, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion including an assessment of vulnerability and priority for admission.
- →Assesses at-risk factors and develops a preliminary plan, involving the veteran and family or significant others, and performs an insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness which may also include, catastrophic medical condition, dementia, traumatic brain injuries, and other high risks diagnoses.
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 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0faabd15-77ec-46d3-9edc-a8ce5ef2cb20
Posted via USAJobs