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Social Worker - Mental Health
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 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 eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Responsible for providing case management and evidence-based psychotherapy.
- →Serves as a contributing member of an interdisciplinary treatment team for Veterans participating in residential programming or outpatient follow-up.
- →Develops an assessment of the Veteran, and his/her family, economic, community, and psychosocial support systems.
- →Collaborate with other service providers in reassessing the Veteran's needs for outpatient care, residential care, and other programs, services and entitlements.
- →Responsible for educating the Veteran and/or caregiver of the available services and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on the Veteran's preference or that of the established surrogate decision-maker.
- →Provides discharge options available to Veterans and their families and will collaborate with them on the preferred options.
- →Provides Veterans and their families with supportive counseling.
- →Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- →Telework: Available; Ad-hoc as determined by the agency policy.
- →Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
- →Functional Statement #: 936800; 936810 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
- →EDRP Authorized: 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.
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 as part of being an incidental driver.
- ✓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.
- ✓A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position.
- ✓(Please do not submit a copy of your license within your applicant package.) 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0f33461e-5966-465b-b798-15ff1b652c19
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