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Social Worker Program Coordinator - Grant and Per Diem Liaison
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 4 days ago
On-site Salt Lake City, UT $105K – $137K Apply by Sep 21, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP Operations
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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 major duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to: Overseeing admissions into GPD, working in concert with community agencies and the HJCR Outreach Specialists.
- →Monitoring timeliness pertaining to admissions into the GPD Program.
- →Acting as a subject matter expert related to procedures and alignment with community resources that enable homeless Veterans to access the GPD program.
- →Be responsible for development and administration of the GPD program preadmission practices and procedures.
- →Acting as a subject matter expert on GPD transitional housing and other HCHV grant opportunities available as housing resources for homeless Veterans.
- →Ensuring best practices are advocated for and utilized, and help develop local policies and procedures related to the delivery of services.
- →Monitoring, assessing, and providing oversight of the clinical care and compliance of the programs receiving per diem as described in the grantees current grant application (e.g.
- →Bridge Housing, Low Demand, Service Intensive, Clinical Treatment, & Hospital to Housing Models).
- →Intervening to facilitate compliance or corrective actions and develops, facilitates, and monitors plans of correction to help Veterans maintain their housing.
- →Coordinating with community agencies, organizations, and groups to learn of services or resources available for homeless Veterans as well as provides current information on services and benefits available in the VA for GPD Program participants.
- →Coordinating care including serving as an advocate on behalf of the Veterans to ensure comprehensive service delivery and linking and referring Veterans to the VA Medical Center, VA Regional Offices and/or community agencies.
- →Providing crisis intervention when indicated including evaluation, assessment, and triage.
- →Utilizing various treatment modalities of individual and group work, casework, community organization, and community outreach activities to alleviate or remove problems that interfere with the GPD participants' ability to achieve independence.
- →Working with multi-disciplinary teams and community agencies to strive for developing more effective and efficient ways of delivering healthcare services to GPD Program Veterans.
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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9a6bbe18-e289-4436-b112-4124e0b4ee91
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