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Social Worker (Program Coordinator) - HCHV Outreach Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 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
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU The Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Outreach Coordinator provides community outreach throughout the Kansas City VA Medical Center catchment area, access to shelter services, rapid resolution strategies, and housing case management to Veterans who are experiencing or at imminent risk of homelessness.
- →Duties include but are not limited to: Outreach & Engagement Conduct outreach across multi-county VA catchment area, including shelters, encampments, soup kitchens, and community sites.
- →Build partnerships with CoC agencies, SSVF, street outreach teams, hospitals, law enforcement, VSOs, and community groups.
- →Provide "In-reach" through staff meetings, consultative support, and maintaining updated outreach materials.
- →Attend and support community awareness events (Point-in-Time Count, VA2K, Stand Down).
- →Case Management & Housing Support Deliver weekly case management in shelters, streets, and homes for Veterans not enrolled in other housing programs.
- →Utilize Housing First, Harm Reduction, and Trauma-Informed Care models.
- →Assist with housing search, placement, and obtaining furniture/household items.
- →Provide up to 90 days of post-housing stabilization case management.
- →Clinical Assessment & Treatment Complete psychosocial assessments, develop treatment plans, and provide psychotherapy to homeless individuals, families, and groups.
- →Incorporate complex causation in diagnosis and determine service priority for high-need Veterans.
- →Document all care in CPRS and coordinate safe handoffs with providers.
- →Assist Veterans with discharge upgrades, benefits claims, and legal resource referrals.
- →Consults, Triage & Coordinated Entry Manage HCHV Walk-In Clinic and daily National Call Center for Homeless Veterans (NCCHV) consults.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Possess a valid, unrestricted Driver's License (DL).
- ✓Have a safe driving record.
- ✓Demonstrate that they are medically qualified to operate the appropriate motor vehicle safely.
- ✓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. - Pre-employment physical required 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 326c87a4-c790-4a27-aea4-7fc6efd8b3d5
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