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Social Worker (Program Coordinator)(HUD/VASH)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 5 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
- →Responsible for monitoring the program and coordination of case management services for Veterans receiving housing provided through HUD Section 8 housing vouchers along with providing outreach, assessment, brief case management and referral for other homeless Veterans and families.
- →This position covers Crossville/Cookeville and the surrounding areas.
- →Responsible for overseeing all aspects of the HUD-VASH program.
- →The incumbent is responsible for reviewing agreements between Section 8, landlords, Public Housing Authorities, and the VA in establishing appropriate referral sites for HUD-VASH placements.
- →Performs site visits of HUD-VASH apartments to ensure Veterans reside in safe environments in compliance with local housing codes.
- →Verifies the Veteran's status, eligibility for VA medical care, and eligibility of program participation.
- →Responsible for establishing or participating in a process for referrals and admissions to the HUDVASH Program, ensuring that chronically homeless and other vulnerable homeless Veterans are considered as primary participants for program acceptance.
- →Responsible for collecting and submitting HUD-VASH Program participant data as outlined by NEPEC evaluation procedures.
- →Responsible for providing HUD-VASH case management.
- →Case management is defined as the provision of services by VA clinical staff to homeless Veterans and includes all activities to provide appropriate treatment and maintain Veterans in HUD approved stable housing.
- →Coordinates 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 community agencies.
- →Complies with criminal conflict of interest laws and Executive Branch Standards of conduct to avoid conflicts of interest while serving as the HUD-VASH Case Manager.
- →Actively participates in the SW and HCHV team meetings and HUD-VASH Program conference calls and attends training offered by the HUD-VASH.
- →Responsible for developing and administering local policy and SOP for the HUD-VASH Program.
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: 8213616a-9984-4a6f-8019-3e06bc04ead8
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