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Social Worker (Program Coordinator) - Survivors Assistance and Memorial Support (SAMS)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
On-site Bay Pines, FL $98K – $127K Apply by Sep 21, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP OperationsHealthcare
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This position is located in Social Work Service of the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System. The duties and responsibilities are carried throughout the Healthcare Center including all clinical and other patient care areas involved with the services.
What You'll Do
- →The Survivors Assistance and Memorial Support (SAMS) Program provides personalized, supportive services to families, caregivers, and survivors at the end of a Veteran's life and ensure Veterans without identified family receive dignified burials to honor their service.
- →Ensure that there are proper budgetary/financial mechanisms in place to procure funeral, transportation, and/or interment services, when necessary.
- →Manage and coordinate the daily operations of the SAMS Program, assist in the development of policies and procedures for program operation and prepare reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use.
- →Manages and controls the use of data related to SAMS regarding day-to-day functioning and program evaluation.
- →In conjunction with the Service Chief, plans, organizes, and directs administrative, operational, and personnel activities for the SAMS program.
- →Develops with the VA medical facility Chief of Health Administration Service (HAS), to ensure HODs are properly trained and allocated protected time to execute SAMs duties.
- →Offers administrative support to the primary survivor for the time between the Veteran's death to dignified interment, including referrals to non-VA resources.
- →Requests any clinical staff involved with care prior to death contact, or completes that clinical contact, within 24 hours (1 business day) of pronouncement of death.
- →Collaborates with Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT), Pharmacy and Prosthetics to cancel all appointments to include orders.
- →Performs work related to the review, monitoring, analysis, planning and assessment of the SAMS program.
- →Responsible for key program activities related to the planning, development, and implementation of the program components.
- →Perform other duties as assigned.
- →Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
- →Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
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
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