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Social Worker (Program Coordinator)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 13 days ago
On-site Detroit, MI $101K – $131K Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Social Work ENFJESFJINFJINFP OperationsHealthcare
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The incumbent is a social worker and serves in a full-time capacity within the Mental Health Service (MHS) within the VA Detroit Healthcare System. The social worker is part of the Homeless Programs Section. The social work coordinator's duties are conducted in correctional facilities, including county jails, work release centers, and criminal justice courts across the medical center's catchment area (Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Sanilac, and St. Clair Counties).
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional This position is primarily conducted away from the main facility and supervisors which requires an advanced level of practice and the ability to work independently.
- →This position requires mastery of a wide range of qualitative and/or quantitative methods for assessment, evaluation, and quality improvement.
- →The coordinator has the primary responsibility to provide assessments, case management services, and referral, linkage, and advocacy support to Veterans who are justice-involved.
- →The incumbent will provide a significant amount of their services to older Veterans with complex biopsychosocial issues.
- →The incumbent may also provide clinical supervision for social work health trainees.
- →Duties may include but not limited to: Develops, implements, and maintains all established and new regulations for Veteran Justice Outreach (VJO).
- →Advocates on behalf of Veterans' service in MHS before local, state, regional, and federal justice-involved entities.
- →Monitors the clinical care of justice-involved Veterans within the VJO program.
- →Assesses and monitors the compliance of courts, prisons, and jails that participate in VJO to regulations and protocols as established by statute.
- →Provides oversight of VJO programs as defined in prevailing directives and recommendations.
- →Verifies Veteran status and eligibility for participation in the VJO Program.
- →Reviews, approves, and/or disapproves admissions, readmissions, and extensions of care.
- →Serves as ongoing case management for justice-involved Veterans who are being monitored by the courts and correctional facilities.
- →Serves as an active member of the court treatment team, providing or coordinating the provision of clinical treatment using evidence-based models.
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.
- ✓Loss of Licensure or Certification.
- ✓Once licensed or certified, social workers must maintain a full, valid, and unrestricted independent license or certification to remain qualified for employment.
- ✓Loss of licensure or certification will result in removal from the GS-0185 social worker series and may result in termination of employment.
Personality Fit
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