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Social Worker - Veteran Justice Outreach
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 61 days ago
About the Role
The Veteran Justice Outreach Social Worker is a Senior Social Worker whose position is located in the Social Work Service at the Chillicothe VAMC, Chillicothe, Ohio. The primary responsibilities are to provide continuous quality improvement activities, evaluation/consultation, placement services, treatment matching sessions, and referral and linkage to various community agencies for Veterans who are being monitored by the courts, including treatment or specialty courts.
What You'll Do
- →Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: Responsible for clinical programming and daily operation of the program, as well as the management of program data.
- →Coordinate administrative, patient, and personnel activities for this program and with VA and non-VA employment providers and Community Employment Coordinator to assure access and ongoing employment services as needed.
- →Develop processes for verifying the Veteran status and VHA eligibility of justice involved Veterans.
- →Identify VA and non-VA resources that can assist justice-involved Veterans with their community stabilization process.
- →Provide outreach to Veterans in prison and jail settings.
- →Provide referrals and directly link Veterans to VA resources, including Vet Centers, to the extent the Veteran is eligible.
- →Conduct correspondence with incarcerated Veterans and other involved parties (e.g., corrections, parole, probation, family) as needed.
- →Provide case management as needed to coordinate treatment with VA services and other involved institutions, including parole and probation.
- →Coordinate with the national network of VJP Specialists to ensure continuity of care for justice-involved Veterans released to communities and states that are far distant from the facility where they are incarcerated.
- →Accompany and transport Veterans to appointments and other community resources as needed.
- →Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- →Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- →When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
- →Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year).
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 for incidental driver.
- ✓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.
- ✓A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position.
- ✓(Please do not submit a copy of your license within your applicant package.) 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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: dc97e6b2-ab5f-4e86-b3e3-c9cea8f839db
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