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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The Residential Senior Social Worker is responsible for individual and group therapy and case management for Veteran patients on one of three VAMHCS residential programs. The Perry Point residential treatment programs include a homeless Domiciliary(including CWT/TR), a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Residential Treatment Program(PRRTP), and a Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Residential Treatment Program(SARRTP).The Residential Social Worker will be crossed trained across all residential programs.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0wTotal Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Dutie May Include but are not limited to: Has working knowledge and experience in diagnosing mental health conditions and recognizing appropriate treatment modalities for said conditions.
- →Provides services in one of three VAMHCS residential programs.
- →The Perry Point residential treatment programs include a homeless Domiciliary (including the Compensated Work Therapy/Transitional Residence program), a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Residential Treatment Program (PRRTP), and a Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Residential Treatment Program (SARRTP).
- →Assists with local, State and Federal benefits and assists with applications as necessary.
- →Has experience and familiarity in working with previously unhoused individuals and those with numerous psychosocial stressors.
- →Provides other concrete social work tasks to include referrals for housing, transportation, and food as needed.
- →Schedules discharge appointments and coordinates transportation.
- →Incumbent will network both internally and externally to the facility and coordinate community-based services as may be necessary; this may include information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
- →Completes suicide risk screening, suicide risk evaluations, and suicide risk safety plans.
- →Documents all interventions in a timely fashion as dictated by standard operating procedures and policy.
- →Serves as a functioning member of the Interdisciplinary Team, offering social work insights and interventions to the team that may be comprised of, but not limited to, prescribers, nurses, psychologists, technicians, vocational staff, other social workers and program support.
- →Meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions.
- →Consistently communicates and treats customers (veterans, their representatives, visitors, and all VA staff) in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.
- →Incumbent provides the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 1afd943d-8a2c-4cb3-a078-7394e8eceb84
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