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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 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
- →Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf Duties included but not limited to: Psychosocial assessment - Assists the Homeless Program in developing a psychosocial assessment as required by program standards.
- →The assessment will include psychosocial history of the Veteran, family relationships, economic and community connections and various psychosocial support systems.
- →Community Outreach - Develops relationships with area landlords, apartment building management companies and staff, real estate agents and other community members involved in housing throughout the catchment area.
- →Resource Development - Responsible for the development and maintenance of a rental property inventory tracker system.
- →This includes identifying landlords and rental property in all counties within the Chillicothe VA catchment area and updating the tracker regularly.
- →Referral to Housing Providers - Provides available housing options and serve as the liaison between the Veteran and the potential housing property staff in connecting Veterans to housing options for use of issued HUD/VASH vouchers.
- →Advocacy - Assists the Veteran and family with navigation of the larger VA bureaucracy and empowers the Veteran to self-advocate whenever feasible.
- →When necessary, the social worker will provide education on self-advocacy to instill confidence in procuring needed goods and services.
- →Crisis Intervention - Experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans, to include assessment of suicide risk and development of suicide prevention safety plans.
- →Use of Government Vehicle to Transport Veterans: Requires the ability to accompany and transport Veterans to appointments and other community resources as needed, whether medical, housing, or other treatment plan goal appointments through the use of a government vehicle.
- →Work Schedule: Full-time, 7:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: This position is eligible for 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 your start date.
- →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.
- →Former EDRP Participants are ineligible to apply for the 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 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: 1fd6d6ac-073c-4b65-9c60-ec78f3fe0c5a
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