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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 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
- →VA Careers - Licensed Clinical Social Worker: https://youtube.com/embed/U_xC25QsN0w Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The incumbent in this position functions as a Social Worker for VAPAHCS's Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Program.
- →The incumbent is responsible for identifying, engaging, and working directly with veterans in a variety of settings, both within the VA Divisions and outpatient clinics and in the community in shelters, drop-in centers, and community housing settings.
- →The HCHV Social Worker will work to engage the veteran and link him/her to needed services with the goal of psychosocial stabilization and increased residential stability.
- →The HCHV Social Worker partners with community agencies through informal outreach agreements and more formalized contracts and agreements.
- →GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED DUTIES INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO: GS-09: Work is reviewed through regularly scheduled meetings with the supervisor, through monitoring of progress notes and other accountability practices as required by the state's licensing agency, and from reports from the program areas to which the incumbent is assigned.
- →All social work duties must be under the close supervision of a social work supervisor or licensed social worker of a higher grade.
- →GS-11: The incumbent practices independently, using professional judgment and expertise to make decisions about services and treatment provided for veterans and their significant others/family members.
- →The incumbent is given authority to make his/her work assignments within the program area to which assigned.
- →He/she consults with the supervisor as needed and with colleagues to develop knowledge and to apply agency policies and practices to new matters.
- →The work is reviewed for technical adequacy and conformance with procedures and practices applicable to the subject.
- →Outreach & Direct Services: Providing outreach services at the full extent of their relevant clinical privileges, credentials, and scope of practice, elements of practice, certification, functional statement, position description, or other VHA or local facility-approved documentation of competency.
- →Case Management: The HCHV Social Worker may provide case management support.
- →Case Management includes the responsibility to conduct psychosocial assessments and develop treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team, and possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions.
- →Consults: The incumbent may serve as a responder for the National Call Center and Homeless Consults for HCHV.
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 the 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: 23fcb3c0-fb1c-4662-894c-4774c8b6ca26
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