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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 64 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 a Allied Health Professional The social worker is responsible for providing case management services for a caseload of Veterans in the HUD-VASH Program, with frequency based on their needs and acuity level.
- →Responsible for reviewing agreements between Section 8, landlords, Public Housing Authorities, contracted agencies, and the VA to establish suitable referral sites for HUD-VASH placements.
- →Performs residential site visits of HUD-VASH housing to ensure Veterans live in safe environments that comply with local housing codes and regulations.
- →Verifies Veteran's status, eligibility for VA medical care, and participation eligibility in the HUD-VASH program.
- →Routine travel for home visits is required, utilizing a government-issued vehicle for work-related travel.
- →Establishes and maintains positive relationships with employees, volunteers, VA staff, and external community agencies.
- →Provides comprehensive biopsychosocial and Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) assessments, integrating findings into care plans with the interdisciplinary team, Veteran, family, and significant others.
- →Highlights the Veteran's strengths, limitations, supports, and service needs to optimize functional status and support safe home living.
- →Coordinates community-based services, including referrals for additional VA programs and other government/community agencies.
- →Has knowledge of Veterans' benefits and services related to special programs, unemployability, service-connected compensation, and non-service-connected pensions.
- →Provides education on VA resources, entitlements, Advance Directives/Living Will, and refers Veterans/families to appropriate team members for health education.
- →Participates in discharge planning with other disciplines, ensuring timely and appropriate execution of discharge plans.
- →Independently identifies and prioritizes high-risk patients, offers case management, risk assessments, and safety planning per agency policies.
- →Assists patients and their loved ones with coping with loss, grief, disability, terminal illness, and death.
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: 2eda9630-013f-4bb0-bc08-d7dfe3a615be
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