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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
About the Role
The position is located within the Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System within the Community Engagement and Reintegration Service (CERS). The incumbent will be assigned to one of the facilities locations where a HUD-VASH team is based. The incumbent is an unlicensed entry level Social Worker assigned to the Housing and Urban Development Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH).
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Under the supervision of a licensed clinician, the Social Worker duties include working with a multidisciplinary team and interacting with Veterans, family members, significant others, community agencies, VA, and non-VA healthcare providers in addressing Veteran homelessness.
- →Under the supervision of a licensed clinician, the Social Worker duties include and are not limited to: Provide HUD-VASH case management to Veterans and families in the HUD-VASH program.
- →Case management is defined as the provision of services by VA clinical staff to homeless Veterans and includes all activities to provide appropriate treatment and maintain Veterans in stable housing.
- →Perform regular home visits of HUD-VASH apartments to ensure that Veterans reside in environments that foster independence and safety in the community.
- →Verify the Veteran's status, eligibility for VA medical care, and eligibility of program participation.
- →Provide a full range of services within commonly accepted standards of practice with includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
- →Conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of Veterans and family members.
- →Coordinate care including serving as an advocate on behalf of the Veterans to ensure comprehensive service delivery.
- →The Social Worker links and refers Veterans to the VA Medical Center, VA Regional Offices, and/or community agencies.
- →Provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources, Advance Directives and VA benefits Provide wellness/prevention education and facilitates Veteran/family support groups as appropriate.
- →Provide psychoeducation on activities of daily living, budgeting, recovery goals to sustain housing.
- →Responsible for reviewing agreements between landlords, Public Housing Authorities, and the VA in establishing appropriate referral sites for HUD-VASH placements.
- →She/He works closely with property managers and/or Landlords and communicates needs or issues when they arise if the Veteran provides consent to release private information.
- →Collaborate with VA Medical Center multi-disciplinary teams and community agencies to strive for developing more effective and efficient ways of delivering healthcare services to Veterans in the HUD-VASH Program through coordination of treatment and communication.
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: 83287cc4-8d25-4895-863e-7583ca1405c2
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