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Social Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 51 days ago
About the Role
The Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV), Outreach Case Manager is assigned to Social Work Service and provides services to Veterans/significant others treated in the Health Care for Homeless Veterans Program. The incumbent functions as a champion and advocate for the provision of recovery focused services to Veterans.
What You'll Do
- →VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Major duties include but are not limited to the following: Conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of Veterans and family members.
- →Participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines.
- →Participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
- →Provide individual, family and group counseling as appropriate.
- →Provide consultation/education to Veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
- →Provide consultation/education to medical center staff on social work practice and VA policies and procedures.
- →Liaison between VA and community resources which include marketing and public relation duties as needed.
- →Provide case management to Veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
- →Provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which include case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
- →Address Advance Directives and Organ Donation in accordance with the standards of his/her work area.
- →Provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate Veteran/family support groups as appropriate.
- →As appropriate, supervise the practice of social work students, or a less experienced social Case Manager.
- →Coordinate treatment and communicate with the service lines to facilitate continuity of care for Veterans.
- →Participate in committee assignments, as deemed necessary by the Homeless Program Coordinator.
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.
- ✓Must possess a valid US driver's license 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 evaluation/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
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