This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You will provide comprehensive discipline-specific services to Veterans and their families, including case management for the HUD-VASH program, ensuring they reside in safe environments and receive appropriate treatment and stable housing. The role involves working with multi-disciplinary teams and community agencies to deliver healthcare services.
Responsibilities
Perform site visits of HUD-VASH apartments to ensure Veterans reside in safe environments in compliance with local housing codes
Verify the Veteran's status, eligibility for VA medical care, and eligibility of program participation
Ensure that homeless Veterans are considered as primary participants for program acceptance
Collect and submit HUD-VASH Program participant data as outlined by NEPEC evaluation procedures
Provide HUD-VASH case management, including all activities to provide appropriate treatment and maintain Veterans in HUD approved stable housing
Coordinate care, serving as an advocate on behalf of the Veterans to ensure comprehensive service delivery, and linking and referring Veterans to the VA Medical Center, VA Regional Offices and/or community agencies
Comply with criminal conflict of interest laws and Executive Branch Standards of conduct to avoid conflicts of interest while serving as the HUD-VASH Case Manager
Participate in HUD-VASH Program conference calls and attend training offered by the HUD-VASH
Follow local policy and SOP for the HUD-VASH Program, including policies and documentation requirements for CARF and Joint Commission accreditation
Take responsibility for improving professional skills, participating in planning and executing specific staff development projects, attending seminars and institutes, and participating in training programs of other disciplines as requested
Perform accountability functions such as documenting all contacts with patients/families in the medical charts, and completing statistical and other reports in accordance with VA Medical Center and respective professional discipline service policies
Work with VA Medical Center multi-disciplinary teams and community agencies to strive for developing more effective and efficient ways of delivering healthcare services to HUD-VASH Program Veterans
Provide comprehensive discipline-specific services to Veterans and their families in inpatient, outpatient and community settings
Recognize age-related needs and demonstrate knowledge and care appropriate to adult (less than 65 years of age) to geriatric (greater than 65 years of age) age groups
Requirements
United States Citizenship (non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens)
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English Language Proficiency (proficient in basic written and spoken English for direct patient care positions)
Master's degree in Social Work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
Licensed or certified by a state to independently practice social work at the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examination (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice), and must be able to provide supervision for licensure
For the GS-11 grade level and above, the candidate must be licensed or certified
Ability to utilize a Veteran centric approach when providing interventions and counseling for Veterans, their family members, caregivers, and survivors
Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members, and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the Veterans problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed
Ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals, requiring judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients, staff, and representatives of community agencies
Fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures, including acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology
For GS-11: Minimum of one year of post-MSW experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the field of health care or other social work-related settings (VA or non-VA experience) and licensure or certification in a state at the independent practice level OR a doctoral degree in social work from a school of social work may be substituted for the required one year of professional social work experience in a clinical setting
For GS-11: Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services
For GS-11: Skill in independently conducting psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, educational, and other backgrounds
For GS-11: Knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures (i.e., acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology) to formulate a treatment plan
For GS-11: Skill in independently implementing different treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and social problems to achieve treatment goals
For GS-11: Ability to provide consultation services to new social workers, social work graduate students, and other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment
Nice to have:
Community based experience
Experience working with the Homeless
Benefits
Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) eligibility (up to $200,000 reimbursement over one to five years)
37-50 days of annual paid time off per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Credit toward annual leave accrual based on prior work experience or military service experience
Parental Leave: Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave after 12 months of employment in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child
Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full-time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Important Details
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
Physical Requirements: The work is generally sedentary, requiring intermittent standing and walking, with periods of bending and sitting. Light lifting and carrying of light items (under 15 lbs.) such as charts, notes, reports and binders. Simple grasping and fine manipulation is required when using a keyboard to access a computer.
Telework: Authorized (Ad-Hoc)
Other Conditions
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
About the Company
VA Careers provides opportunities for social workers to serve Veterans and their families.
