Senior Social Worker (HUD/VASH)

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. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The incumbent is responsible for providing case management for a caseload of veterans in the HUD-VASH program. The incumbent is responsible for reviewing agreements between Section 8, landlords, Public Housing Authorities, and the VA in establishing appropriate referral sites for HUD-VASH placements. The incumbent performs site visits of HUD-VASH apartments to ensure that veterans reside in safe environments in compliance with local housing codes. The incumbent verifies the veteran's status, eligibility for VA medical care, and eligibility of program participation. Functions: Responsible for ensuring that homeless veterans are considered as primary participants for program acceptance. Responsible for collecting and submitting HUD-VASH Program participant data in accordance with NEPEC (National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans) evaluation procedures. Responsible for providing HUD-VASH case management. 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 HUD-approved stable housing. Performs specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Incumbent incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Provides individual, group, and family psychotherapy and advanced-level case management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with complex medical comorbidities, homelessness, post-traumatic stress disorder, addictions, and other serious disorders. Develops and implements methods to measure the effectiveness of social work practice and services in specialty areas, using outcome evaluations to improve treatment services. Incumbent can demonstrate the ability to design changes based on empirical findings. The incumbent will document social work interventions and activities in the patient's clinical record utilizing CPRS and ensure appropriate hand-off when transferring patient care. The incumbent is responsible for following local policy and SOP for the HUD-VASH Program. This includes the following policies and documentation requirements as required for CARF and JC accreditation. The incumbent will 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. The incumbent will maintain familiarity and responsibility for all performance measures relating to the HUD-VASH Program. provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice, which includes case work, individual, family, and group counseling, discharge planning, case management, and other services as appropriate. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact lena.gowder@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases When setting pay, a higher step rate of the appropriate grade may be determined after conside

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OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?