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 eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Serve as a liaison between Veterans and/or their families and VA and community resources to ensure thorough delivery of services. Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing with people from varied backgrounds. Facilitate action for community placements through collaboration with Veterans and their families as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members to ensure that appropriate community placements are completed in a timely manner. Provide consultation and education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits, and specialty programs. Assess psychosocial problems often at a time when the Veteran is experiencing crisis and provide short-term and long-term solution-focused counseling with Veterans and/or their families. Complete thorough assessments to determine the presenting problem, factors impacting the situation, and obstacles to treatment and/or follow through with recommended treatments. Independently implement treatment modalities, provide educational classes, and/or supportive groups for Veterans and families. Respond to referrals that typically originate from members of the interdisciplinary team, from Veterans and/or their families coming as walk-ins to seek assistance, and from community professionals. Provide consultation to other treatment team and staff members regarding psychosocial needs of Veterans and/or their families and the impact of the identified psychosocial problems on the Veteran's health care planning and compliance with treatment. Conduct a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. Be accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns for their evolving caseload. Work in the community most of the time, away from main campus, without Social Work Supervision available when traveling and/or alone with a complex Veteran. Use various and appropriate theories and modalities in the specialized treatment of complex physical or mental illness. Incorporate 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. Determine priority for services and provide specialized treatment services. Coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Design system changes based on empirical findings. Utilize outcome evaluations to improve treatment services. Provide case management with members of the outpatient interdisciplinary team and home and community-based services for a collaborative effort to meet the agreed upon goals for a Veteran's treatment needs and include liaison with community professionals regarding needed services for Veterans and/or their families. Provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty area, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills. Responsible for innovation in the creation of new models of psychosocial assessment or intervention to identify and address specialized clinical needs. Further professional growth through continuing education and ensure continuing education appropriate to the area of assignment. Aid with the orientation and learning of less experienced social workers and to serve as a preceptor for social work students. Teach and mentor staff and students in the specialty area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications. Evaluate their practice on an on-going basis through participation in professional peer review, case conferences, research studies, or other organized means. Reviewing agreements between Section 8, landlords, Public Housing Authorities, and the VA in establishing appropriate referral sites for HUD-VASH placements. Supporting other programs in community outreach and home visits when deemed appropriate for service delivery or safety concerns. Supporting the mission, policies, and procedures of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the appropriate Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN), and the facility. Serving on committees, work groups, and task forces at the facility as deemed appropriate by the supervisor and Chief of Social Work Services. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 51100A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHA.ELRSProgramSupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

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.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.