Current permanent VA employees and Federal employees from other federal agencies should apply under CBST-12606631-25-SW.
Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf
The HUD/VASH (Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supported Housing) Social Worker is assigned to Social Work Service.
- Plans, develops and maintains a network of relationships with community resources and other advocates for the homeless to effectively screen & identify Veteran members of the homeless population.
- Interviews potential clients, interprets VHA guidelines and eligibility requirements.
- Develops professional relationships with local landlords, property managers, and housing navigators.
- Develops and maintains a housing stock database for utilization of Homeless staff.
- Assists with clinical functions of intake as appropriate to facilitate HUD/VASH involvement, including conducting HUD/VASH psychosocial assessments of a wide variety of individuals from diversified backgrounds.
- Documents the patient assessment and all treatment plans in accordance with the requirements of Medical Center policy and requirements.
- Provides housing search assistance to HUD/VASH Veterans with Housing Choice rental vouchers and makes regular home visits. This requires the Housing Specialist to act as an Incidental Driver, driving a Government Owned Vehicle (GOV) and often times transporting Veterans in the GOV.
- Develops an appropriate treatment plan using known available resources.
- Employs advanced knowledge of psychosocial treatment modalities and implements treatment modalities in working with individuals, families and groups to achieve treatment goals.
- Requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques.
- Provides guidance, emotional support, clinical services and other assistance. Involves clients in individual or group counseling.
- Makes provision for referral services to other agency organizations, community resources, or other Governmental resources to resolve problems.
- Employs casework methods and techniques to maintain a therapeutic relationship that helps the client work towards the best way of dealing with his/her problems.
- Gives guidance, emotional support and other assistance and provides individual and group counseling services as well as crisis management services needed to maintain the Veteran safely in their residence.
- Explains client's treatment and progress towards rehabilitation to third parties with jurisdiction.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the range of treatment and skills needed for all adult patients including geriatric patients related to their physical limitations, psychological needs and age associated illnesses and conditions.
- Actively participants in the HUD/VASH Program conference calls and attends training offered by the HUD/VASH staff.
- Maintains responsibility for following local policy and procedures for the HUD/VASH Program including following policies and documentation requirements as required for CARF and Joint Commission accreditation.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, subject to change based on the needs of the facility.
Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact
Jennifer.Isbell-Gross@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 consideration of higher or unique qualifications or special needs of the VA (Above Minimum Rate of the Grade).
Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)
Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior [work experience] or military service experience.
Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave 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)
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 00548F, 00549F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $61,003 Per Year (GS 9-11)