Social Worker; HUD-VASH

Position: Social Worker (HUD-VASH)

Job Title

Social Work

Duties

Works with Veterans and their families experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems.

Referrals typically originate from professional staff, from Veterans and/or their families seeking assistance, and from community professionals.

Determines psychosocial factors impacting the problem, and determine obstacles to treatment and/or follow through with recommended treatments.

Social work case management coordination with members of the treatment team.

Acts as a liaison with community professionals regarding needed services for Veterans and/or their families.

Implements treatment modalities, identify level of functioning, degree of impairment in occupational, social, academic, interpersonal and family.

Evaluate and assess lethality, perform Mental Status Exams (MSE), identify psychiatric manifestations of various medical conditions.

Possess knowledge of the criteria and state laws for legal commitment and involuntary hospitalizations, ability to assess and intervene with patients of suspected abuse and provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families and groups.

Responsible for conducting in-home, community, and in-office visits to provide on-going re-assessments with the Veteran.

Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):

Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):

Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized

Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) Authorized:

This position is eligible for 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 your start date. 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.

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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

Ad-hoc, based on management approval

Virtual

This is not a virtual position.

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized