Social Worker-HCHV Outreach

Job Title

VA Careers - Social Work

Duties of the position include but are not limited to:

• Engage in street outreach
• Interviews potential clients, confirms eligibility and attempts to complete a psychosocial assessment. Makes a psychological diagnosis as appropriate. Interprets and explains the VA's treatment and benefit programs.
• Assists in housing searches.
• Address and manage HCHV referrals and Street Homeless Veteran tracker
• Manage Homeless Hotline referrals and consults
• Identifies high risk patients and provides short term case management services. Incumbent provides crisis intervention services, seeking to address the cause as well as presenting complaint, engaging family and other support systems as appropriate.
• Establishes a continuing professional relationship with the client, evaluating progress, performing follow-up after referral and continued assessments to adjust treatment plans as needed. Monitors client's progress, maintains comprehensive case documentation, including HOMES and HMIS documentation, and assists the Veterans towards greater self-determination and autonomy.
• Documents the patients ongoing care in accordance with Medical Center policy and NASW and state Board of Social Work standards. All documentation is signed off by Independently Licensed Social Worker.
• Establishes, cultivates, and sustains a network of partnerships with community resources and advocates serving the homeless population to efficiently screen and identify Veterans within that population.
• Depending upon need, the Outreach Social Worker makes VA or community based referrals, advocates for scarce resources, confirms referrals are completed and provides intensive follow-up and coordination with these agencies.

Work Schedule:

Monday
- Friday - 8:00a-4:30p

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance):
Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized:
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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:
Yes, at the supervisor discretion

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 93517-A

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):
Not Authorized