Senior Social Worker

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

The incumbent in this senior social work position provides housing and case management services to homeless veterans. In 1992 the Departments of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Veterans Affairs (VA) established the HUD-VA Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) Program. The HUD-VASH programs are collaborative efforts to provide veterans with rental assistance through Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) or Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) and through the VAs provision of intensive case management services.

The primary goal of HUD-VASH is to move veterans and their families out of homelessness. The primary component of the program is VA case management services, designed to improve veterans health and mental health, enhancing their ability to remain stable, housed and community-integrated.

Major

Duties and Responsibilities:

• The incumbent provides social work services at program offices or field location alone or with peer or subordinate team members without a supervisor available for consultation.
• The incumbent works directly with veterans within various community housing settings and community sites and provides supportive case management services and partners with community agencies to link access to community-wide housing services for veterans.
• The incumbent provides services such as psychosocial assessments, treatment planning, individual, group, and family therapy, discharge planning and follow-up, crisis intervention, case management assistance, resource development, and coordination related to these services as clinically indicated.
• The incumbent will provide case management and referral assistance to the veterans that assist consumers in meeting their goals and objectives within a psychosocial rehabilitation framework that allows successful reintegration into community living.
• The incumbent completes, maintains, and assures the accuracy and timeliness of all statistical information provided to HOMES.
• The incumbent makes independent professional decisions and recommendations with infrequent recourse to supervisory guidance.
• Plans, develops and maintains a network of relationships with community resources and other advocates for the homeless to effectively screen and identify veteran members of the homeless population. Depending upon need, the incumbent makes VA or community based referrals, advocates for scarce resources, confirms referrals are completed and provides intensive follow-up and coordination with these agencies.
• Interviews potential clients, interprets VHA guidelines and eligibility requirements and completes a psychosocial history and assessment.
• Coordinates the screening and admission multi-disciplinary team and provides primary input for program candidates.
• Documents the patient assessment and all treatment plans in accordance with the requirements of Medical Center policy and requirements of various accrediting bodies.
• Employs casework methods and techniques to maintain a therapeutic relationship that will help the client work towards the best way of dealing with his/her problems.
• Provides direct social work, mental health, and substance abuse intervention services for veterans and family members or significant others in support of the veterans treatment.
• Other Duties as Assigned

Work Schedule:

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

Compressed/Flexible:
Not Available

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Pay:
Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

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:
May be available on a situational basis

Functional Statement #: 55660-A