Social Worker; HUD VASH

Job Title

HUD-VASH Senior Social Worker

The HUD-VASH senior social worker is responsible for:

• Providing leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, and continuing education programs.
• Clinical program development and accountability for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.
• Incorporating complex multiple causation in differential diagnoses and treatments.
• Responsible for completing the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) and if applicable the Comprehensive Suicide Risk Evaluation (CSRE).
• Providing outreach services to engage homeless Veterans, to include building collaborations with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure service delivery methods and service patterns match the identified patient need.
• Independently conducting interviews and assessments for the purpose of program enrollment and to aid in the development of treatment plans.
• Utilizing Housing First and other evidence-based practice models to promote Veteran engagement and self-efficacy.
• Assisting the Veteran with housing placement, beginning with the process of obtaining a HUD-VASH voucher from the Public Housing Authority (PHA) through the lease up process.
• Advocating on behalf of Veterans and their families with landlords, PHAs, community providers and VA programs.
• Developing and maintaining relationships and processes with the Continuum of Care, Coordinated Entry System, HUD Regional Offices, PHAs, and/or other internal and external stakeholders.
• Assisting Veterans to form and achieve goals to improve quality of life, to include the pursuit of employment, engagement in medical and mental health care, increased social supports, access to benefits and end of life planning.
• Providing community-based, clinical case management and care coordination services at the frequency commensurate with the Veteran's stage of case management, clinical needs, and preferences for care.
• Conducting home visits, with the intent of removing barriers for access to care, supporting housing stability and assessing social and community integration.
• Providing a wide range of social work interventions and services in both individual or group settings, to include psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management, as consistent with VHA Directive 1110.02 Social Work Professional Practice and approved scope of practice.
• Timely, accurate and clear documentation in the Electronic Health Record, Homeless Operations Management and Evaluations System (HOMES), and other applicable databases or platforms.
• Familiarity and adherence to the Housing and Urban Development Department of Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program VHA Directive and HUD-VASH Operating Requirements. Other duties as assigned, as related to the needs of the program.