- HUD-VASH is an intensive case management program for chronically homeless veterans aimed at providing psychosocial services to veterans while preparing for and residing in stable housing through HUD's Section 8 voucher system. The HUD-VASH Senior Social Worker has specialized knowledge of practice related to the treatment of chronically mentally ill population, those with substance abuse disorders and those who have experienced chronic homelessness.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships and communicates with Veterans, staff, and other parties as appropriate.
- Serves as a liaison between Veterans and/or their families and VA and community resources to ensure thorough delivery of services.
- Communicates effectively both orally and in writing with people from varied backgrounds.
- Facilitates actions for community placements through collaboration with Veterans and their families as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members.
- Provides consultation and education to Veterans and their families regarding community resources, VA benefits, and specialty programs.
- Conducts psychosocial assessments and treatment interventions to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds.
- Assesses psychosocial problems often at a time when the Veteran is experiencing crisis and provide short- term and long-term solution-focused counseling with Veterans and/or their families.
- Completes thorough assessments to determine the presenting problem, factors impacting the situation, and obstacles to treatment and/or follow through with recommended treatments.
- Implements treatment modalities, provide educational classes, and/or supportive groups for Veterans and families.
- Responds to referrals that typically originate from members of the interdisciplinary team, from Veterans and/or their families coming as walk-ins to seek assistance, and from community professionals.
- Provides consultation to other treatment team and staff members regarding psychosocial needs of Veterans and/or their families and the impact of the identified psychosocial problems on the Veteran's health care planning and compliance with treatment.
- Conducts a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of veterans with polytraumatic injuries, post-traumatic stress disorder, etc.
- Provides case management services to Veterans and their families throughout the continuum of care.
- Works in the community most of the time, away from main campus, without Social Work Supervision available when traveling and/or alone with a complex Veteran.
- Incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients.
- Determines priority for services and provide specialized treatment services.
- Coordinates the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs.
- Designs system changes based on empirical findings.
- Utilizes outcome evaluations to improve treatment services.
- Provides case management with members of the outpatient interdisciplinary team and home and community-based services for a collaborative effort to meet the agreed upon goals for a Veteran's treatment needs and include liaison with community professionals.
- Provides subject matter consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in the specialty area, rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise and role modeling effective social work practice skills.
- Teaches and mentors staff and students in the specialty area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications.
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Senior Social Worker - Grand Junction, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs
Description
Summary
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (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 appointment. 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.
Duties
Relocation Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Telework: Ad-hoc
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 51100-A
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
