Social Worker (HUD) and (VASH)

Job Title

Help

Job Description

Provide clinical psychosocial and case management services at an independent practice level to eligible veterans and their family members to meet biological, psychological, social and environmental needs. Provide case management services while utilizing professional skill, objectivity, insight, clinical training, and experience to interpret data and to identify viable treatment options and recognizing potential high risk factors, acuity, and needs for services. Verify the veteran's status, eligibility for VA medical care, and eligibility of program participation. Responsible for ensuring that homeless veterans are considered as primary participants for program acceptance. Develop the screening procedures to involve a multidisciplinary team approach and is responsible to ensure criteria and procedures are maintained. Provide primary input for program participant selection based on structured interviews and clinical assessments. Establish, implement, and maintain referral and screening procedures for potential HUD/VASH veteran participants that meet national policy as well as the needs of medical center mental health services and residential programs. Conducts and participants in outreach activities including field interviews, assessments and referrals for homeless veterans contacted in the community, shelters, and "on the streets," as well as those who are referred by VA residential programs, medical centers or outpatient clinics. Maintain current and establishes new relationships with other community-based service providers for the homeless, and when appropriate, represents VA at community service provider meetings. Provide referral to VA medical and mental health inpatient and outpatient treatment and to other VA services including VA benefits, as well as community-based social services and other non-VA entitlement programs. Provide referrals or consults, or in some cases direct admission of the veterans prior to HUD/VASH participation, for other VA programs including community-based residential treatment such as Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Programs, Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) contract residential treatment, or Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) and Compensated Work Therapy Transitional Residence (CWT/TR) Programs. Maintain treatment plans based on clinical assessment for each veteran which are reviewed quarterly with updates as needed and make routine visits to each veteran in residence to assess their environment and provide on-going clinical services. Explain veteran's treatment and progress to third parties as appropriate and manages the quality control and evaluation of the professional services provided. Direct clinical and psychosocial services and is accountable for the overall effectiveness of the services provided. Modify services to best meet the treatment needs of veterans and to promote efficient practice and coordinates with other services offered in the treatment program, assuring such services are complementary and comprehensive. Coordinate care including serving as an advocate on behalf of the veterans to ensure comprehensive service delivery and linking and referring veterans to the VA medical center, VA regional offices and/or community agencies. Participate in discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate. Document social work interventions and activities in patient's clinical record utilizing CPRS and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care. Develop working relationships and agreements with other organizations and directly coordinates with the designated PHA regarding housing voucher application and award process for each veteran. Responsible to review the agreements between Section 8 landlords, PHAs, and the VA to establish appropriate referral sites for placements. Performs site visits of HUD-VASH apartments to ensure that veterans reside in safe environments in compliance with local housing codes. Responsible to follow local policy and SOP for the Homeless and HUDVASH Programs. This includes following policies and documentation requirements as required for CARF and Joint Commission accreditation. Provide data to the Homeless Social Work Supervisor and/ or the Homeless Program Senior Social Worker to maintain accurate administrative record keeping, and monitoring patient or program clinical indicators.

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

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).

Functional Statement #: 40048F

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized