Social Worker (HUD-VASH)

Job Title

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Duties

The duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• Provides direct care to Veterans experiencing homelessness and housing instability in the community, in their homes, and in shelter environments. Incumbent provides intensive case management services and implements psychosocial treatment modalities to patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical, and socioeconomic problems.
• Assists Veteran in procuring necessary documents to support application for HUD Section 8 program, housing, and identified resources to support community integration.
• Provides case management services to support Veterans with housing stability and community integration, including supporting understanding of tenancy rights and responsibilities, HUD policies and expectations, budgeting, attaining, and maintaining sobriety, harm reduction strategies, and other opportunities to ensure Veterans can maintain stable housing
• Uses evidence-based treatment modalities that are effective with homeless population including motivational interviewing, crisis intervention, trauma informed care, harm reduction, and holistic whole health approaches to care.
• Uses knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, common medication effects and medical terminology to aid in the care of enrolled Veterans.
• Completes comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments assessing the psychological functioning and needs of Veteran households to formulate and implement client-centered treatment plans, using Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely (SMART) interventions, including Veteran identified strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences; monitoring and updating progress over the course of treatment, meeting Joint Commission and CARF standards.
• Documents all work in the Electronic Health Record (EHR) within the time frames expected by the Mental Health Division and the VA Portland Health Care System. Incumbent ensures information in the Homeless Operation Management Evaluation Systems (HOMES) database is maintained, providing timely updates to case management stage and other relevant information as detailed in the VHA Directive 1162.05(1), making improvements and adjustments as needed to ensure Medical Center performance is met or exceeded.

Work Schedule

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

Compressed Tour: May be authorized after 90 days

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

Not Available

Virtual

This is not a virtual position.

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Permanent Change of Station (PCS)

Not Authorized