Social Worker

1 week ago


Los Angeles, California, United States US Veterans Health Administration Full time

Duties:

  • Care Treatment & Rehabilitative Services (CERS CTRS) team working to ensure homeless Veterans receive prompt assessment, enrollment in VHA and reliable VA and/or nonVA referrals and services.
  • Responsible for providing CTRS case management. Case management is defined as the provision of services by VA clinical staff to homeless veterans and includes all activities to provide appropriate treatment and maintain veterans in CTRS and provide assistance to attain stable, permanent housing.
  • Provides a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice which includes case work, psychosocial assessments, discharge planning, address Advance Directives, and other services as appropriate.
  • Communicates regularly with the CTRS Program Manager.
  • Attends all and CERS staff meetings, unit meetings, team meetings, and all relevant meetings to ensure obtaining vital communications regarding program and discipline specific requirements and organizational goals, policies and procedures.
  • Creates and strengthens collaboration with CTRS community partners and agencies who work with Veterans.
  • Participates in committees, task forces, workgroups, etc., as designated by the CTRS Program Manager.
  • Provides other duties upon request related to CTRS, CERS, Social Work and Medical Center needs.

TRAVEL REQUIRED:

Occasional by car to travel to Veterans' homes; or in the community to assist Veterans with housing as needed and also to conduct site visit of contract agencies.


Work Schedule:
Full time, 40 hours per week. Wednesday-Saturday 09:30am to 8:00pm

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives:
Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS):Not Authorized

Financial Disclosure Report**:
Not required

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

  • Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/195
  • Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
  • You may be required to serve a probationary period.
  • Subject to background/security investigation.
  • Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
  • Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP)
  • See "Additional Information" below for details.

Qualifications:

  • Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
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Basic Requirements:

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United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
  • May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation).

Preferred Experience:

  • Desire to work with Homeless Veteran population.
  • Knowledge of local and VA Homeless resources.

Grade Determinations:

Social Worker, GS-09**:

(1) Experience, Education, and Licensure. None beyond the basic requirements.
- (a) Ability to work with Veterans and family members from various socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds utilizing counseling skills.
- (b) Ability to assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members, and to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the Veterans problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance needed.
- (c) Ability to implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families, and groups to achieve treatment goals. This requires judgment and skill in utilizing supportive, problem solving, or crisis intervention techniques.
- (d) Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships and communicate with clients, staff, and representatives of community agencies.
- (e) Fundamental knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures. This includes acute, chronic, and traumatic illnesses/injuries; common medications and their effects/side effects; and medical terminology.

Grade Determinations:

Social Worker, GS-11**:

(1) Experience and Licensure. Appointment to the GS-11 grade level requires completion of a minimum of one year of post-MSW experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the field of health care or other social work-related settings, (VA or non-VA experience) and licensure or certification in a state at the independent practice level.
- (a) Knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmenta
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