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Senior Social Worker-HUDVASH, Geriatric and Extended Care

3 months ago


Denver, Colorado, United States Veterans Health Administration Full time

VA Careers - Social Work:
The incumbent will work within the HUD-VASH program as a HUD-VASH social work Senior Social Worker.


The incumbent will act as a consultant for HUD-VASH social workers who serve Veterans with complex mental health, medical, co-morbid disorders or who display increased risk for mild to moderate disruptive behavior.

The incumbent is also responsible for providing case management for a caseload of veterans in the HUDVASH program, some of whom may be at elevated risk for suicidal thoughts or behavior.

The incumbent will be expected to remain informed of best practices within the fields of mental health and recovery.

The incumbent may be asked to provide trainings to staff related to coding, CPRS documentation and best practices within the field.


The incumbent may accompany GS-9 and GS-11 social workers on home or community visits when Veteran has a complex presentation.

The incumbent will model the advanced level of practice and provide consultation to less experienced social workers.


The incumbent performs site visits of Geriatric and Extended Care HUD-VASH apartments to ensure that veterans reside in safe environments in compliance with local housing codes.

The incumbent is responsible for completing the following GEC duties/responsibilities:


The incumbent will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members, while assessing and integrating specific knowledge of social determinants impacting the aging population.

The incumbent will utilize Housing First, Harm Reduction, and other evidence-based and recovery practice models to promote Veteran engagement and self-efficacy.

This includes exploring higher level of care interventions when necessary and making appropriate referrals.

The incumbent will participate in discharge planning with other disciplines as appropriate and will be responsible for ensuring that discharge plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.

The incumbent will provide consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources, advance directives, VA benefits ocess for applying and referring to community programs specific to the aging population.

The incumbent will act as a consultant to other team/staff members regarding services for aging/ disabled Veterans to include aging in housing and supportive assistance for Veterans to age in place versus move to a higher level of care.

The incumbent will act as liaison between VA and community resources, to include marketing and public relation duties as needed.

The incumbent will provide case management to veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care, which includes assisting Veterans in maintaining appointments and assisting with applications for:
Social Security, Medicaid, Long Term Medicaid, medical, psychiatric, substance abuse, vocational, and other services.

The incumbent will provide a full range of social work services within commonly accepted standards of social work practice and with clinical supervision, which includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management, and other services as appropriate.

The incumbent will address Advance Directives and Organ Donation with each aging Veteran on their caseload as well as facilitate advance care planning in-services for Veterans and staff in the community as appropriate an in line with scope of practice.

The incumbent will provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate Patient/family support groups as appropriate.

The incumbent will coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans, which includes the VA Geriatric and Extended Care Programs as well as the Homeless Patient Aligned Care Team.

The incumbent will participate in committee assignments, as deemed necessary by the service manager, to include the national HUD-VASH/GEC clinical calls.

The incumbent will maintain data and statistical compilations to comply with JC, CARF, VA and medical center policy and procedures.

With clinical supervision, the incumbent will assist patients and their significant others with coping and dealing with the stages of change, the loss and grief experiences in disability, terminal illness, and death and ensure appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care.

The incumbent will participate in a rotation of on-call social workers, including modification of tour of duty to accommodate patient care needs on weekends.

The incumbent will maintain familiarity and responsibility for all performance measures relating to the HUDVASH Program.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Work Schedule
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Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM

Telework
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Available (Ad-hoc)

Virtual:
This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #
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nancial Disclosure Report:
Not required