This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Screening and Assessment: Demonstrates the ability to independently conduct a psychosocial assessment with a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds.
The assessment includes documentation of identified behaviors or symptoms of abuse, neglect, exploitation and/or intimate partner violence, as well as strengths, limitations, coping skills, and internal/external supports and service needs to optimize the Veteran's functional status.
Develops the assessment in collaboration with the interdisciplinary treatment team, the Veteran, available family/friends/caregivers and collateral sources such as CPRS, HOMES, and agencies with appropriate ROI's. Identifies family/caregiver stressors and provides specific interventions.
Time frames and requirements for assessments are completed within time frames as outlined by program and Social Work Service policy, and accreditation agencies such as Joint Commission and CARF. Referrals/linkage to services: Responsible for determining Veteran needs and for making appropriate referrals to community and governmental agencies. The incumbent will coordinate the care of these services to ensure Veteran needs are met.
Counseling/Therapeutic Interventions: Provide a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities for Veterans who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems. Incumbent will provide individual, group, and family counseling. Provide differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical scope of practice.
Case Management/Care Coordination: Organizes and conducts individual and group case management and SUD treatment, to include early interventions and supportive follow-up to ensure stability in home visits and facility-based contacts. Provides SUD support to the HUD-VASH team as a functional member of this team, to include consultation, interventions, or accompanying other case managers on home visits, when indicated by suspicion of HUD-VASH participant SUD use.
Serve as a member of a multi-disciplinary homeless program treatment team. Develop partnerships with community agencies, especially those serving homeless and SUD Veterans, with regular contact and communication. Provide liaison services with other programs referring homeless Veterans to HUD-VASH to ensure continuity of care and promote successful transition of Veterans from one program to another. Provide consultative services to HUD-VASH, as needed.
Participate in policy making, goal setting, and treatment service planning discussions with other members of the HUD-VASH and Homeless programs. Responsible for the collections of statistical data and for reviewing the data to improve performance and delivery of services to homeless Veterans. Provides recovery-oriented treatment with the goal of establishing the Veteran independently in the community at the Veteran's highest level of functioning and quality of life.
Program Development: Implement methods for measuring effectiveness of SUD services in HUD-VASH, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday Telework: This position is eligible for telework on an Ad- Hoc Basis per agency policy EDRP Authorized: (Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.) Contact V21CCOEEDRP@VA.GOV, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
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Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
omar.smith2@va.gov · 9155647517
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $141457 – $183897/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
Applications close on 2026-11-09.
This position is open under the 'Fed Excepted' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government · Retrieved 2026-10-27 · Not affiliated with or endorsed by OPM or USAJOBS.gov
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