This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.
Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
VA Careers - Social Work: https://youtube.com/embed/enRhz_ua_UU Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional The Aleda E. Lutz Medical Center in Saginaw, Michigan is recruiting for a Social Worker that serves in a full-time capacity within the Homeless Programs under the Social Work Services (SWS), which includes affiliated community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs).
This position is located at the Gaylord CBOC and incumbent will be expected to travel to/from community locations and Veterans homes in a 10 county radius from the CBOC, all within an hour drive of the duty station. Major duties include, but are not limited to: Serving as the Healthcare of Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Social Worker, providing outreach, assessments, referrals, and case management services to homeless Veterans identified in the community.
The HCHV Social Worker is typically the first Homeless Programs clinician to make contact with the literally homeless and at-risk Veterans. Serving as the entry point for Homeless services, and thus, provides VA a way to provide outreach, assist, and offer homeless Veterans an "open door" to the continuum of VA services.
Providing outreach services as a key and essential element of the HCHV program, designed to reduce homelessness among Veterans by directly contacting those who are of the most vulnerable and underserved and engaging them in supportive and rehabilitative services. Working in the community to provide outreach services to homeless veterans at shelters, soup kitchens, and other agencies in the community serving the homeless.
Performing triaging/screening as well as comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, integrating input from the Veteran, their caregiver/family, VA records, as well as brief assessments when appropriate. Completing diagnostic tools including the Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System (HOMES) assessment to ensure appropriate housing resources and additional treatment services are received.
Educating/linking Veterans and/or their caregivers about/with appropriate VA and community resources to address their needs, both in individual and group formats. Providing crisis intervention services and referral to appropriate resources both within the VA and community.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm; additional tours of duty may be required based on needs of the agency Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN10HRCCOE@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more 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). Note this is only for new to federal service candidates; pay will be set following federal pay-setting procedures for current federal employees.
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. This is only for new to federal service candidates.
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. Functional Statement #: GS-9: 93288A; GS-11: 93289A Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
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/. Note: Creditable Experience. The candidate must have knowledge of current professional social work practices. To be creditable, the experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics associated with current professional social work practice. The experience or education must be post-Masters of Social Work(MSW) degree.
Experience and education satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice, which is paid/non-paid employment as a professional social worker, as defined by the appropriate state licensing board. Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is obtained following graduation with a master's degree in social work and if it includes work as a professional social worker directly related to the position to be filled.
Qualifying experience must also be at a level comparable to social work experience at the next lower level Fellowships or Post-Graduate Training. Fellowship and post-graduate training programs are typically in a specialized area of clinical practice, i.e., group or family practice. Training as a fellow or post-graduate may be substituted for creditable experience on a year-for-year basis. Practicum in a VA Setting.
A VHA practicum experience may not be substituted for experience, as the practicum (field placement) is completed prior to graduation with a master's degree in social work.
cassandra.barlow@va.gov · 216-408-9680
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $71682 – $112754/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-14.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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