Senior Social Worker (HUD-VASH)
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections with real specific content. The posting includes: Summary (EDRP info), Qualifications (Basic Requirements etc.), Duties (detailed), Work Schedule (Full-Time Monday-Friday 8-4:30, Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: not a virtual position), Pay (Competitive salary...), Benefits (Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance). Also maybe "Total Rewards" but we can treat as Benefits. Also "EDRP Authorized" maybe part of Benefits? Could be separate but we can include under Benefits.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate like cookie/navigation/legal/EEO etc. Not present.
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for prose.
We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Skills (maybe knowledge/skills/abilities), Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to include EDRP info maybe under About the role or Benefits? It's a program eligibility. Could be under Benefits as "Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)". We'll include a
about EDRP.
We need to include "Physical Requirements: See VA Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health." That's a requirement; could be under Requirements.
We need to include "Functional Statement #: F08185 at GS-12" maybe metadata; could be dropped or short p. Probably drop as minor metadata.
We need to include "Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized" etc. Might drop as not substantive? It's a detail but maybe minor. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can fold minor metadata into a short p, maybe under a generic "Additional Information" but we shouldn't create a heading unless real content. Could just drop.
We need to ensure we don't invent content.
Let's extract:
Summary: EDRP eligibility, must meet eligibility, submit within four months, program approval award amount up to $200,000 and eligibility period one to five years determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review.
Qualifications Basic Requirements:
- US Citizenship (non-citizens only if cannot recruit qualified citizens per VA policy)
- Education: master's degree in social work from CSWE-accredited school; candidacy not enough; doctoral cannot substitute; verification via CSWE site.
- Licensure/Certification: must be licensed/certified by state to independently practice social work at master's level; state requirements via link; VHA may waive for persons otherwise qualified pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification exams; exception only at GS-9 grade level.
- English Language Proficiency: proficient spoken/written English per 38 U.S.C.7403(f)
- Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker - GS-12:
- Licensure Requirement: licensed/certified by state at advanced practice level which included advanced generalist or clinical exam - unless grandfathered by state (except CA which administers own clinical exam for advanced practice) and must be able to provide supervision for licensure.
- Experience Requirement: at least two years experience post advanced practice clinical licensure, should be in specialized area of social work practice; one year equivalent to GS-11 grade level.
- Examples of specialized experience: assessing/documenting behaviors/symptoms of abuse, neglect, exploitation, intimate partner violence; use of clinical social work skills; maintaining patient privacy/confidentiality per policies; acting as advocate with community service providers/agencies when serves best interest; independently assessing psychosocial functioning/needs of patients/family, identifying strengths/weaknesses/coping skills/psychosocial acuity.
- Applicable experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment.
- Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (in addition to experience):
- Skill in range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations (individual/group/family counseling/psychotherapy, advanced level psychosocial/case management).
- Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice.
- Knowledge in developing/implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice/services in specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and design system changes.
- Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on psychosocial treatment of patients in service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills.
- Ability to expand clinical knowledge in social work profession, and to write policies/procedures/practice guidelines pertaining to service delivery area.
- Reference link.
- Full performance level GS-12; actual grade at selection GS-12.
- Physical Requirements: See VA Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health.
Duties:
- Senior Social Worker (HUD-VASH) within Mental Health Service at VA White River Junction Healthcare System at Community Based Outpatient Clinic located at Burlington-Vermont location.
- VA Careers - Social Work link (youtube).
- Total Rewards of Allied Health Professional Senior Social Workers assigned to HUD-VASH Program have specialized clinical expertise in area applicable to HUD-VASH program: care to Veterans experiencing homelessness, care to Veterans recovering from trauma, experience in treatment of mental illness or experience with evidence-based treatment modalities.
- In addition to duties of HUD-VASH case manager, Senior Social Worker provides leadership on a team, as part of workgroup or implementing initiative.
- Incumbent provides clinical supervision to unlicensed Social Workers and students or otherwise responsible for training less-experienced staff within HUDVASH program.
- He/she represents VA in workgroups, participation in community committees or Continuum of Care boards, and by-name list or Coordinated Entry meetings.
- Incumbent responsible for administrative aspect of program: voucher utilization, data tracking, facilitating portability process; works closely with homeless programs staff at all levels to facilitate knowledge sharing, recommendations for system improvement and assessment of need.
- Duties include but not limited to:
- Providing leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, continuing education programs.
- Clinical program development and accountability for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns.
- Incorporating complex multiple causation in differential diagnoses and treatments.
- Providing outreach services to engage homeless Veterans – to include building collaborations with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure service delivery methods and service patterns match identified patient need.
- Independently conducting interviews and assessments for purpose of program enrollment and to aid in development of treatment plans.
- Utilizing Housing First and other evidence-based practice models to promote Veteran engagement and self-efficacy.
- Assisting Veteran with housing placement – beginning with process of obtaining a HUD-VASH voucher from Public Housing Authority (PHA) through lease up process.
- Advocating on behalf of Veterans and their families with landlords – PHAs – community providers and VA Programs.
- Conducting home visits – with intent of removing barriers for access to care – supporting housing stability and assessing social and community integration.
- Providing a wide range of Social Work interventions and services in both individual or group settings – to include psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management.
- Performs additional duties as assigned and outlined in position description.
- Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday - Friday - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
- Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
- EDPR Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
- Contact Hannah Neilson at Hannah.Neilson@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
- Learn more (maybe link omitted)
- 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)
- Functional Statement #: F08185 at GS-12
- Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
- Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
- Financial Disclosure: Not Required
- Notifications: (Continued in the Additional Information Section)
- This position is in the Excepted Service
- This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position
- This position is covered by a special rate.
We need to output HTML fragment with sections.
Let's decide sections:
- About the role: include summary (EDRP info) and maybe location? Could include location and that it's HUD-VASH Senior Social Worker. But we have a Responsibilities section for duties. About the role could be brief overview: position eligible for EDRP, location, etc.
- Responsibilities: duties list.
- Requirements: qualifications (basic requirements, licensure, experience, knowledge/skills/abilities, physical requirements). Could also include US citizenship, education, licensure, English proficiency, grade determinations.
- Skills: maybe the demonstrated knowledge-skills-abilities could be under Skills. But we already have them under Requirements. Could separate: Requirements for basic qualifications, Skills for specialized abilities. However instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Requirements and Skills into one "Qualifications" section. But we have heading "Qualifications" allowed. Use that for all qualification info. Then we can have "Responsibilities" for duties. Then "Benefits" for benefits and pay? Pay separate maybe. But we can have Benefits and Pay separate if they have content. They do.
- Benefits: include Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, EDRP info? Actually EDRP is a program eligibility, could be under Benefits. Also mention "Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive". Also contact for EDRP.
- Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases, higher step rate possible.
- Schedule: Work Schedule and Telework info.
We must not create sections with filler. All these have content.
Let's craft HTML.
We'll use
About the role
then with summary: EDRP eligibility, location, etc.
But we need to avoid repeating job title. Not needed.
Let's write:
About the role
This Senior Social Worker (HUD‑VASH) position is located at the Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Burlington, Vermont, within the Mental Health Service of the VA White River Junction Healthcare System. The role is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), which can provide up to $
for prose. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (qualifications), Skills (maybe knowledge/skills/abilities), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We need to include EDRP info maybe under About the role or Benefits? It's a program eligibility. Could be under Benefits as "Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)". We'll include a
about EDRP. We need to include "Physical Requirements: See VA Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health." That's a requirement; could be under Requirements. We need to include "Functional Statement #: F08185 at GS-12" maybe metadata; could be dropped or short p. Probably drop as minor metadata. We need to include "Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized" etc. Might drop as not substantive? It's a detail but maybe minor. The instruction: "Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can fold minor metadata into a short p, maybe under a generic "Additional Information" but we shouldn't create a heading unless real content. Could just drop. We need to ensure we don't invent content. Let's extract: Summary: EDRP eligibility, must meet eligibility, submit within four months, program approval award amount up to $200,000 and eligibility period one to five years determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review. Qualifications Basic Requirements: - US Citizenship (non-citizens only if cannot recruit qualified citizens per VA policy) - Education: master's degree in social work from CSWE-accredited school; candidacy not enough; doctoral cannot substitute; verification via CSWE site. - Licensure/Certification: must be licensed/certified by state to independently practice social work at master's level; state requirements via link; VHA may waive for persons otherwise qualified pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure/certification exams; exception only at GS-9 grade level. - English Language Proficiency: proficient spoken/written English per 38 U.S.C.7403(f) - Grade Determinations: Senior Social Worker - GS-12: - Licensure Requirement: licensed/certified by state at advanced practice level which included advanced generalist or clinical exam - unless grandfathered by state (except CA which administers own clinical exam for advanced practice) and must be able to provide supervision for licensure. - Experience Requirement: at least two years experience post advanced practice clinical licensure, should be in specialized area of social work practice; one year equivalent to GS-11 grade level. - Examples of specialized experience: assessing/documenting behaviors/symptoms of abuse, neglect, exploitation, intimate partner violence; use of clinical social work skills; maintaining patient privacy/confidentiality per policies; acting as advocate with community service providers/agencies when serves best interest; independently assessing psychosocial functioning/needs of patients/family, identifying strengths/weaknesses/coping skills/psychosocial acuity. - Applicable experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. - Demonstrated Knowledge - Skills - and Abilities (in addition to experience): - Skill in range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations (individual/group/family counseling/psychotherapy, advanced level psychosocial/case management). - Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. - Knowledge in developing/implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice/services in specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and design system changes. - Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on psychosocial treatment of patients in service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. - Ability to expand clinical knowledge in social work profession, and to write policies/procedures/practice guidelines pertaining to service delivery area. - Reference link. - Full performance level GS-12; actual grade at selection GS-12. - Physical Requirements: See VA Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health. Duties: - Senior Social Worker (HUD-VASH) within Mental Health Service at VA White River Junction Healthcare System at Community Based Outpatient Clinic located at Burlington-Vermont location. - VA Careers - Social Work link (youtube). - Total Rewards of Allied Health Professional Senior Social Workers assigned to HUD-VASH Program have specialized clinical expertise in area applicable to HUD-VASH program: care to Veterans experiencing homelessness, care to Veterans recovering from trauma, experience in treatment of mental illness or experience with evidence-based treatment modalities. - In addition to duties of HUD-VASH case manager, Senior Social Worker provides leadership on a team, as part of workgroup or implementing initiative. - Incumbent provides clinical supervision to unlicensed Social Workers and students or otherwise responsible for training less-experienced staff within HUDVASH program. - He/she represents VA in workgroups, participation in community committees or Continuum of Care boards, and by-name list or Coordinated Entry meetings. - Incumbent responsible for administrative aspect of program: voucher utilization, data tracking, facilitating portability process; works closely with homeless programs staff at all levels to facilitate knowledge sharing, recommendations for system improvement and assessment of need. - Duties include but not limited to: - Providing leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development, continuing education programs. - Clinical program development and accountability for clinical program effectiveness and modification of service patterns. - Incorporating complex multiple causation in differential diagnoses and treatments. - Providing outreach services to engage homeless Veterans – to include building collaborations with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure service delivery methods and service patterns match identified patient need. - Independently conducting interviews and assessments for purpose of program enrollment and to aid in development of treatment plans. - Utilizing Housing First and other evidence-based practice models to promote Veteran engagement and self-efficacy. - Assisting Veteran with housing placement – beginning with process of obtaining a HUD-VASH voucher from Public Housing Authority (PHA) through lease up process. - Advocating on behalf of Veterans and their families with landlords – PHAs – community providers and VA Programs. - Conducting home visits – with intent of removing barriers for access to care – supporting housing stability and assessing social and community integration. - Providing a wide range of Social Work interventions and services in both individual or group settings – to include psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. - Performs additional duties as assigned and outlined in position description. - Work Schedule: Full-Time - Monday - Friday - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm - Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position - EDPR Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive - Contact Hannah Neilson at Hannah.Neilson@va.gov - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance - Learn more (maybe link omitted) - 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) - Functional Statement #: F08185 at GS-12 - Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized - Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized - Financial Disclosure: Not Required - Notifications: (Continued in the Additional Information Section) - This position is in the Excepted Service - This position is an AFGE Bargaining Unit position - This position is covered by a special rate. We need to output HTML fragment with sections. Let's decide sections: - About the role: include summary (EDRP info) and maybe location? Could include location and that it's HUD-VASH Senior Social Worker. But we have a Responsibilities section for duties. About the role could be brief overview: position eligible for EDRP, location, etc. - Responsibilities: duties list. - Requirements: qualifications (basic requirements, licensure, experience, knowledge/skills/abilities, physical requirements). Could also include US citizenship, education, licensure, English proficiency, grade determinations. - Skills: maybe the demonstrated knowledge-skills-abilities could be under Skills. But we already have them under Requirements. Could separate: Requirements for basic qualifications, Skills for specialized abilities. However instruction: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. So maybe combine Requirements and Skills into one "Qualifications" section. But we have heading "Qualifications" allowed. Use that for all qualification info. Then we can have "Responsibilities" for duties. Then "Benefits" for benefits and pay? Pay separate maybe. But we can have Benefits and Pay separate if they have content. They do. - Benefits: include Paid Time Off, Parental Leave, Child Care Subsidy, Retirement, Insurance, EDRP info? Actually EDRP is a program eligibility, could be under Benefits. Also mention "Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive". Also contact for EDRP. - Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases, higher step rate possible. - Schedule: Work Schedule and Telework info. We must not create sections with filler. All these have content. Let's craft HTML. We'll use
About the role
thenwith summary: EDRP eligibility, location, etc. But we need to avoid repeating job title. Not needed. Let's write:
About the role
This Senior Social Worker (HUD‑VASH) position is located at the Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Burlington, Vermont, within the Mental Health Service of the VA White River Junction Healthcare System. The role is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), which can provide up to $