If you are not a current, permanent VA employee or Federal employee from another agency, you should apply to CBST-12623493-24-LS.
This is an open continuous announcement. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.
Total-Rewards-of-an-Allied-Health-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
Social Work: vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Total-Rewards-of-a-Social-Worker-Career-Flyer.pdf
The incumbent in this position functions as the Case Manager for the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) Program, within the Social Work Service Line.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Works in coordination with the HCHV Program team to provide a seamless system of healthcare services under the supervision of the HCHV Program Coordinator.
- Serves as the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) and as such, will make recommendations about contract renewal to the VISN (Veterans Integrated Service Network) Contracting Office.
- Monitors the clinical care and assesses the compliance of the programs in contract with the VAMC.
- Intervenes to ensure facilitate compliance or corrective actions and, when appropriate, develops, facilitates, and monitors plans of correction.
- Provides administrative oversight of the HCHV contract funded programs as defined in the HCHV rules, regulations, and directives. This may include verification of veteran status and eligibility for participation in the contract housing program, maintaining admission and discharge dates of participants for billing purposes, reviewing and approving/disapproving readmissions to and extensions of care, collecting and submitting participant information as outlined by NEPEC (Northeast Program Evaluation Center), HOMES (Homeless Operations and Management Evaluation Systems) and any other evaluation procedures, and tracking scheduling for and attendance at required VA Mental Health/ Substance Abuse, and/or medical appointments.
- Coordinates and participates in annual program site inspections utilizing the HCHV Program rules, regulations, and directives as guidance and forwards completed inspection packages to the appropriate offices.
- Serves as the Point of Contact for the National Call Center for Homeless Veterans and follows up with area veterans by providing access to emergency housing, assessment and VAMC or community services/resources.
- Coordinates admissions to contracted HCHV emergency housing providers. They also provide direct services to veterans such as: Conducting psychosocial assessments; Collaborating with veteran to develop an initial plan of care; Providing advanced level case management; Providing crisis intervention services.
- Provides case management at homeless community-based program sites as described in the HCHV Program rules, regulations, and directives.
- Collaborates with various interdisciplinary teams and is skilled at working with a wide variety of patient populations, particularly Homeless Veterans with SUD who also have Serious Mental Illness, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans, elderly veterans and Veterans with families.
- The HCHV Liaison will be required to drive a government vehicle to various community agencies, homeless shelters, homeless encampments, and other destinations serving the homeless throughout our VA catchment area, to include rural Mississippi communities on a regular and recurring basis.
- The HCHV Liaison will also be transporting Veterans in the program's government vehicle on a regular and recurring basis.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Subject to change based on the needs of the facility.
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases
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)
Telework: Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 00464F
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Starting at $86,962 Per Year (GS 12)