1 vacancy to be filled within any of the three locations: Peoria, Bloomington, and Springfield The Senior Social Worker is the Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Specialist for HUD-VASH in the communities of Peoria, Bloomington, and Springfield. This position provides case management and intervention support to the Health Care for Homeless Veterans (HCHV) HUD-VASH program in a team oriented, recovery-based program.

Duties

The (SUD) Specialist supports the HUD-VASH Program by providing continuity of care between Homeless Programs through services to Veterans with SUDs as they transition from programs such as HCHV Outreach /Case Management, Residential Rehabilitation and Treatment Programs (RRTPs), and Grant Per Diem Programs (GPD) to permanent housing through the HUD-VASH Program. The Senior Social Worker provides on-going substance use case management and early treatment interventions to promote sustained stability and abstinence in homeless and at-risk Veterans receiving VA homeless services. Major Duties include: · Provides case management for a caseload of Veterans in the HUD-VASH program, provides clinical case consultation on high-risk Veterans with colleagues in the VA and community-based programs, and coordinating prioritized admissions to permanent supportive housing programs in the VA and in through the community. · Works collaboratively with local homeless response systems to ensure continuity of care among the VA and community providers. · Attend By Name List meetings, manage interest list, and support the coordination of admissions to the VASH program. · Support increased access to ancillary and supportive services for Veterans who are aging in place, including but not limited to transportation and referrals to supportive/assisted living programming. · Support data reconciliation with housing authorities and case managers to ensure the accuracy of HOMES data and scorecard measures. · Coordinates care including serving as an advocate on behalf of the Veterans to ensure comprehensive service delivery and linking and referring Veterans to VA health care facilities, care in the community sites, VBA, VSOs, community resources, and coordinated entry systems. · Participates in the monthly VISN 12 and National HUD-VASH Program conference calls and attends trainings offered by the National Homeless Program calls. · Works with a broad spectrum of VA and community-based contacts to strive for developing more effective and efficient ways of delivery health care service to HUD-VASH Veterans. · Performs accountability functions: 1) verifies Veteran's status, eligibility for VA health care and VA Homeless programming for service coordination needs; 2) document all supportive services and case management contacts with Veteran/families/ancillary supports in CPRS; 3) administrative support for program coordination, development and implementation of written procedures specific to the community and surrounding areas, and complete reports Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Available, Ad-hoc at supervisory discretion Virtual: This is not a virtual position Functional Statement #: 000000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Requirements

Qualifications

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. English: Must be proficient in spoken and written English. Education: Must have a Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Graduates of schools of social work that are in candidacy status do not meet this requirement until the school of social work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) Licensure: Must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level at the GS-12 grade level. This includes an advanced generalist or clinical examination, unless they are grandfathered by the state in which they are licensed to practice at the advanced practice level (PROVIDE COPY) IN ADDITION TO THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING GS-12 GRADE REQUIREMENTS: GS-12 Grade level: EXPERIENCE: must have at least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice. AND Applicants must also meet the Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities listed below: 1. Skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities used in specialty treatment programs or with special patient populations. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. 2. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. 3. Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve treatment services and to design system changes. 4. Ability to provide specialized consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. 5. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area. Preferred Experience: Experience with co-occurring behavioral health needs, community work experience, harm reduction. Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. Physical Requirements: Physical demands may exceed those of a typical office setting. There is walking, lifting, standing, twisting, turning, sitting, pushing, bending, repetitive keyboarding, or carrying of items that does exceed 10 pounds.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

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/.

Contacts

• Address Danville VA Medical Center 1900 East Main Street Danville, IL 61832 US
• Name: Brooke Cremonesi
• Phone: 217-499-7292
• Email: [email protected]