Social Worker (Program Coordinator)

Department of Veterans Affairs • Tomah, WI

27d • Onsite

About The Position

The Homeless Veteran Program Coordinator is a Senior Social Worker who will be primarily responsible to facilitate implementation of homeless prevention strategies at a local level through education, monitoring, and coordination activities.

Responsibilities

• Direct program focus for the overall successful implementation of the network of homeless program initiatives to include Veterans Justice Program (VJP) and Housing Urban Development (HUDNASH).
• Provides leadership, direction, orientation, coaching, in-service training, staff development for the Homeless Programs team members.
• Works independently with Veterans and their families who are experiencing a wide range of complicated medical, psychiatric, emotional, behavioral, and psychosocial problems using his/her educational training, clinical experience, VA policies and accreditation standards in administering direct services.
• Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team in the development and implementation of treatment goals and interventions as well as collaborate with Veterans and/or their families, caregivers, or survivors. This includes but is not limited to residents with dementia, end-of-life/hospice care needs.
• Facilitate community placements through collaboration with Veterans and their families or caregivers as well as interdisciplinary treatment team members to ensure that appropriate community placements are completed in a timely manner.
• Collaborate in performance improvement processes and comply with performance measures as required by the VA for their specific population and/or program.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 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)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees