Social Worker

Department of Veterans Affairs•Los Angeles, CA

48d

About The Position

The Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Network is recruiting for Social Workers in the Community Engagement & Enrichment Services (CERS), HUD-VASH program. Conduct assessment interviews, develops treatment plans, and provides treatment to HUD VASH eligible Veterans and their families. Treatment modalities may include crisis intervention, intake evaluations, outreach services as well as empirically based treatment for family, couples, and mental health conditions. Provide on-going substance use case management and early treatment interventions to promote sustained stability and harm reduction while in HUD VASH subsidized permanent housing. Develop appropriate professional relationships with the Veterans and meet the Veteran where they are ready to engage in treatment. Develop liaison relationships with more acute treatment providers/ programs, such as an Intensive Outpatient Program. Provide appropriate group and individual case management and treatment. Responsible for providing HUD-VASH case management to Veterans and families in the HUD-VASH program. Case management is defined as the provision of services by VA clinical staff to homeless Veterans and includes all activities to provide appropriate treatment and maintain Veterans in stable housing. Perform regular home visits of HUD-VASH participants to ensure that Veterans reside in environments that foster independence and safety in the community. Provide SUD support to the HUD-VASH team as a functional member of this team, to include consultation, interventions, or accompanying other case managers on home visits, when indicated by suspicion of HUD-VASH participant SUD use. Responsible for reviewing agreements between landlords, Public Housing Authorities, and the VA in establishing appropriate referral sites for HUD-VASH placements. She/He works closely with resident managers and the project management teams assigned to the project-based facility and communicates needs or issues when they arise if the Veteran provides consent to release private information. Document in the patient's medical record in accordance with medical center policies, and the requirements of Joint Commission. This may include a discipline specific screening and/or development of a biopsychosocial assessment and treatment plan within the time frame outlined in the HUD-VASH Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). Progress notes are written in the timeframe outlined in the Documentation SOP and reflect progress toward treatment goals. Document professional practice interventions and activities in patient's clinical record utilizing CPRS (Computerized Patient Record System) and ensures appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care. Outcomes of interventions are evaluated and documented in CPRS. The Social Worker must be able to utilize the team Whiteboard and HOMES data including the various operations reports within HOMES. Participate in committee assignments as deemed necessary by the supervisor. The Social Worker maintains familiarity and responsibility for all performance measures relating to the HUD-VASH Program. The Social Worker must strive to meet the individual productivity targets set by the supervisor.

Responsibilities

Conduct assessment interviews, develops treatment plans, and provides treatment to HUD VASH eligible Veterans and their families.
Provide on-going substance use case management and early treatment interventions to promote sustained stability and harm reduction while in HUD VASH subsidized permanent housing.
Develop appropriate professional relationships with the Veterans and meet the Veteran where they are ready to engage in treatment.
Develop liaison relationships with more acute treatment providers/ programs, such as an Intensive Outpatient Program.
Provide appropriate group and individual case management and treatment.
Responsible for providing HUD-VASH case management to Veterans and families in the HUD-VASH program.
Perform regular home visits of HUD-VASH participants to ensure that Veterans reside in environments that foster independence and safety in the community.
Provide SUD support to the HUD-VASH team as a functional member of this team, to include consultation, interventions, or accompanying other case managers on home visits, when indicated by suspicion of HUD-VASH participant SUD use.
Responsible for reviewing agreements between landlords, Public Housing Authorities, and the VA in establishing appropriate referral sites for HUD-VASH placements.
Document in the patient's medical record in accordance with medical center policies, and the requirements of Joint Commission.
Document professional practice interventions and activities in patient's clinical record utilizing CPRS (Computerized Patient Record System) and ensures appropriate hand off when transferring of patient care.
Participate in committee assignments as deemed necessary by the supervisor.
Maintain familiarity and responsibility for all performance measures relating to the HUD-VASH Program.
Strive to meet the individual productivity targets set by the supervisor.