Social Worker (Program Coordinator)

Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional

The incumbent serves as the HUD-VASH Housing Coordinator for the HUD-VASH program at James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center (JHQVAMC). The incumbent assumes the responsibility for the day-to-day coordination of case management referrals discharge planning Homeless Operations Management and Evaluation System (HOMES) monthly compliance review Homeless GSA fleet rotation mentoring and training staff.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Serves as the subject matter expert on the local housing market and collaborates with stakeholders within the JHQVAMC and community partner networks including public housing authorities (PHA) community and government agency executive leadership and corporation leadership to develop affordable housing options in the Mountain Home catchment area.
• Provides housing services to Veterans receiving services in the HUD-VASH program.
• Provides outreach crisis intervention and case management services to homeless and precariously housed Veterans at an advanced practice level.
• Provides clinical intervention through groups individual/family crisis services and case management to eligible Veterans and their family members to meet biological psychological social and housing needs.
• Coordinates HUD-VASH housing searches which may include driving Veterans to available housing units for viewings and walk-through inspections for leasing.
• Assists HUD-VASH Veterans in seeking and applying for community resources to meet rental and utility deposits and obtain basic household goods or furnishings.
• Assists HUD-VASH Veterans in developing and securing necessary services to move into housing.
• May assist with coordinating staffing work assignments and treatment services provided by HUD-VASH clinicians.
• Provides leadership direction orientation coaching in-service training staff development and continuing education programs.
• Incorporates complex multiple causation in differential diagnoses and treatments.
• Independently conducts interviews and assessments for the purpose of program enrollment and to aid in the development of treatment plans.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Must have a valid Drivers License.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• This position requires driving. Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

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.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Handbook 5005 Part II Chapter 3 Section A paragraph 3.g.) Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• English Language Proficiency Requirement - Per VA Handbook 5005 Part II Chapter 3 Section A Paragraph 3j: No person will be appointed under authority of 38 U.S.C. chapter 73 or 74 to serve in a direct patient-care capacity in VHA who is not proficient in written and spoken English.
• Education - Candidates must have a masters degree in social work 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 masters degree in social work. Verification of the degree can be made by going to to verify that the social work degree meets the accreditation standards for a masters of social work.
• Licensure - Social workers at the GS-12 must be licensed or certified by a state at the advanced practice level which included 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 (except for licenses issued in California which administers its own clinical examination for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure.

• Experience: In additional to meeting the basic requirements as stated above you must have the following:

1. Knowledge of program coordination and administration which includes consultation negotiation and monitoring.
2. Knowledge and ability to write policies procedures and/or practice guidelines for the program.
3. Ability to supervise multidisciplinary staff assigned to the program.
4. Skill in organizing work setting priorities meeting multiple deadlines and evaluating assigned program area(s).
5. Ability to provide training orientation and guidance within clinical practice.