Social Worker opportunities with the VA Health Care System in Eugene, OR

Position Information

The Eugene VA Mental Health Service has clinical staff and leadership Social Worker opportunities. Education Loan Repayment and Recruitment incentives may be authorized. Opportunities include both inpatient and outpatient teams in Behavioral Health Integration, Primary Care Mental Health Integration, PTSD, Substance Abuse, and Program Management.

VA is the largest employer of social workers in the nation with over 20,000 master’s prepared social workers. VA trains more social work graduate students than any other single agency
Social workers are an integral part of VA health care. In this large and complex system, social workers are often the thread that pulls a treatment plan together and the one leading linkage and referral processes with community partners and engaging with Veterans’ groups and organizations in efforts to strengthen services. Social workers’ contributions to these efforts are valued, acknowledged, and necessary. The wide range of opportunities within VA allows for social workers to experience many different jobs/positions throughout their careers. We are in small clinics in rural communities as well as in large medical centers in metropolitan areas.

The Eugene Health Care Center is part of the Roseburg VA Health Care System (RVAHCS) which consists of a medical center located in Roseburg, OR, and VA clinics located in Eugene, Brookings, and North Bend, OR. RVAHCS offers primary care, surgical, long-term care, and mental health inpatient and outpatient services to eligible veterans who reside in Central and Southern Oregon (Douglas, Lane, Coos, and Curry Counties) and Northern California (Del Norte County). RVAHCS also operates the Downtown Eugene VA Clinic, consisting of a Homeless Program, a Homeless Housing Program with the Department of Health and Human Services (HUD/VASH), and Substance Abuse and Vocational Rehabilitation services.

Community

Eugene, Oregon, is situated between the ocean 60 miles to the west and the Cascade Mountains 100 miles to the east. The city offers the best of both worlds like very few places in the U.S. Self-dubbed “A Great City for the Arts and Outdoors,” Eugene has a thriving local arts and culture scene in concert with sprawling recreational options. Ballet Fantastique, the Eugene Ballet, the Eugene Opera, and the Eugene Symphony head up the area’s performing arts options. Visual art spills out from coffee shops and galleries with murals and street art on municipal buildings, in parks, and into neighborhoods.

Benefits

Time Off:

13 to 26 days of paid annual leave with unlimited accumulation

11 paid federal holidays

12 weeks of paid parental leave

Up to 15 days of leave for active reservists and National Guard members

Insurance Options:

Comprehensive federal health insurance for life

Up to 75% of health premiums paid.

Group life insurance for you and eligible family members

Long-term care coverage for home care, adult day care, and facility care

Flexible savings accounts to pay for health care expenses, tax-free.

Free medical malpractice insurance for healthcare providers

Retirement:

Access to the Federal Employees Retirement System

Eligible for monthly retirement benefits after just 5 years of federal service

Supplement your retirement with the tax-deferred Thrift Savings Plan, similar to a 401(k)

Long-term disability benefits after 18 months of service

Add VA benefits to your full military retirement pay or pension.

Competitive Compensation:

Strong starting salaries, steady growth, and incentives

Employment incentives, including recruitment and relocation bonuses and retention allowances.

Regular performance-based increases and accelerated increases for outstanding performance

Premium pay rates for overtime, weekend, holiday, on-call, and night work

Incentive awards like superior performance awards, special contribution awards, quality step increases, and VA honor awards

About the VA

Department of Veterans Affairs offers Veterans the largest, most technologically advanced integrated healthcare system in the United States. Serving over 9 million Veterans; we operate 18 regional Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISN), 172 VA Medical Centers, and over 1,200 total sites in ambulatory and community-based outpatient clinics, nursing homes, Veterans centers, readjustment counseling centers, and comprehensive home-care programs, across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories.

If interested in learning more?

Kenneth.mitchell3@va.gov