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  • Video: Enjoy a versatile social work career helping Veterans

    Video: Enjoy a versatile social work career helping Veterans

    Stacy Pommer, LMSW, appeared on VA Careers' Talk About It Tuesday broadcast to discuss the variety of social work careers at VA.

  • Tele-mental health care brings options to Texas Veterans

    Tele-mental health care brings options to Texas Veterans

    “Our mental health department was ahead of the curve…we increased access to mental health care, medication management and counseling for patients who may not have otherwise had it.”

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Jesse Tran

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Jesse Tran

    During Social Work Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Jesse Tran, who served in Afghanistan and is now a VA social worker.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Tanishia Santana

    #VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Tanishia Santana

    During Social Work Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Tanishia Santana, who served for eight years and now works as a VA social worker.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Anthony G. Quiroga

    #VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Anthony G. Quiroga

    During Social Work Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Anthony G. Quiroga, who served an operations specialist and is now a VA social worker.

  • #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Tony Garcia

    #VeteranOfTheDay Marine Corps Veteran Tony Garcia

    During Social Work Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Marine Corps Veteran Tony Garcia, who served two tours to Iraq before becoming a VA social worker.

  • VA staff helps Veteran celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

    VA staff helps Veteran celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

    Navy Veteran Gary Heckman and his wife Peach celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. VA Video Connect, nurses, chaplains, food services and one very determined VA social worker made it happen.

  • How a negative pressure room lets families say goodbye

    How a negative pressure room lets families say goodbye

    Renee Radermacher recommended converting a family room adjacent to a patient hospice room to a negative pressure room, allowing up to three family members to visit for one hour each day.

  • October 2018 is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    October 2018 is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    HARLINGEN, Texas — October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and [...]

  • 10 tips for landing a Social Work job with VA, Part 1

    10 tips for landing a Social Work job with VA, Part 1

    Working with our nation’s Veterans, their families, and caregivers is [...]

  • Five things to help you become a VHA Mental Health Intensive Case Management senior social worker

    Five things to help you become a VHA Mental Health Intensive Case Management senior social worker

    Interested in pursuing a career as a Mental Health Intensive [...]

  • Summer moving season: Find VA careers from coast to coast

    Summer moving season: Find VA careers from coast to coast

    Summer is just around the corner. That means warm weather, [...]

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