Why is it important for Social workers in the VA also ensure continuity of care through admission, evaluation, treatment, and follow- up processes, and they provide assessment, crisis intervention, high-risk management, advocacy, and education to veterans and their families. Social workers offer a particular skill set and knowledge base that is beneficial, if not indispensable, to veterans who may return from war with a host of challenges. Veterans are served well by social workers' person-in-environment perspective and their ability to solve multi-factor problems.

Why is it important for Social workers in the VA also ensure continuity of care through admission, evaluation, treatment, and follow- up processes, and they provide assessment, crisis intervention, high-risk management, advocacy, and education to veterans and their families. Social workers offer a particular skill set and knowledge base that is beneficial, if not indispensable, to veterans who may return from war with a host of challenges. Veterans are served well by social workers' person-in-environment perspective and their ability to solve multi-factor problems.