About Scott
Scott A. Hayes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for the Domiciliary Care for Homeless Veterans Program located in Atlanta, Georgia. He is responsible for assisting homeless veterans with obtaining employment or some other form of substantial income in hopes of transitioning them to permanent housing over the course of their 90 day stay in treatment. Scott provides individual, group and family therapy for these homeless veterans along with community linkage to appropriate resources to assist with medical, mental health and psychosocial needs outside of the structured environment provided at the VA’s Domiciliary.
Scott has been a Social Worker for the last 21 years and has held direct care and administrative positions. Prior to his current affiliation with the VA, Scott served as the Assistant Chief of Social Work for Georgia Regional Hospital in Atlanta where he provided quality improvement monitoring and corrective action plans to ensure the best care was provided to the underserved mental health population in an acute psychiatric hospital setting.
Scott’s professional interests are in educating minority populations regarding the importance of mental health and integrating systems to include regular psychiatric care as a part of overall health and wellness. He holds a Bachelor of Social Work degree from Tuskegee University, and a Master of Social Work Degree from Alabama A&M University, both in Alabama. Scott is also a member of Omega Psi Phi, Fraternity Incorporated and currently resides in Metro Atlanta, Georgia.