Social Worker
Job Location:
Cheyenne, WY - USA
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Job Summary
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This National Guard position is for a SOCIAL WORKER Position Description Number PDT59128P1 and is part of the WY 153d Airlift Wing Wyoming National Guard.
This position is in the Excepted Service under the authority of Title V P.L. 114-328 and Sections 932 and 1084 (FY17 NDAA).
This is a Title 5 Excepted Service position. Military affiliation is not required.
This position is located within the Wyoming Air National Guards (WY ANG) 153d Airlift Wing (153 AW). Its primary purpose is to provide operational leadership consultation direct client services community capacity building preventive remedial and support services aimed at improving and sustaining the psychological health of the WY ANG military members and their families.
As a part of the 153 AWs Director of Psychological Health (DPH) Program incumbent provides access to a full range of professional services for the populations served. The Psychological Health Program provides consultation to operational leadership on psychological health issues and vertical integration of Military Service and Department of Defense (DoD)-wide psychological health initiatives and population-health monitoring. Clinical and administrative duties focus on outreach education and prevention needs-based and psychosocial assessment diagnosis short-term problem resolution and provision of or referral to evidenced-based interventions.
Responsibilities include providing primary secondary and tertiary prevention programs specialty training for health care professionals and other personnel on issues related to the psychological health of Airmen and their families and multi-level community organization collaboration and enhancement. Individuals requiring clinical interventions (i.e. clinical treatment) for other than short-term problem resolution should immediately be referred to an appropriate and competent clinical professional. It will promote the availability of and access to an adequate continuum of care to members. Will ensure clinical mental health services being provided are integrated with other counseling and supportive services at the installation level and from Federal State and territory as well as military and non-military organizations external to the installation (e.g. Military OneSource Military and Family Life Consultants and TRICARE Network).
** This is NOT an all-inclusive list of duties. **
EMPLOYMENT CONDITIONS and NOTES:
U.S. Citizenship Required.
This position is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program.
Paid through Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer (DD/EFT).
Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
GS positions are within the professional series IAW 5 USC 3319 and compensably disabled preference eligible veterans (CPS/CP) are not automatically placed at the top of the Certificate of Eligibles (5 USC 3313). Eligibles will be listed in score order including veterans preference points.
May be required to successfully complete a two-year trial period.
A Recruitment or Relocation Incentive MAY BE authorized if eligible. Subject to funding and TAG approval.
PCS costs are not authorized. Must be willing to relocate at own expense.
1. Master of Social Work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education is highly desired. Candidate must be a qualified Mental Health professional IAW AFI 44-119 Medical Quality Operations.
2. Must obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance (Secret/Tier 3).
3. Drug testing designated position. Subject to random testing for drug use.
4. Must possess a current unrestricted license to practice clinical social work independently in any one of the 50 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico or the U.S Virgin Islands.
5. Must be privileged for independent practice by the Credentials Committee at the employing Medical Treatment Facility.
6. A minimum of two (2) years within the past five (5) years in the independent practice of clinical social work is highly desired.
7. Position requires Basic Life Support (BLS) in accordance with local Medical Group policies.
8. May occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft.
9. May share on-call duty during weeknights and/or weekends on a rotational basis with other mental health professionals of the same specialty performing like duties.
10. May have regular contact with children which requires a State Criminal History Repository (SCHR) check to be completed.
11. Completion of appropriate clinical and administrative duties may involve after hours care or work in addition to regular duty hours.
12. Designated as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparation for or in response to a state emergency or disaster declaration.
AREAS OF CONSIDERATION:
Referrals of qualified applicants will be issued in the following order:
Area 2: Permanent and indefinite WYNG Title 5 and T32 DST employees with the Wyoming Air/Army National Guard.
Area 3: Current Federal employees within the Competitive and Excepted Service and Competitive Service Reinstatement Eligible employees. Former NG T32 Dual Status employees receiving an Honorable or a General Discharge under Honorable Conditions are eligible for reinstatement provided they have been separated for at least one year before applying for reinstatement and received a rating of record of their most recent permanent position of a least fully successful (or equivalent).
Area 4: Currently serving and former Active Guard/Reserve (AGR) and M-Day/Drill Status Guard (DSG) members of the National Guard. This provision is intended to boost the candidate pool to reach more qualified candidates and place DSG/M-Day personnel on par with currently serving civilian personnel.
* Veterans Preference Rules are mandated by law and some applicants may receive priority consideration before other applicants without veterans preference.
* Area 7: U.S. Citizens
This is a Professional Series position IAW 5 USC 3319. Eligible candidates will be listed in score order including veterans preference points.
Upon acceptance of this position if selected candidate is a competitive employee they will convert to Excepted Service and be required to sign a memorandum IAW 5 CFR 302.102. Acceptance of the proposed appointment will take the employee out of the competitive service while s/he occupies the position.
TITLE 5 POSITION INFORMATION:
Type of Appointment: Permanent
Tenure: Group 1 or 2
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00 am - 4:30 pm
FLSA: Exempt
Telework: The duties of this position require primary physical presence. Situational teleworking may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Position #:
Selecting Official: Col Bret Trippel
To qualify you must meet the experience and/or education requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
BASIC REQUIREMENT
a. Master of Social Work (MSW) degree in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Include legible copies of all transcripts with application.
b. Experience in clinical social work either through a masters-level practicum or two years post-MSW experience.
c. Possession of an active (characterized by present activity participation practice or use); current (not revoked suspended or lapsed); valid; and unrestricted license to practice clinical social work independently in any one of the 50 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico or the U.S Virgin Islands which allows practice without supervision. Must include proof with application.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
Must have at least 24 months in clinical social work assignments that may have included conducting individual and group psychotherapy and marriage and family counseling; organizing managing and administering adult child and family prevention and outreach services; interviewing clients to establish the nature and extent of concerns/issues providing professional assistance and determining appropriate referral services/opinions; and in planning and implementing professional community organizational strategies and initiatives; formulating of needs assessments development of prevention programs and marketing of developed programs.
Completion of the Air Force Social Work Internship Program may be substituted for 12 months of the specialized experience requirement. Must include proof with application.
This experience demonstrates competencies of
knowledge skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Knowledge of social work theories principles techniques and resources. Must have specialized experience in professional social work that includes interviewing people to establish the nature and extent of their problems helping them work out plans for improving the situation providing assistance and services referring them to community resources and other organizations as indicated and assisting them to understand and modify their own patterns of behavior when appropriate
.Must understand labor relations military operations and the Military Health System TRICARE and Veterans Administration as it pertains to the NG Psychological Health Program.
VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.
PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.
TIME-IN-GRADE: Any applicant who within the previous 52 weeks held a General Schedule position under non-temporary appointment must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. NOTE: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement.
If you are a current GS employee applying for a higher grade than the grade you currently hold provide an SF-50 showing the next lower grade was held for at least one year. Some SF-50s effective within the last 52 weeks will not demonstrate the next lower grade was held for at least one year (e.g. General Adjustment SF-50 from this year). In many cases we may need to see two (2) SF-50s to determine time-in-grade and eligibility for promotion. If you are a DoD employee you may obtain copies of your SF-50(s) from MyBiz ( LICENSE:
Must possess a valid drivers license
Must meet education requirements stated above.
You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.
If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( not send/fax/courier/email any applications or resumes to the Wyoming National Guard Human Resource Office you must apply on-line via . The Human Resource can only process materials received through USA Jobs.
Priority Placement Program (PPP) Required Documentation
Applicants who meet one of the Department of Defense (DoD) Priority Placement Program (PPP) categories below must submit the corresponding documentation to claim hiring priority:
A. DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
Applicants claiming this eligibility must submit:
B. DoD MR and NG Preference-Eligible Technicians Receiving Disability Retirement
Applicants claiming this eligibility must submit:
C. DoD Retained Grade Employees
Applicants claiming this eligibility must submit:
D. Military Spouse Preference (MSP) & Noncompetitive Hiring Options
Eligible spouses of active-duty military members relocating to the local commuting area must submit:
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Required Experience:
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