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Senior Social Worker – Behavioral Health Access Team – EDRP
Veterans Health Administration · El Paso, Texas · Closes in 86 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency, The public, Federal employees - Competitive service.
The job is open to the public, current VHA employees, and federal employees in the competitive and excepted service. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply.
Experience: You need at least two years of experience after advanced practice clinical licensure, in a specialized area of social work. One of those years must be equivalent to the GS-11 level, and the job is at the GS-12 level.
Education: You need a master's degree in social work from a school fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). A doctoral degree in social work cannot replace it, and a school still in candidacy status does not count until it is fully accredited.
Licenses and certifications:
- State license or certification to practice social work independently at the master's level
- Advanced practice state license or certification, which includes an advanced generalist or clinical exam unless you are grandfathered
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 86 days (January 29, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications. Your application, resume, and documents will be verified, and missing or unclear information may lower your rating or make you ineligible. The VA also performs pre-employment reference checks.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Include a transcript with your application, since it is required if you use education to qualify.
- Show dates, hours, and duties for each job so reviewers can verify your years at the GS-12 level.
- The long-form resume or CV is required, and the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
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