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Social Worker-Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP)
Veterans Health Administration · Houston, Texas · Closes in 5 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public.
Only U.S. citizens may apply, and non-citizens may be appointed only if qualified citizens cannot be recruited. The announcement is open to current permanent VA Nationwide employees, federal employees of other agencies, and U.S. citizens.
Experience: Basic requirements include a master's degree in social work and a state license to practice independently at the master's level. For GS-9, no experience beyond the basic requirements is needed. For GS-11, you need at least one year of post-MSW experience equivalent to GS-9 in health care or social work settings, plus an independent-practice license.
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 the master's degree. For GS-11, a doctoral degree in social work may replace the one year of professional social work experience in a clinical setting.
Licenses and certifications:
- State license or certification to practice social work independently at the master's level
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 5 days (November 9, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
This job will close when 50 applications have been received, which may happen before the closing date.
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 listed qualifications. Eligible applicants are referred in this order: current permanent VA employees at this medical center, then current permanent VHA employees, then VA Nationwide employees, then other federal employees, then all other applicants. Missing or unclear information can lower your rating or make you ineligible.
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:
- Make sure your resume lists start and end dates (month/year) and average hours per week for each job
- Include your transcript, which is required for this announcement
- Apply early, since the job may close once 50 applications are received
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