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Social Worker (Inpatient Medicine)
Veterans Health Administration · Cleveland, Ohio · Closes in 6 days

1 Check you can apply
2 Resume and documents
3 Apply on USAJOBS
4 After you apply

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1 Check you can apply You are here

Who can apply: Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Competitive service, The public.

The job is open to the public. You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.

Experience: For GS-9, no experience is required beyond the basic requirements. For GS-11, you need at least 1 year of post-master's social work experience at the GS-9 level in health care or other social work settings (VA or non-VA), plus a state license to practice independently.

Education: You must have 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 be used in place of the required 1 year of clinical social work experience.

Licenses and certifications:

State license or certification to practice social work independently at the master's level (required for GS-11; GS-9 may be waived while you complete state prerequisites)
Valid state-issued driver's license (required because the job involves driving a government vehicle)

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.

Resume ready: dates, hours per week, duties Long-form resume or CV, with month and year for each job Transcript showing conferred or awarded dates SF-50 showing title, series and grade if you are or were a federal employee SF-50 showing a higher grade if you are applying based on that grade DD-214 or proof of service and proof of disability, if you claim military service Disability letter if you claim veterans' preference or Schedule A

3 Apply on USAJOBS

Closes in 6 days (November 10, 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 the agency may check your references. Missing or unclear information may result in an ineligible rating or a lower overall rating.

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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 transcript shows conferred or awarded dates, and that your degree is from a CSWE-accredited social work school.
You must meet all qualifications within 30 calendar days of the closing date, so check your state license status early.
Include the month and year for each job on your resume. The 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.

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