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Social Worker – Program Coordinator
Veterans Health Administration · Eugene, Oregon and 1 more · Closes in 5 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Federal employees - Competitive service, Federal employees - Excepted service.
The job is open to the public. The announcement says you must be a U.S. citizen, national, or person who owes allegiance to the U.S. to apply, and federal employees may also apply under the listed hiring rules.
Experience: You need one year of experience at the GS-12 level showing advanced practice skills and judgment. Preferred experience includes working with Veterans in an inpatient psychiatric setting, leadership or supervisory experience, and familiarity with psychiatric emergency services.
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. Certificates or post-master's training from a nationally recognized organization or university, with a defined curriculum and internship, may count toward the experience requirement.
Licenses and certifications:
- Social work license or certification at the advanced practice level
- Must be able to provide supervision for licensure
- Must keep a full, valid, and unrestricted independent license or certification
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).
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, using an online occupational questionnaire. Your experience and documents will be verified, and missing or unclear information may lead to an ineligible rating or a lower score.
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 your license, long-form resume or CV, and transcript in your application package, or it may be incomplete.
- Confirm your social work master's is from a CSWE-accredited school at http://www.cswe.org/Accreditation before applying.
- If you plan to use EDRP, submit the EDRP application within four months of appointment.
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