Senior Social Worker Position Available In Harrison, Mississippi

Senior Social Worker Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System Summary SSW are licensed or certified to independently practice social work an advanced level. SW typically practice in a major specialty trement program area or program areas of equivalent scope and complexity. SW assigned administrive responsibility for clinical program development and is accountable for clinical program effectiveness and modificion of service pterns. SW is loced within Mental Health Service in will serve in Homeless Program “and Inpient Acute Behavioral Health Unit”. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 02/27/2025 to 03/20/2025 Salary $93,118

• $121,059 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion Biloxi, MS 2 vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBST-12677838-25-FIJ

Control number 832682100 This job is open to Federal employees

• Competitive service Current federal employees whose agencies follow the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s hiring rules and pay scales. Federal employees
• Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria. Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This vacancy is open to current permanent VA Nionwide employees and Federal employees of other Agencies. Videos Duties VA Careers

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Social Work :

Social Work :

Function or scope of assigned duties: The Social Worker independently performs case finding functions and outreach, identifying and screening pients for psychosocial needs. The incumbent must possess the knowledge and ability to independently implement trement modalities, and provide counseling or psychotherapy for individuals, families, and groups. The Social Worker independently conducts psychosocial assessments. The Social Worker independently diagnoses Veterans according to the lest version of the Diagnostic and Stistical Manual of Mental Disorders or other recognized diagnostic manuals of mental disorders. He/ She develops trement plans in collaborion with the Veteran and/or family and with the interdisciplinary trement team. The incumbent possesses the skills to offer psychosocial intervention and utilizes professional judgment in determining the method and techniques to be used. The Social Worker acts as a subject mter expert and liaison with community agencies. He/ She coordines community-based services, including informion and referral to or from other VA programs, government programs, and community agency programs. The Social Worker has knowledge and experience in the use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and trement procedures. He/ She identifies high-risk pients and provides approprie intervention case management services.

Work Schedule :

Friday to Tuesday, 7:30am to 4:00pm and Monday to Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Stion (Relocion Assistance):

Not Authorized Pay:

Competitive salary and regular salary increases.

Paid Time Off:

37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year)

Parental Leave:

After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.

Child Care Subsidy:

After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66 .

Retirement:

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by

VA Insurance:

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Telework :

Available Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement # : 00706F Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Must be able to independently opere Government Vehicle. Must provide clean driving record report from the DMV during the pre-employment process. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Must pass pre-employment physical examinion. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). Participion in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinion program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administrion Health Care Personnel (HCP)

• See “Additional Informion” below for details.

Qualificions Basic Requirements :

Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United Stes . Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

English Language Proficiency:

Candides must be proficient in spoken and written English to be appointed as authorized by 38 U.S.C. § 7403(f).

Educion:

Have a master’s degree in social work from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Educion (CSWE). Gradues of schools of social work th are in candidacy stus do not meet this requirement until the School of Social Work is fully accredited. A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master’s degree in social work.

Licensure:

Persons hired or reassigned to social worker positions in the GS-0185 series in VHA must be licensed or certified by a ste to independently practice social work the master’s degree level. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfhering Provision as described in the VA Qualificion Standard for this occupion (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupion and meet the criteria).

Grade Determinions :

In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candides. Senior Social Worker, GS-12

Experience/Educion :

The candide must have least two years of experience post advanced practice clinical licensure and should be in a specialized area of social work practice of which, one year must be equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior social workers have experience th demonstres possession of advanced practice skills and judgment. Senior social workers are experts in their specialized area of practice. Senior social workers may have certificion or other post-masters training from a nionally recognized professional organizion or university th includes a defined curriculum/course of study and internship or equivalent supervised professional experience in a specialty.

Licensure/Certificion:

Senior social workers must be licensed or certified by a ste the advanced practice level which included an advanced generalist or clinical examinion, unless they are grandfhered by the ste in which they are licensed to practice the advanced practice level (except for licenses issued in California, which administers its own clinical examinion for advanced practice) and they must be able to provide supervision for licensure. Demonstred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities . In addition to the experience above, candides must demonstre all of the following

KSAs:

Skill in a range of specialized interventions and trement modalities used in specialty trement programs or with special pient populions. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial and/or case management. Ability to incorpore complex multiple causion in differential diagnosis and trement within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Knowledge in developing and implementing methods for measuring effectiveness of social work practice and services in the specialty area, utilizing outcome evaluions to improve trement services and to design system changes. Ability to provide specialized consultion to colleagues and students on the psychosocial trement of pients in the service delivery area, as well as role modeling effective social work practice skills. Ability to expand clinical knowledge in the social work profession, and to write policies, procedures, and/or practice guidelines pertaining to the service delivery area.

Preferred Experience:

1. Prefer a minimum of 3 years or more Behavioral Health Experience 2. Must have 1-3 experience working with veterans with Severe Mental Illness 3. Must have an unhindered license. 4. Minimum of 1 years or more experience providing services in the home/community 5. Inpient acute mental health unit.

Reference:

For more informion on this qualificion standard, please . The position is above full performance level, GS-12. The actual grade which an applicant may be selected for this vacancy is GS-12.

Physical Requirements:

Position is a community based position within Behavioral Health Service. The Social Worker carries out all duties reled to screening, assessment, trement planning, case management and aftercare follow up for Veterans. Work is in Social Work specifically with Veterans and their families, which requires skill in dealing with individuals in crisis and exposure to potentially dangerous situions. The work is a mixture of in the office desk work and in the community social work. The position will require a modere level of keyboarding , standing (up to 2 hours), walking (up to 2 hours), bending, and modere lifting (15-44 pounds), reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, both hands required, both legs required, ability for rapid mental and muscular coordinion simultaneously, near vision correctable 13′ to 16″ to Jaeger 1 to 4, far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other, depth perception, hearing (aid permitted).

Work Environment:

The work environment involves everyday risks requiring normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, or other hospital and/or clinic areas. The work area is adequely lighted, heed and ventiled. The community locions will vary depending on where the Veteran is residing or receiving services. Veterans may be transported by the Social Worker via government vehicle. Occasional travel by air and car required th may present uncontrollable environments. A current, unrestricted driver’s license and driving ability are necessary. Educion

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be against

COVID-19

subject to such accommodions as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locions. If selected, you required to be fully vaccined against COVID-19 and submit documention of proof of vaccinion before your start de. The agency will provide additional informion regarding wh informion or documention needed and how you can request a legally required accommodion from this requirement using the reasonable accommodion process. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. 1st Area of Considerion

• current permanent Gulf Coast HealthCare Administrion employees including sellites; 2nd Area of Considerion
• current permanent Veterans Healthcare Administrion employees; 3rd Area of Considerion
• current permanent VA Nionwide employees; and 4th Area of Considerion
• current permanent Federal employees of other Agencies

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

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Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Benefits 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 th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . 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 informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: License Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Resume Reminder
• Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: Your resume must include the following informion: Job title, description of duties, beginning and ending de (month/year) of employment, and average hours worked per week.

SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Eligibility): Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please use this to ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter License Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 03/20/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your

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account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your

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account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your

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account or your applicion incomplete. Agency contact informion Faiza Jamil Phone Address Biloxi VA Medical Center 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi, MS 39531 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: License Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Resume Reminder

• Your resume must include the following informion for each job listed: Your resume must include the following informion: Job title, description of duties, beginning and ending de (month/year) of employment, and average hours worked per week.

SF-50, Notificion of Personnel Action (if applicable for Eligibility): Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee Examples of approprie SF-50’s include: Within grade increases the highest grade held; or Promotions with an effective de more than one year old; or SF-50’s the highest grade held with an effective de more than one year old. The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please use this to ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter License Other (1) Resume SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 03/20/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

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resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. To verify your applicion is complete, log into your

USA JOBS

account, , select the Applicion Stus link and then select the more informion link for this position. The Details page will display the stus of your applicion, the documention received and processed, and any correspondence the agency has sent reled to this applicion. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. To return to an incomplete applicion, log into your

USA JOBS

account and click Upde Applicion in the vacancy announcement. You must re-select your resume and/or other documents from your

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account or your applicion incomplete. Agency contact informion Faiza Jamil Phone Address Biloxi VA Medical Center 400 Veterans Avenue Biloxi, MS 39531 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 02/27/2025 to 03/20/2025 Salary $93,118

• $121,059 per year Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locion Biloxi, MS 2 vacancies Remote job No Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy.

Travel Required Not required Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBST-12677838-25-FIJ

Control number 832682100 ., .