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JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS

Terre Haute, IN (In Person)

$85,882 Salary, Full-Time

Posted 02/25/2026 (Updated 2 days ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/21/2026

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Social Worker Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Summary Corrections professionals who foster a humane and secure environment and ensure public safety by preparing individuals for successful reentry into our communities. Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 02/25/2026 to 03/04/2026 Salary $74,678 to - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion Terre Haute, IN 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) 0185 Social Work Supervisory stus No Security clearance Other Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus No Announcement number
THA-2026-0046
Control number 858908200 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL) Federal employees whose job, agency or department was elimined and are eligible for priority over other applicants. Clarificion from the agency
  • BOP Reassignment Eligible in local commuting area are those who are not required to "compete". The full performance level of this position determines your eligibility.
  • DOJ Surplus and Displaced (CTAP) Employees in the local commuting area.
Duty Locion:
FCC Terre Haute, IN Duties Help Responsible for providing medical and mental health release planning, social work assessments and evaluion, trement activities, and evidence-based therapeutic interventions to individuals and groups. Serves on and participes in specialized mental health and medical services committees and panels as a member of the interdisciplinary team, including Care Coordinion and Reentry team, Risk Assessment Panels and Reduction in Sentence committee. Responsible for answering all community inquiries in a timely manner and within the parameters of the Privacy Act of 1974 as well as the Freedom of Informion Act. Along with all other correctional institution employees, incumbent is charged with responsibility for maintaining security of the institution. The staffs correctional responsibilities precede all others required by this position and are performed on a regular and recurring basis. Requirements Help Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship is Required. See Special Conditions of Employment Section. Career Transition Programs ( CTAP ): These programs apply to Federal and/or DOJ employees who meet the definition of surplus or displaced from a position in the competitive service. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1. Meet CTAP eligibility criteria; 2. Be red well-qualified for the position with a score of 85 or above based on scoring least half of the total possible points for the vacancy KSAs or competencies; and 3. Submit the approprie documention to support your CTAP eligibility.
NOTE:
Applicants claiming CTAP eligibility must complete all assessment questions to be red under the established ranking criteria. Qualificions To be considered for the position, you must meet the following:
Basic Requirements:
Degree:
Social work. Must fulfill all of the requirements for the master's degree in social work in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Educion. AND In addition to meeting the Basic Requirements, applicants must have the following:
Educion:
3 years of progressively higher-level gradue educion leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. Gradue educion must demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.
OR Experience:
You must have least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade level. To be creditable, this experience must have equipped the applicant with specific qualificions to perform successfully the duties of the position, and must typically be in or reled to the position to be filled. Some examples of this qualifying experience are: Experience working independently in a clinical environment, conducting psychosocial assessment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, and varying backgrounds. Experience in working collaborively with a variety of agencies and individuals, such as torneys, Federal Courts, hospitals, Federal Probion Officers, psychologist, psychirists, and physicians . Experience independently conducting group and/or individual psychotherapy sessions utilizing multiple trement modalities.
OR Combinion of Educion and Experience:
Have a combinion of educion and experience. This experience must have equipped you with the qualificions to perform the major duties of this position as described above.
AND Selective Placement Factor:
Applicants applying for this position MUST also possess the following Selective Factor. In the event you do not possess the Selective Factor, you found ineligible for the position. Applicant must possess a license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), License Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), or equivalent unrestricted, independent, clinical license.
NOTE:
ALL applicants MUST upload their license for Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), License Independent Clinical Social Worker, or equivalent unrestricted, independent, clinical license for verificion the time you apply. If applicable, credit given for paid and unpaid experience. To receive proper credit, you must show the actual time (such as number of hours worked per week) spent in the activities.
  • Your eligibility for considerion based on your responses to the questions in the applicion.
  • Educion See Qualificions Section for educion requirements, if applicable .
ONLY if educion is a requirement/substitution for specialized experience, applicant MUST upload legible transcripts as verificion of educional requirement. Transcripts MUST be uploaded and electronically linked from USAJOBS the time you apply and MUST include identifying informion to include School Name, Student Name, Degree and De Awarded (if applicable). All academic degrees and coursework must be completed a college or university th has obtained accredition or pre-accredition stus from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion. For a list of schools th meet this criteria, Click Here .
Foreign Educion:
For informion regarding foreign educion requirements, please see Foreign Diploma and Credit Recognition the U.S.
Department of Educion website:
Recognition of Foreign Qualificions . If you are selected for this position and qualified based on educion (i.e. basic educion requirement and/or substitution of educion), you required to provide an
OFFICIAL
transcript prior to your first day on duty. Additional informion In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 3307, a maximum entry age of 39 has been established for original appointment to a position in a Bureau of Prisons institution. The representive re for this position is $82,148 per annum ($39.36 per hour).
Special Conditions of Employment Section:
Appointment is subject to sisfactory completion of a urinalysis, physical, and background investigion. All applicants are subject to Nional Crime Informion Center (NCIC) and credit checks. All applicants not currently working in an institution required to complete a qualificion inquiry regarding convictions of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence in order to be authorized to carry a firearm. The Core Value Assessment (CVA) is an in-person assessment th must be facilited a Bureau of Prisons Human Resource Servicing office. On the day of the scheduled interview, a CVA administered. The applicant assessment must be completed within a 70-minute time period and a passing score must be obtained. Further employment considerion will not be extended if the applicant fails to complete the examinion or fails to achieve a passing score.
Note:
The Core Value Assessment will not be administered to current BOP employees. Successful completion of the "Introduction to Correctional Techniques," three-week training course Glynco, Georgia is required. The addresses listed on the USAJOBS account/resume must be the primary residence the time of applicion. You may be required to provide proof of residence. Additional selections may be made if vacancies occur within the life of the certifice. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you required to serve a 1-year probionary period during which we will evalue your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizional goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Upon completion of your probionary period your employment termined unless you receive certificion, in writing, th your continued employment advances the public interest. Exceptions may apply. See 5 CFR part 11. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . 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 evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. If your composite score exceeds the average score for this job, your resume and supporting documention compared to your online assessment responses and utilized to determine whether you meet the job qualificions listed in this announcement. If your selections are not supported by your applicion merials, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this job. If you are found to be among the top candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. There are several parts of the applicion process th affect the overall evaluion of your applicion: Your resume, which is part of your USAJOBS profile; Your responses to the eligibility questions; Your responses to the online assessment; Your supporting documention, if required.
Time-in-Grade:
Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements for considerion. You must meet all qualificion requirements upon the closing de of this announcement. Wh Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities are Required for this Position? The following Competencies/Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA's) are required: Ability to analyze and evalue da/informion problems. Ability to rele and deal effectively with physicians, supervisors, peers, and others. Knowledge of clinical, social, and case work theory and practice. Ability to conduct individual and group counseling and psychotherapy in a correctional setting. You may preview questions for this vacancy. Benefits Help 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 Learn more about federal benefits . 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 Required Documents Help Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Resume:
Resume (includes name and contact informion) limited to 2 pages showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.). To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented: Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Include the number of hours worked per week. SF-50: Current or former Federal employees NOT employed by the Bureau of Prisons MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment, tenure group, and salary. If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. If you are applying for a higher grade, and your experience was gained a Federal agency other than the Bureau of Prisons, you MUST provide the SF-50 Form which verifies the length of time you have been in your highest grade and supports your claim for time in grade. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. Current federal employees NOT employed by the BOP and former federal employees MUST submit a copy of their lest yearly performance appraisal/evaluion. CTAP, Click Here , if applicable.
College transcript:
includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE :
If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day. For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume? We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help You must apply through the online applicion system www.

USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded). All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention. Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions:
If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants . Contact for Assistance in
Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail:
BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov
Phone:
972-352-4200 How do I Apply for this Position if I am a Current Public Health Service Commissioned Officer? Submit a complete/detailed resume or curriculum vitae. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Address selective factor, if required. Resume or curriculum vitae must contain all informion listed in the Qualificions Section. Submit supporting documents (i.e. transcripts, certificion, registrion, and/or license, if applicable). Your completed applicion packet must be submitted to the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You must include the last four digits of your social security number and the vacancy announcement number on your applicion packet.
DO NOT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON-LINE.
Agency contact informion CSU Phone 972-352-4200 BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United Stes Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Normally, Selecting Officials will make a selection within 90-days. When deemed necessary, the selection process may be extended up to 180-days from the de the certifice(s) of eligibles (Exception Lists) is genered to make a selection. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help Failure to provide legible required documents and/or follow the prescribed form often results in removal from considerion. If uploading documention, do not identify/save your documents utilizing a special character such as %, #, @, etc. Documention should be identified/saved as VA Letter, DD-214, or Transcripts.
Resume:
Resume (includes name and contact informion) limited to 2 pages showing relevant experience (cover letter optional). Experience th would not normally be part of the Federal employee's position is creditable when documented by sisfactory evidence of qualifying experience (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, Human Resource Manager, SF-52, etc.). To receive credit for experience contained in an applicion, the experience must be documented: Reflecting start de and end de in month/year form (MM/YYYY) AND Include the number of hours worked per week. SF-50: Current or former Federal employees NOT employed by the Bureau of Prisons MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment, tenure group, and salary. If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. If you are applying for a higher grade, and your experience was gained a Federal agency other than the Bureau of Prisons, you MUST provide the SF-50 Form which verifies the length of time you have been in your highest grade and supports your claim for time in grade. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. Current federal employees NOT employed by the BOP and former federal employees MUST submit a copy of their lest yearly performance appraisal/evaluion. CTAP, Click Here , if applicable.
College transcript:
includes the School Name, Student Name, Degree, and De Awarded (if applicable).
NOTE :
If you are selected, official transcript(s) required prior to your first day. For more help, USAJOBS Help Center - Wh should I include in my resume? We cannot be held responsible for incompible software, delays in mail service, applicant applicion errors, etc. 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 schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . 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 Help You must apply through the online applicion system www.

USAJOBS.gov. Follow the prompts to register, answer a few questions and submit all required documents. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Submission of a resume alone is not a complete applicion. This position may require the completion of additional forms and/or supplemental merials as described under the Required Documents section. Please carefully review the complete job announcement and the "How to Apply" instructions. Failure to provide the required informion and/or merials will result in your applicion not being considered for employment. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lo, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. USAJOBS Help Center - How to add a resume to your profile Required supporting documention must be electronically uploaded or transferred from USAJOBS (uploaded). All required supporting documention MUST be received by the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You MUST include the vacancy announcement number on your supporting documention. Supporting documention for announcements with an applicion limition MUST be uploaded the same day you apply, as these positions may close earlier than sted in the announcement.
Paper applicions:
If applying online is impossible, please contact the Consolided Staffing Unit the telephone number listed below, prior to the closing de of the announcement for the alterne applicion procedure. If applicable see Notice for Preference Eligible Veterans Applicants . Contact for Assistance in
Applying On-Line:
DOJ, Federal Bureau of Prisons Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, TX 75051
E-Mail:
BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov
Phone:
972-352-4200 How do I Apply for this Position if I am a Current Public Health Service Commissioned Officer? Submit a complete/detailed resume or curriculum vitae. Limit your resume to 2 pages. If the only resume(s) received is/are longer than two pages, your applicion is ineligible for further considerion. Address selective factor, if required. Resume or curriculum vitae must contain all informion listed in the Qualificions Section. Submit supporting documents (i.e. transcripts, certificion, registrion, and/or license, if applicable). Your completed applicion packet must be submitted to the Consolided Staffing Unit by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Standard Time (EST), on the closing de of the vacancy announcement. You must include the last four digits of your social security number and the vacancy announcement number on your applicion packet.
DO NOT SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ON-LINE.
Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion CSU Phone 972-352-4200 BOP-HRM-HRSC-ConsolidedStaffingUnit-S@bop.gov Address
JUSTICE, BUREAU OF PRISONS
Consolided Staffing Unit 346 Marine Forces Drive Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 United Stes Next steps We will notify you of the outcome after each step of the applicion process has been completed. Normally, Selecting Officials will make a selection within 90-days. When deemed necessary, the selection process may be extended up to 180-days from the de the certifice(s) of eligibles (Exception Lists) is genered to make a selection. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 02/25/2026 to 03/04/2026 Salary $74,678 to - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Locion Terre Haute, IN 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required Occasional travel - Travel may be required for training and/or work reled issues. Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Competitive Promotion potential 11 Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test Yes Bargaining unit stus Announcement number
THA-2026-0046
Control number 858908200

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