Job Description
SOCIAL WORKER
Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units MDNG-OSS
Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a SOCIAL WORKER, Position Description Number T5 013000 and is part of the Maryland Nional Guard Office of the Ste Surgeon, Ste Medical Detachment. This is an indefinite position th may become permanent without further competition pending funding availability. Please see " Additional Informion" section for more details. Learn more about this agency Summary THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This Nional Guard position is for a SOCIAL WORKER, Position Description Number T5 013000 and is part of the Maryland Nional Guard Office of the Ste Surgeon, Ste Medical Detachment. This is an indefinite position th may become permanent without further competition pending funding availability. Please see " Additional Informion" section for more details. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 11, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Reisterstown, MD 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $85,447 - $111,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Multiple - Indefinite - May become permanent Occupions and job series 0185 Social Work Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number MD-12968739-AR-26-076T5
Control number 870758200 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Veterans Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces or a spouse, widow, widower or parent of a veteran, who may be eligible for derived preference Clarificion from the agency US Citizens or Veterans Duties Help The purpose of this position is to provide preventive, remedial, and support services aimed improving and sustaining the psychological health of Nional Guard (NG) military members and their families. This position performs the following duties: Coordine with the Nional Guard community serving the military and non-military agencies to promote timely informion exchange, coordine collaborive prevention efforts, and establish and maintain an extensive array of resources, associions, and community partnerships. Participes in community activities to incorpore complex stregies th enhance community strengths, reduces broad-based community needs, implements community problem solving methods, and forges community connections to promote psychologically healthy lifestyles. Ensures th curriculums and community intervention initiives for each prevention program are research-based and supported by the literure. Participes in relevant committee meetings in an effort to provide input and obtain informion reled to psychological health issues. Conducts needs assessments, intake evaluions, and psycho-diagnostic assessments. Applies professional knowledge of the principles, theories, procedures, and practices of social work to conduct needs assessments and/or intake evaluions on limited but routine basis in accordance with applicable DoD guidelines. Prepares written evaluion reports with clinical impressions and recommendions. Accomplishes intake interviews to include family history, bio-psychosocial history, developmental and health histories, and presenting problems together with any relevant secondary informion, screens records and personnel for security clearances and makes administrive recommendions. Coordines, and implements prevention and community outreach and educion programs. Conducts comprehensive needs assessments and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity, and Thre (SWOT) analyses th form the basis for program development activities and action plans. Implements community organizion stregies with key organizions to increase awareness of psychological health. Develop coordined plans for reducing risk factors for individuals and within the community, and build and enhance a general culture th promotes psychological health and wellness. Coordine as key facilitor and team lead in the development and implemention of an annual, Unit-level psychological health stregic plan. Develops a formal evaluion process to monitor prevention and outreach programs and access to resources. Designs and manages special programs, services, and informion and awareness presentions, such as newspaper articles brochures describing ways to enhance psychological health, and nional and local awareness theme events (e.g., Suicide Prevention month and Nional Depression Screening Day). Develop, teach, and provide oversight for classes th promote educion and skill-building to enhance psychological and physical health. Evalue training opportunities, and professional development activities. Provides timely, effective, and accure training to mental health providers and other medical personnel on psychological health mters, resources, and interventions. Briefs senior leadership and other key personnel and committees on prevention issues in an effort to obtain optimum support for and participion in all outreach and prevention activities. Recruits, trains, and facilites volunteers when necessary to support the Nional Guard DPH. Responsible for marketing and marketing evaluion activities. Serves as primary consultant and advisor on methods to successfully market the Nional Guard DPH. Formules stregies to genere interest, acceptance, and participion by Nional Guard community consumers, resource suppliers, and eligible Nional Guard Soldiers/Airmen and family members regarding psychological health services and community prevention for the general populion. Employs social marketing of primary and secondary prevention interventions to promote utilizion of military and non-military resources and services. Facilites awareness of and accessibility to available services for Nional Guard members and their families. Collabores with the DPH team to develop and implement techniques to determine customer sisfaction. Participes with the DPH team to implement outcome measures. Ensures th the program complies with applicable DOD policies, Army Regulions, Air ForceInstructions, Nional Guard guidance, policy letters, and other official guidance. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigion. May be required to successfully complete a trial period. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. The incumbent of this position description must have, a minimum, a completed Nional Agency Check (NAC) prior to position assignment. This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. This position is designed as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparion for, or in response to, a ste emergency or disaster declarion. This designion will not exceed 14 calendar days per year unless otherwise approved in advance by the TAG. Must be able to obtain and maintain privileging for the DOD/AFMS/ANGMS IAWDHA PM 6025-13
Vol 4 and DAFMAN 44-119.
Must maintain credentials/requirements all times (i.e. current and unrestricted ste license, BLS, clinical competencies, etc.) IAW DHA PM 6025-13
Vol 4 and DAFMAN 44-119.
Qualificions SELECTIVE FACTORS
Must possess a current, unrestricted Ste license to practice clinical social work independently. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE
: Must have 24 months of experience in clinical social work assignments. Completion of the Air Force Social Work Internship Program may be substituted for 12 months of the specialized experience requirement. This experience demonstres particular competencies of knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Knowledge of social work theories, principles, techniques, and resources. Must have specialized experience in professional social work th includes interviewing people to establish the nure and extent of their problems, helping them work-out plans for improving the situion, providing assistance and services, referring them to community resources and other organizions as indiced, and assisting them to understand and modify their own pterns of behavior when approprie. Applicants graded based on their answers to the assessment questionnaire and their supporting documention. If supporting documention does not support the answers to the questionnaire, applicants' scores may be modified as approprie. Additional weight given to Department of Defense specific knowledge, skills, and abilities. Applicants graded as follows:
90-100 Points:
Highly Qualified 80-89 Points:
Well Qualified 70-79 Points:
Qualified After adjudicing Veterans Preference, applicants referred to the hiring manager in the following order: 1. Highly Qualified 2. Well Qualified 3. Qualified Length of time is not of itself qualifying. Candides' experience should be evalued on the basis of duties performed rher than strictly on the rank of the individual; however, established compibility criteria/assignments must be followed. The applicant's record of experience and/or training must show possession of the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position. Educion To be considered for this position, applicants must have: A Master's in Social Work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Educion. Substitute degrees will not be accepted. You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. Additional informion If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorizion Act of 1986 requires th you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency ( Register | Selective Service System :
Selective Service System (sss.gov) ). We may use this announcement to fill additional vacancies within 180 days of the closing de. This position MAY be eligible for recruitment or relocion incentives, pending availability of funding and management request. This position is in the Excepted Service and does NOT convey eligibility to be converted to the Competitive Service. This is an indefinite position. Indefinite employment does not confer permanent tenure and is covered under tenure group 3. Indefinite technicians serve the will of the appointing officer and may be separed any time, after a 30 day written memorandum is issued by the HRO. This position may become permanent without further competition pending funding availability. 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 . Review our 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. Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documention used to determine if you meet the qualificions listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you re yourself higher than is supported by your applicion package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from considerion for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candides, you referred to the selecting official for employment considerion. Your qualificions evalued on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Social Work 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 . Review our 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 To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you. Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade. Educion, certificions or licensures. 2. Other supporting documents : If you are a current Federal Employee, please submit your most current non-award SF-50 when applying. If selected, failure to submit this documention may affect your pay and/or delay your appointment. Must submit transcripts to verify educional claims Must submit proof of a current, unrestricted Ste license to practice clinical social work independently. Veterans Preference If you are claiming veteran's preference, you MUST submit the approprie documention. Failure to do so WILL result in the loss of veteran's preference. - 10-Point Veterans' Preference:
You MUST submit a signed SF-15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof as required by the SF-15. - 5-Point Veterans' Preference:
You MUST submit a copy of your DD-214 which includes Character of Service (usually Member-4 copy). If you are currently active duty, you may submit written documention (certificion) from your branch of service certifying th you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed. The certificion should also include when your terminal leave gin, your rank and des of active duty service. https:
//www.vaforvets.va.gov/vaforvets/hr/Pages/Federal-Hiring-Process.asp#veteranspreference 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12968739 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Agency contact informion Adam Corson Phone 6678874002 adam.corson.2@us.af.mil Address MD JFHQ G1
Joint Forces Headquarters Baltimore, MD 21201 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: 1. Your resume showing:
Contact Informion-your name and the best way to contact you. Relevant work experience-include the employer's name, job title, start and end des (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and describe how you meet the required qualificions of the job. Federal jobs should include series and grade. Educion, certificions or licensures. 2. Other supporting documents : If you are a current Federal Employee, please submit your most current non-award SF-50 when applying. If selected, failure to submit this documention may affect your pay and/or delay your appointment. Must submit transcripts to verify educional claims Must submit proof of a current, unrestricted Ste license to practice clinical social work independently. Veterans Preference If you are claiming veteran's preference, you MUST submit the approprie documention. Failure to do so WILL result in the loss of veteran's preference. - 10-Point Veterans' Preference:
You MUST submit a signed SF-15, "Applicion for 10-Point Veterans' Preference" plus the proof as required by the SF-15. - 5-Point Veterans' Preference:
You MUST submit a copy of your DD-214 which includes Character of Service (usually Member-4 copy). If you are currently active duty, you may submit written documention (certificion) from your branch of service certifying th you are expected to be discharged or released from active duty under honorable conditions no ler than 120 days after the de the certificion is signed. The certificion should also include when your terminal leave gin, your rank and des of active duty service. https:
//www.vaforvets.va.gov/vaforvets/hr/Pages/Federal-Hiring-Process.asp#veteranspreference 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 To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12968739 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process . You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account ( https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login ), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/ . Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Adam Corson Phone 6678874002 adam.corson.2@us.af.mil Address MD JFHQ G1
Joint Forces Headquarters Baltimore, MD 21201 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion. 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 Posted this month • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 11, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Reisterstown, MD 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $85,447 - $111,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Not required Appointment type Multiple - Indefinite - May become permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Not Required Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number MD-12968739-AR-26-076T5
Control number 870758200
