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Job Description
SOCIAL WORKER
Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units NDNG Ste Surgeon's Office Summary
THIS IS A ND NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
Military membership is NOT required. This ND Nional Guard position is for a SOCIAL WORKER, Position Description Number T5013000 and is part of the ND AMEDD, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary
THIS IS A ND NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
Military membership is NOT required. This ND Nional Guard position is for a SOCIAL WORKER, Position Description Number T5013000 and is part of the ND AMEDD, Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply in 2 days Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 8, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fargo, ND 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 11 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type 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 Confidential Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
ND-12979163-AR-26-012
(T5) Control number 872720400 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency This position is open to the public. Military affiliion is NOT required Duties Help The primary 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. 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. Conducts needs assessments, intake evaluions, and psycho-diagnostic assessments. 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. 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. Develop, teach, and provide oversight for classes th promote educion and skill-building to enhance psychological and physical health. 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. 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. 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 is a designed as an Essential Personnel position and may be subject to duty in preparion for, or in response to, a ste emergency or disaster declarion. Designion won't exceed 14 calendar days unless approved by TAG. Possess a current, unrestricted Ste license to practice clinical social work independently. (LCSW or equivalent) Qualificions
PCS STATEMENT
PERMANENT
CHANGE OF STATION COSTS WILL NOT BE PAID FOR THIS POSITION. NDNG
Areas of Considerion (T5 Excepted Service)
Area I:
All onboard NDNG Federal Employees (Tenure 1 & 2)
Area II:
All onboard NDNG Federal Employee (Tenure 3)
Area III:
All onboard Federal Employees (Competitive or Excepted Service)
Area IV:
All NDNG military members (Army and Air) (VP Applies)
Area V:
All U.S. Citizens (VP Applies)
QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE
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. Verbiage displayed on your resume or applicion must contain your own words. You may refer to position descriptions, i.e. the general and specialized experience loced within the vacancy announcement, to assist with describing work experiences; however, resumes or applicions received in verbim will not be In your resume you will need to address the general and specialized experience listed below. Please use as much detail as needed, giving des (months and years) of the experience, position title and how the experience was gained. This informion is needed to determine if you are qualified for the position.
Basic Requirements:
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). A doctoral degree in social work may not be substituted for the master's degree in social work. ( Must provide a copy of your transcripts to receive credit for your educion. ) Licensure . Must be licensed or certified by a ste to independently practice social work the master's degree level. ( Must provide a copy of your license/certificion with your applicion.) Clinical Experience. Must have 24 months of experience in a clinical social work assignments. In addition to the basic requirements, applicants must meet the one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS 09 grade level or civilian sector equivalent.
The specialized experience includes:
1) Working knowledge of social work theories, principles, techniques, and resources; 2) Experience interviewing people to establish the nure and extend of their problems, helping them work-out plans for improving the situion, providing assistance and services, and referring them to community resources and other organizions ; 3) Experience assisting clients to understand and modify their own pterns of behavior. Applicants who meet one of the DoD Priority Placement Program cegories below are eligible to apply with this preference . (See Required Documents section) Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoW MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoW Retained Grade 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 ( https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistrion.aspx ). 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. 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 There are tools to assist with resumes and the federal applicion process loced on the NDNG public website which will help with applying for jobs through USA Jobs - https://www.ndguard.nd.gov/job-opportunities To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:
NOTE:
Ensure you have removed social security numbers from all documention. 1.
YOUR RESUME MUST HAVE COMPLETE INFORMATION.
Please ensure your resume accurely reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume stes complete informion for each job entry (beginning and ending des of employment sted as
MM/DD/YYYY
; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough informion regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualificion determinion, your applicion package may be rendered disqualified, and you will no longer be considered for this position. 2. A copy of your current, unrestricted Ste license to practice clinical social work independently. 3. A copy of your master's degree transcripts. 4. Other Supporting Documents. The following supporting documents may be required to support your claim
SF-15, DD 214, SF
50, Certificions, Course completion certifices, three work reled references, and Other(s) as applicable. Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible must submit the following documention: Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD 3145-3), Terminion SF-50 Separion sting th the applicant has Priority Placement Eligibility, and Notice of Separion confirming of eligibility. Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement must submit the following documention: Military Reserve and Technician Disability PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD 3145-2), Terminion SF-50 Separion sting th the applicant has Priority Placement Eligibility, and Notice of Separion confirming of eligibility. Applicants claiming DOD Military Spouse preference must submit the following documention: Marriage Certifice, Spouses PCS Orders, and Military Spouse PPP Self Certificion Checklist Applicants claiming DoD Retained Grade preference must submit the following documention: Retained Grade PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD3145-1), SF-50 effecting the placement in retained grade stus, and A copy of the notificion letter received (RIF or classificion downgrade) 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/12979163 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 Krina Mickelsen Phone (701)791-3669 Fax (701) 333-3372 krina.a.mickelsen.civ@army.mil 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 There are tools to assist with resumes and the federal applicion process loced on the NDNG public website which will help with applying for jobs through USA Jobs - https://www.ndguard.nd.gov/job-opportunities To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Applicion Package which includes:
NOTE:
Ensure you have removed social security numbers from all documention. 1.
YOUR RESUME MUST HAVE COMPLETE INFORMATION.
Please ensure your resume accurely reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume stes complete informion for each job entry (beginning and ending des of employment sted as
MM/DD/YYYY
; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough informion regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualificion determinion, your applicion package may be rendered disqualified, and you will no longer be considered for this position. 2. A copy of your current, unrestricted Ste license to practice clinical social work independently. 3. A copy of your master's degree transcripts. 4. Other Supporting Documents. The following supporting documents may be required to support your claim
SF-15, DD 214, SF
50, Certificions, Course completion certifices, three work reled references, and Other(s) as applicable. Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and Nional Guard (NG) Technician Eligible must submit the following documention: Military Reserve and Nional Guard Technician PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD 3145-3), Terminion SF-50 Separion sting th the applicant has Priority Placement Eligibility, and Notice of Separion confirming of eligibility. Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement must submit the following documention: Military Reserve and Technician Disability PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD 3145-2), Terminion SF-50 Separion sting th the applicant has Priority Placement Eligibility, and Notice of Separion confirming of eligibility. Applicants claiming DOD Military Spouse preference must submit the following documention: Marriage Certifice, Spouses PCS Orders, and Military Spouse PPP Self Certificion Checklist Applicants claiming DoD Retained Grade preference must submit the following documention: Retained Grade PPP Self Certificion Checklist (DD3145-1), SF-50 effecting the placement in retained grade stus, and A copy of the notificion letter received (RIF or classificion downgrade) 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/12979163 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 Krina Mickelsen Phone (701)791-3669 Fax (701) 333-3372 krina.a.mickelsen.civ@army.mil 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 July 8, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fargo, ND 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $74,678 - $97,087 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 11 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type 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 Confidential Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
