Social Worker

We're Looking for a skilled Social Worker in the Air National Guard Units based in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

AREAS OF CONSIDERATION: Referrals of qualified applicants will be issued in the following order: Area 2: Permanent and indefinite WYNG Title 5 and T32 DST employees with the Wyoming Air/Army National Guard. Area 3: Current Federal employees within the Competitive and Excepted Service and Competitive Service Reinstatement Eligible employees. Former NG T32 Dual Status employees receiving an Honorable or a General Discharge under Honorable Conditions are eligible for reinstatement provided they have been separated for at least one year before applying for reinstatement and received a rating of record of their most recent permanent position of a least fully successful (or equivalent). Area 4: Currently serving and former Active Guard/Reserve (AGR) and MDay/Drill Status Guard (DSG) members of the National Guard. This provision is intended to boost the candidate pool to reach more qualified candidates and place DSG/MDay personnel on par with currently serving civilian personnel. Veterans Preference Rules are mandated by law and some applicants may receive priority consideration before other applicants without veterans preference. Area 7: U.S. Citizens This is a Professional Series position IAW 5 USC 3319. Eligible candidates will be listed in score order including veterans preference points. Upon acceptance of this position if selected candidate is a competitive employee they will convert to Excepted Service and be required to sign a memorandum IAW 5 CFR 302.102. Acceptance of the proposed appointment will take the employee out of the competitive service while s/he occupies the position. TITLE 5 POSITION INFORMATION: Type of Appointment: Permanent Tenure: Group 1 or 2 Work Schedule: Monday Friday 7:00 am 4:30 pm FLSA: Exempt Telework: The duties of this position require primary physical presence. Situational teleworking may be considered on a casebycase basis. Position : 1075721 Selecting Official: Col Bret Trippel To qualify you must meet the experience and/or education requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional philanthropic religious spiritual community student social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience if qualifying based on education your transcripts will be required as part of your application. BASIC REQUIREMENT a. Master of Social Work (MSW) degree in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Include legible copies of all transcripts with application. b. Experience in clinical social work either through a masterslevel practicum or two years postMSW experience. c. Possession of an active (characterized by present activity participation practice or use) current (not revoked suspended or lapsed) valid and unrestricted license to practice clinical social work independently in any one of the 50 states the District of Columbia Puerto Rico or the U.S Virgin Islands which allows practice without supervision. Must include proof with application. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE Must have at least 24 months in clinical social work assignments that may have included conducting individual and group psychotherapy and marriage and family counseling organizing managing and administering adult child and family prevention and outreach services interviewing clients to establish the nature and extent of concerns/issues providing professional assistance and determining appropriate referral services/opinions and in planning and implementing professional community organizational strategies and initiatives formulating of needs assessments development of prevention programs and marketing of developed programs. Completion of the Air Force Social Work Internship Program may be substituted for 12 months of the specialized experience requirement. Must include proof with application. This experience demonstrates 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 that includes interviewing people to establish the nature and extent of their problems helping them work out plans for improving the situation providing assistance and services referring them to community resources and other organizations as indicated and assisting them to understand and modify their own patterns of behavior when appropriate. Must understand labor relations military operations and the Military Health System TRICARE and Veterans Administration as it pertains to the NG Psychological Health Program. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional philanthropic religious spiritual community student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. PARTTIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and parttime work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. TIMEINGRADE: Any applicant who within the previous 52 weeks held a General Schedule position under nontemporary appointment must meet timeingrade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS11. The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF50 that shows your timeingrade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. NOTE: TimeInGrade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement. If you are a current GS employee applying for a higher grade than the grade you currently hold provide an SF50 showing the next lower grade was held for at least one year. Some SF50s effective within the last 52 weeks will not demonstrate the next lower grade was held for at least one year (e.g. General Adjustment SF50 from this year). In many cases we may need to see two (2) SF50s to determine timeingrade and eligibility for promotion. If you are a DoD employee you may obtain copies of your SF50(s) from MyBiz (https://compo.dcpds.cpms.osd.mil/) DRIVERS LICENSE: Must possess a valid drivers license

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.