Social Worker Family Advocacy

We're Looking for a skilled Social Worker Family Advocacy in the U.s. Army Medical Command based in Fort Carson, Colorado. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Military Spouses under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Modification of Term Appointments Priority Placement Program DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify you must meet the education and experience 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. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Social Worker: Degree: Masters degree (or higher degree) in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of experience in the field of child abuse and domestic abuse experience using automated systems preparing records and documents preparing reports obtaining data to compile information and determination of abuse or neglect for case file. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS07). OR Education: Masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position such as social work. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100. To compute the percentage of the requirements divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Information Management Interpersonal Skills Psychology Therapy and Counseling Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS07).

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.