Social Services Assistant

We're Looking for a skilled Social Services Assistant in the Forest Service based in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

In order to qualify you must meet the eligibility and qualifications requirements as defined below by the closing date of the announcement. For more information on the qualifications for this position visit the Office of Personnel Managements General Schedule Qualification Standards. Your application and resume must clearly show that you possess the experience requirements. Including work schedule hours worked per week dates of employment title series grade (if applicable). Transcripts must be provided for qualifications based on education. Provide course descriptions as necessary. Specialized Experience: For the GS4 level: Applicants must have six months of any type of work that demonstrated the ability to perform the work of the position or experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. General experience is defined as one or more of the following: Providing childcare and/or performing volunteer work at a youth camp and/or performing community service with disadvantaged youths and/or other experience that provided a familiarity with the subject matter or processes of the broad subject area of the occupation. AND Six months of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS3 grade level. Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: Assisted youths in various types of organizational activities such as sport teams or tutoring and/or Volunteered as a community work crew member and/or assisted in providing guidance in a community or residential recreation program and/or assisted in providing students or student crew members instruction in safety rules and regulations in living and working situations and/or group activities in the Armed Services. OR An associates degree or two years of successfully completed education above high school that (a) included at least 12 semester hours of subjects directly related to the work of the position such as social behavior human behavior or health care or (b) was supplemented by experience in activities that afforded the opportunity to acquire and demonstrate the skills required by the position OR Combinations of successfully completed posthigh school education and experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited business secretarial or technical school junior college college or university. For the GS5 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS4 grade level Specialized experience is defined as one or more of the following: being a group leader in community or residential recreation program and/or counselor in a youth summer camp and/or instructor in a training program for the development of job skills and/or work that demonstrated the ability to be responsible for and to lead and train members of a job crew and/or group activities leader in the Armed Services and/or aid or assistant to professional or associate staff engaged in work of a social services nature in private public welfare government program or community organizations or in voluntary activities and/or aid or assistant to professional or specialist staff working with individuals who are addicted to or abuse alcohol and/or drugs. OR A bachelors degree that (a) included at least 24 semester hours / 36 quarter hours in any combination of subjects directly related to the work of the position (b) included a major in social behavior human behavior or health care or (c) was supplemented by specialized experience as described below OR Combinations of successfully completed posthigh school education (in excess of the first 60 semester/90 quarter hours) and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited business secretarial or technical school junior college college or university. For the GS6 level: Applicants must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS5 grade level Specialized experience is defined as three or more of the following: providing input in the planning of dormitory activities of students and/or maintaining order and discipline among students and/or scheduling and coordinating work details recreational and other group activities and/or providing leadership and direction to students in performing daily housekeeping duties and/or conducting various dorm meetings and student group counseling sessions. OR one full year (18 semester/27 quarter hours) of successfully completed graduate level coursework that is directly related to the work of the position (such as social behavior human behavior psychology or health care) OR combinations of graduate level education that is directly related to the position and specialized experience. The education must have been obtained in an accredited college or university. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. TIME IN GRADE REQUIREMENT: If you are a current federal employee in the General Schedule (GS) pay plan and applying for a promotion opportunity you must meet timeingrade (TIG) requirements of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

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.