This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Crow Creek Agency, Superintendent - Crow Creek Agency, Human Services, in Fort Thompson, South Dakota. This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see What are bargaining units?

Duties

Direct provision of child welfare services, maintaining active agency participation in the varied advocacy and intervention programs. Providing assistance in solving problems related to family functioning, referral to appropriate resources and delivering protective services. Receives reports of suspected child abuse and neglect and juvenile delinquency referrals, responds according to policy and/or refers to another appropriate agency. Assess parental ability to provide care, guidance, and specialized services for the needs of children, in the home. Determines individual parental protective capacities, identifies safety influences, and establishes level of risk to the child through an investigation process. Offers family preservation services, designed to assist families, by improving family and parental functioning. Provides comprehensive case management services for children in out-of-home settings, delivers family reunification or other permanent planned living arrangement services to child and family. Coordinates with community service providers, groups, and agencies, to evaluate social conditions that affect the well-being of the community.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Form BIA -4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference.
• You will be required to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit
• You may be required to successfully complete a probationary/trial period
• A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicant's successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.
• If you are a male applicant born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.
• Incidental Operator position. If you are required to operate a motor vehicle in order to properly carry out assigned duties, the 25 IAM 4 Motor Vehicle Safety Program Policy applies. A Link is provided in the Additional Information Section.
• * THE PAY FLEXIBILITIES OF A RECRUITMENT BONUS AND RELOCATION BONUS MAY BE AUTHORIZED, PENDING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS AND MANAGEMENT APPROVAL.
• * STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT MAY BE OFFERED, IF ELIGIBLE, UPON APPROVAL BY THE SELECTING AND BUREAU MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Professional and Scientific Positions and Individual Occupational Requirements for GS-0101: Social Science Series). BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL GRADES: A. Degree: Behavioral or Social Sciences; or related disciplines appropriate to the position. OR B. Combination of education and experience-that provided the applicant with the knowledge of one or more of the Behavioral or Social Sciences equivalent to a major in the field (i.e., 24 semester hours in behavioral or social sciences; or a discipline directly related to this position). OR C. Four (4) years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a four (4) year degree. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: In addition to meeting the basic entry level qualification requirements, applicants must have the following: GS-9: One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the federal service. Examples of specialized experience involves direct provision of Child Welfare Services and includes, but is not limited to, work involving applying practical knowledge of a wide range of social casework, family therapy, systems theory, and community organization; provide direct child welfare services; and maintaining a formalized case management system which documents the workflow of case services with individual case plans. These examples are not all inclusive (refer to the summary of duties for specialized experience) OR EDUCATION: Two (2) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree, if directly related to the position. GS-7: One (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 grade level federal service. Examples of specialized experience includes, but is not limited to, assess parental skills and abilities; comprehensive knowledge of child protective services, ability to perform individual and family assessments, providing support work of child welfare services; and maintaining a formalized case management system which documents the workflow of case services with individual case plans. These examples are not all inclusive (refer to the summary of duties for specialized experience) OR EDUCATION: one (1) year of directly related graduate-level education or superior academic achievement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform successfully the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the position to be filled. All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date. Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Additional selections may be made from this announcement if identical vacancies occur in the same location within 90 days from the closing date.

Education

If you are qualifying based on your education, you MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.

If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.

If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: FOREIGN EDUCATION

Contacts

• Address BIA Center for Recruitment Anadarko P.O. Box 1487 Anadarko, OK 73005 US
• Name: BIA Human Resources
• Phone: 405-247-1600
• Email: [email protected]