This position is located in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Headquarters (DHS/HQ), Office of Health Security (OHS). OHS is the principal medical, workforce health and safety and public health authority for DHS. The DHS Child Well-Being (CWB) Program, located within the OHS Healthcare Systems and Oversight Directorate (HCSOD) Border Health Division (BHD), is comprised of an interdisciplinary cohort of professionals who work to address CWB needs across the immigration system.

Duties

As a Social Worker (Child Well-Being Program), GS-0185-13, your typical work assignments may include the following: Provide clinical oversight, consultation, negotiation with other departments and quality improvement, with focus on pediatric populations in the care of DHS. Supports the day-to-day management of the contracted CWB Specialists and Lead Specialists, including coordinating with DHS components in the field, and facilitates needed information sharing between contracted CWB Specialists/Lead Specialists and the CWB Program Manager. In coordination with the CWB Federal Staff cohort, the CWB Program Manager, and the appropriate DHS component points of contact, assigns contracted CWB Specialists to field locations within the sector based on environmental circumstances and factors. Conducts regular oversight meetings with the contracted CWB Lead Specialists overseen to discuss key trends and provide programmatic, clinical and professional development. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• Complete the initial online assessment and USAHire Assessment, if required.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test.
• Current federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
• Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance.
• The employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays and/or overtime.
• Work may require travel away from the normal duty station on commercial aircraft.

Qualifications

INDIVIDUAL OCCUPATION REQUIREMENT This position has an Individual Occupational Requirement that must be met prior to meeting the specialized experience. Education Degree: Social Work. Must fulfill all the requirements for a Master's degree to include a practicum in social work in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE You qualify for the GS-13 if you possess at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level in federal service (GS-12) or public/private sector equivalent experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Expert knowledge of program management and oversight principles, practice and procedures in order to provide expertise in trauma informed care and child welfare programming within the immigration context. Expert knowledge and skill in planning, organizing, oversight and executing various functions in support of Organization delivery of operational child welfare services. Experience of and skill in applying concepts, principles, and methodologies of children and family related mental health, welfare, and community services planning, including those related to immigration and mass migration events. Expert knowledge of social work and expertise in trauma informed care, immigration, child wellbeing, vulnerable populations, mental health and/or other related areas to perform short- and long-term planning, implementation, oversight, monitoring, process improvement, analysis, and evaluation of the Child Well-Being (CWB) Program. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Time-in-grade: Current General Schedule (GS) federal employees, and those that have served in GS positions within the last 52 weeks, must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade, or a combination of the next lower grade level and an equivalent band in the federal service by the closing of this announcement. Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive service appointment ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE. 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. Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Education

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications; applicant's resumes and supporting documentation should only reflect education received from schools accredited by such institutions. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following Website: https://ope.ed.gov/dapip/#/home.

If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency (a U.S. private organization's interpretation that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to conventional U.S. education programs) with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For more information regarding evaluation of foreign education for federal employment, please visit the U.S. Department of Education webpage on the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.

Contacts

• Address Department of Homeland Security Headquarters OCHCO/HRMS/MS #0170 6595 Springfield Center Drive Springfield, VA 20598-0170 US
• Name: Tracy Castillo
• Email: [email protected]