Job Description

Social Worker Position

This position is located with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Superintendent, Fort Peck Agency in Poplar, Montana. This Social Worker position provides Child Welfare Services to the children on the Fort Peck Agency Reservation.

This is a Bargaining Unit position, for more information see Note: Management is willing to consider offering any incentive, i.e., recruitment/relocation bonus. Service agreement will be required for approved incentives.

Job Details

• Accepting applications
• Opening and closing dates: 06/04/2025 to 12/31/2025
• Salary: $61,111 - $96,116 per year
• Pay scale & grade: GS 9 - 11
• Location: 1 vacancy in Poplar, MT
• Remote job: No
• Telework eligible: Yesas determined by the agency policy.
• Travel Required: Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
• Relocation expenses reimbursed: YesYou may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
• Appointment type: Permanent
• Work schedule: Full-time
• Service: Competitive
• Promotion potential: 11
• Job family (Series): 0185 Social Work
• Supervisory status: No
• Security clearance: Other
• Drug test: No
• Position sensitivity and risk: Moderate Risk (MR)
• Trust determination process: Suitability/Fitness
• Financial disclosure: No
• Bargaining unit status: Yes
• Announcement number: ST-25-12743268-CAWX-PR
• Control number: 838183900

This Job Is Open To

• Federal employees - Competitive service
• Federal employees - Excepted service
• Career transition (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL)
• Land and base management
• Veterans
• Military spouses
• Individuals with disabilities
• Native Americans
• Special authorities

Preference in filling vacancies is given to qualified Indian candidates in accordance with the Indian Preference Act of 1934 (title 25, USC Section 472). Verification form BIA-4432 must be submitted with the application if claiming Indian Preference. No other documents will be accepted as proof of Indian Preference.

Duties

• Develop and improve services aimed at Child Welfare and Family services on the reservation.
• Receive child neglect, sexual/physical abuse complaints, conduct investigations through home visits, personal interview with child and/or parent, and may be summed to testify in Tribal courts.
• Serve on a Child Protection team and assigned to an on-call rotation list.
• Provide family welfare services, and counseling to unmarried parents and families in the community.
• Monitor and recommend the release of funds from IIM accounts for minors, guardians, foster parents, etc.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• 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.
• Incumbent is required to operate a government motor vehicle, must possess a valid driver's license, and have a safe driving record within the 3-year period immediately preceding submittal of GSA Form 3607.

Qualifications

This is an open continuous vacancy announcement and applications will be referred when vacancies occur. This announcement is intended as a mechanism of providing consideration for the greatest number of potential candidates. Candidates with a complete application will be considered for all vacancies that occur for a 3-month period or the closing date of this announcement, whichever comes first. Positions may be filled at ANY of the grade levels indicated in this announcement, with or without promotion potential as vacancies occur. Applicants should specify the lowest grade (GS-level) that they will accept.

Experience and Education Requirements: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards). Individual Occupational Requirements Basic Requirement Degree: Social Work. Must fulfill all of the requirements for the Master's Degree in Social Work in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. MASTER'S DEGREE WITH PRACTICUM: Applicants who complete all of the requirements for a Master's Degree in Social Work that included a practicum are eligible for GS-9. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: In addition to meeting the basic entry level qualification requirements, applicants must have the following:

• GS-11: 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level OR 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.
• Examples of specialized experience demonstrates the applicant's independent experience, knowledge, and skill in an organization's Social Service Program; assisting with the development and improvement of services aimed at child welfare and family services; receiving child neglect, sexual abuse and physical abuse complaints and conducting investigations through home visitation and personal interviews with child/parents; serving on a child protection team as case manager of assigned cases; recruiting foster parents; developing, evaluating, training and recommending approval based on tribal/state standards; providing counseling to unmarried parent(s) and also providing family welfare services; and establishing a helping relationship with voluntary and involuntary clients in stressful situations.

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 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

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