- Position Title
- Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist
- Agency
- Veterans Health Administration
- Announcement Number
- CBSX-12585529-25-KR Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, October 21, 2024 to Monday, November 4, 2024
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50). Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted). Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
Preferences
1.
Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
Your resume must include the following information for each job listed:
- Job title Duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month & year start/end dates (e.g. June 2007 to April 2008)
- Full-time or part-time status (include hours worked per week)
- Series and Grade, if applicable, for all Federal positions you have held
- Please be aware that your answers will be verified against information provided on your resume. Be sure that your resume clearly supports your responses to all of the questions by addressing your work experience in detail.
By submitting your application, you are certifying, to the best of your knowledge and belief, all the information submitted by you with your application for employment is true, complete, and made in good faith, and that you have truthfully and accurately represented your work experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education (degrees, accomplishments, etc.). The information you provide as part of your application may be investigated. You are also certifying, and acknowledging, that misrepresenting your experience or education, or providing false or fraudulent information in, or with your application, may affect your eligibility for appointment and/or continued employment. False or fraudulent statements may be punishable by fine or imprisonment (18 U.S.C. 1001).
2.
Are you willing to accept the working conditions as indicated in the announcement?
3.
Are you willing to accept the conditions of employment as indicated in the announcement?
4.
In conjunction with accepting a tentative offer, selected candidates must submit a written statement to the HR Office point of contact specifying their vaccination status within two business days of receiving a tentative offer. Using one of the applicable statements below please identify your COVID Vaccination status.
5.
A current, valid state-issued Driver's License is required for this position. NOTE: We cannot accept photographs, therefore; please do not submit a copy of your license with your application package. If an interview is requested, you will be required to provide a copy of your current, valid state-issued Driver's License.
Do you possess a current and valid state-issued driver's license?
Do you possess a current and valid state-issued driver's license?
Assessment 1
Select the appropriate answer to the following questions based on your current level of experience that demonstrates your ability to perform the duties of this position. When answering the questionnaire, remember that your experience is subject to verification by investigation. You may be asked to provide specific examples or documentation of experience as proof to support your answers, or you may be required to verify a response by a practical demonstration of your claimed ability to perform a task.
1.
Select the one statement that best describes the experience that you possess that demonstrates your ability to perform the work of a Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist at the GS-09 grade level.
For each task in the following group, choose the statement from the list below that best describes your experience and/or education.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
2.
Carries out all duties related to attaining and maintaining competitive employment for program participants living with mental and/ or physical disabilities.
3.
Engages the program participant in conversations about work and introducing the idea of return-to-work activities.
4.
Supports participants in all work-related tasks, including but not limited to, transportation, on the job training, support with co-workers and supervisor negotiations, ongoing and follow along supports, and compliance with specification of appropriate clinical support.
5.
Continues to provide ongoing support such as assistance with problem solving, developing interpersonal work relationships, maintaining work performance and quality, and life management activities.
6.
Analyzes mental and physical disabilities or other handicaps, in terms of the practical effects of such handicaps on motivations, adjustment to training and difficulty in employment placement.
Analyzes mental and physical disabilities or other handicaps, in terms of the practical effects of such handicaps on motivations, adjustment to training and difficulty in employment placement.
7.
Engages with program participants in conversations about work and introducing the idea of return-to-work activities.
8.
Engages participants in activities such as resume development, job seeking training, and interviewing skills instruction.
9.
Seeks opportunities to provide constructive feedback to participants with the goal of improving the probability of obtaining community employment.
10.
Forms and maintains relationships with community businesses, community resources, and community service providers.
11.
Negotiates with employers, when appropriate, reasonable work accommodations to meet the needs of clients based on performing worksite analysis.
12.
Participates in team meetings to be aware of any clinical concerns and shares strategies, progress, and needed support with other members of the treatment team.