Peer Support Specialist
Company: Veterans Health Administration
Location: Louisville
Posted on: April 9, 2021
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Job Description:
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all
requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/12/2021.
Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal
employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks
must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of
this announcement. For a GS-7 position you must have served 52
weeks at the GS-6. The grade may have been in any occupation, but
must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows
your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your
application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective
date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you
possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In
this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly
demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade
requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for
reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans
Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. BASIC
REQUIREMENTS FOR PEER SPECIALISTS: Statutory Requirements. Section
405 of Public Law 110-387, as codified in 38 U.S.C. 7402(b)(13),
established that to be eligible to receive appointment to a Peer
Specialist position, a person must: (1) be a veteran who has
recovered or is recovering from a mental health condition; and (2)
be certified by -
(a) a not-for-profit entity engaged in peer specialist training as
having met such criteria the Secretary shall establish for a peer
specialist position; or
(b) a State as having satisfied relevant State requirements for a
peer specialist position. Length of Experience as a Consumer of
Mental Health Recovery Services. Veterans eligible under 38 U.S.C.
7402(b)(13) must have spent a minimum of 1 year in personal
recovery from a mental health condition. (3) Length of Experience
as a Consumer of Mental Health Recovery Services. Veterans eligible
under 38 U.S.C. 7402(b)(13) must have spent a minimum of 1 year in
personal recovery from a mental health condition. NOTE: You MUST
provide copies of your DD-214 and Peer Specialist Certification,
with your application package. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY: In
accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), No person shall serve in direct
patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written
and spoken English. You must be proficient in basic written and
spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position.
You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as
described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of
specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade
GS-6 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the
organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically
include, but are not limited to: post-personal mental health
recovery experience as a mentor providing support to others in
mental health and/or addiction recovery, a recovery advocate
directly involved with consumers of mental health services, or
equivalent work involving in-person communication to support others
in mental health recovery. At this level, routine work has been
completed with minimal supervisory oversight and review, however
close supervision will have been provided for complex and unusual
tasks.OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the
required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade
level you must have successful completion One (1) full year of
graduate education meets the requirements for GS-7. Only education
that is directly related to the work of the position is creditable.
OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and
experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination
of specialized experience and education ne full year of graduate
education meets the requirements for GS-7. You will be rated on the
following Competencies for this position: Recovery and Personal
Wellness Goals Cultural Competence Communication Recovery
Principles Peer Support Practices 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; religions;
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. Note: A full year of work is
considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience
will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate
activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such
experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and
responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week
spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is
primarily sedentary. Typically, the employee sits to do the work.
There may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying of light
items (such as books, papers), and accessing transportation. The
work may require occasional use of Department of Veteran's Affairs
approved behavioral management techniques with Veterans who present
a danger to self or others. The applicant must be able to perform
primarily light and sedentary duties with occasionally moderate
physical demands, exercise patience, and control emotions, with
reasonable accommodations if necessary, without endangering the
health and safety of the applicant or others. For more information
on these qualification standards, please visit the United States
Office of Personnel Management's website at
https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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