Department of Veterans Affairs
Peer Support Specialist (National Center for Warrior Independence)
Los Angeles, California · Internship
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About the role
- In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.
- IMPORTANT NOTICE: Veteran is defined as a person who served in the active military, naval, air, or space service, and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable.
- Restricted to VETERANS - You MUST provide copies of your DD-214 and Peer Specialist Certification, with your application package.
Requirements
- For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05.
- For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06.
- For a GS-08 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07.
- For a GS-09 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-08.
- 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.
- You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position.
- (Transcripts are required with your application package)
Compensation
- $53k-$94k
Benefits
- The Peer Specialist position provides support to the National Center for Warrior Independence at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.
- must have at least 1 year of recovery from a mental health condition (mental illness and/or substance use disorder).
- Successful completion Six (6) months of graduate education or a 1-year post-bachelor's degree internship meets the requirements for GS-6.
This listing is sourced directly from Department of Veterans Affairs's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.