Department of Veterans Affairs

PEER SPECIALIST

Santa Barbara, California · Internship

Sponsorship not specified$53k-$94kDetected 23 hours ago

Patient CareCommunication

About the role

Program is looking to recruit and to fill 1 vacancy at our Santa Barbara, California location in the HUD VASH program.
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.

For a GS-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5.
For a GS-7 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-6.
For a GS-8 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7.
For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-8.
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.
At this level you have the ability to work with general instructions for the performance of routine duties and detailed instructions and/or training in performance of the non-routine functions and special assignments.
Non-routine/novel work will have been reviewed by spot checking and after completion to evaluate the adequacy of methods, procedures, results, ability to solve new and changing problems, etc.
You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position.

must have at least 1 year of recovery from a mental health condition (mental illness and/or substance use disorder).

This listing is sourced directly from Department of Veterans Affairs's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.