Peer Specialist

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes summary, qualifications, duties, work schedule, etc. Must use

for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. We have Qualifications (detailed). Duties (list). Work Schedule (Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm). Also maybe "About the role" could be summary? The summary is brief: "This Peer Specialist position may only be filled with a Veteran that meets statutory requirements that are detailed in the qualifications section." That's not much. Could treat as About the role. Also we have "Promotion Potential" etc. But we should avoid thin sections. We'll include About the role (summary), Qualifications, Responsibilities (duties), Schedule (work schedule). Possibly Benefits? Not provided. Pay? Not provided. Skills? Not explicit. So only those sections. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate. We need to preserve all substantive info. So include qualifications text as is, but format as

or

• for lists. The qualifications section includes many paragraphs; we can keep as

  for prose, and maybe break into

  for lists like time-in-grade requirements, basic requirements, etc. But we must not invent headings inside. Use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should identify lists. Let's extract lists: - Time-In-Grade Requirement: bullet list of GS-6 to GS-9 requirements. Could be
    • ... each. - Basic Requirements FOR PEER SPECIALISTS includes subpoints: (1) be a veteran..., (2) be certified by... (a) ... (b) ... Then bLength of Experience in Recovery: must have at least 1 year... then list of what successful recovery exemplifies (manages symptoms..., lives independently..., employed..., meaningful relationships..., socially involved...). That's a list. - IMPORTANT NOTICE: Veteran definition. - Open to ... list of eligible categories. - Minimum Grade Level Qualifications: GS-6, GS-7, GS-8, GS-9 each with paragraphs; also education substitution bullet list. - Duties: list after "Duties include - but not limited to the following:" then bullet list. We need to preserve all substantive info; we can convert each bullet to
    • . Ensure we don't lose any detail. We'll produce sections:

      About the role

      This Peer Specialist position may only be filled with a Veteran that meets statutory requirements that are detailed in the qualifications section.

      Qualifications

      then content. We need to include the closing date etc. That's part of qualifications? It's in Qualifications section: "To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/02/2026." Also Time-In-Grade Requirement etc. We'll structure Qualifications with

      for prose and

      • for lists. Let's extract and format. I'll rewrite qualifications content preserving meaning. Qualifications text: "To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/02/2026. 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-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. 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 aStatutory RequirementsSection 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 conditionand(2) be certified by -(a) a not-for-profit entity engaged in peer specialist training as having met such criteria as the Secretary shall establish for a peer specialist positionor(b) a State as having satisfied relevant State requirements for a peer specialist positionbLength of Experience in Recovery: must have at least 1 year of recovery from a mental health condition (mental illness and/or substance use disorder)Successful recovery is exemplified by one who manages symptoms of illness and pursues a healthy lifestylelives independentlyis employed or volunteers significant time approximating at least a part-time employment schedulehas meaningful relationships with family members and friendsand is socially involved in the community through clubs - hobby groups - church - civic organizations or Veteran organizations in which the individual provides a service to othersIMPORTANT 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 dishonorableRestricted to VETERANS - See IMPORTANT NOTICEOpen to current - permanent employees of the VA (i.eT38 - T38 Hybrid - and VCS employees on excepted appts covered by an interchange agreement)Federal employees on a Career/Career-Conditional appt.Former competitive civil service employees eligible for reinstatementVeterans eligible under VEOA - VRA - and 30% DAVThose eligible under the Employment Program for People with Disabilitiesand those eligible for CTAP/ICTAPNOTE: You MUST provide copies of your DD-214 and Peer Specialist Certification - with your application packageENGLISH 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 EnglishYou must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this positionMINIMUM GRADE LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS GS-6: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower graded level - which involved post-personal mental health recovery experience as a mentor providing counseling to support peers in mental health and/or addiction recovery - a recovery advocate directly involved with consumers of mental health services - a psychiatric therapy aide - or equivalent work involving in-person communication to support others in mental health recoveryYour work has been closely monitored including having work checked in progress and reviewing completed work for accuracy - adequacy - and adherence to instructions or proceduresGS-7: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower graded level - which involved post-personal mental health recovery experience as a mentor providing counseling to support peers in mental health and/or addiction recovery - a recovery advocate directly involved with consumers of mental health services - a psychiatric therapy aide - or equivalent work involving in-person communication to support others in mental health recoveryAt this level - routine work has been completed with minimal supervisory oversight and review - however close supervision will have been provided for complex and unusual tasksGS-8: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower graded level - which involved post-personal mental health recovery experience as a mentor providing counseling to support peers in mental health and/or addiction recovery - a recovery advocate directly involved with consumers of mental health services - a psychiatric therapy aide - or equivalent work involving in-person communication to support others in mental health recoveryAt 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 assignmentsNon-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 - etcGS-9: In addition to the basic requirements - candidates must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower graded level - which involved post-personal mental health recovery experience as a mentor providing counseling to support peers in mental health and/or addiction recovery - a recovery advocate directly involved with consumers of mental health services - a psychiatric therapy aide - or equivalent work involving in-person communication to support others in mental health recoveryAt this level work will have been performed with considerable independence and you are responsible for making recommendations to the interdisciplinary treatment team that can be relied on for soundness of judgment and maturity of insight on problem situations-OR- EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION: (Transcripts are required with your application package) GS-6: Successful completion Six (6) months of graduate education or a 1-year post-bachelor's degree internship meets the requirements for GS-6. Only education that is directly related to the work of the position is creditableGS-7: 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 creditableGS-8: Successful completion One and one/half (1 ) years of graduate education meets the requirements for GS-8. Only education that is directly related to the work of the position is creditableGS-9: Successful completion Two (2) full years of graduate education or a master's degree meets the requirements for GS-9. Only education that is directly related to the work of the position is creditable." We need to preserve all that. We'll break into paragraphs and lists. Lists: - Time-In-Grade Requirement: bullet list for each GS level. - Basic Requirements: subpoints (1) and (2) with sub-subpoints (a) and (b). Could be nested lists but spec only says use
        • for any list; nested is okay. - Length of Experience in Recovery: list of exemplars. - IMPORTANT NOTICE: definition (maybe not list). - Open to: list of eligible categories. - Minimum Grade Level Qualifications: each GS level could be separate
        • but they have paragraphs; we could treat each GS level as a list item. - Education substitution: list for each GS level. - Duties: list after "Duties include - but not limited to the following:" bullet list. We'll also have Responsibilities section (duties). Use

          Responsibilities

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          • . Schedule:

            Schedule

            Monday-Friday 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

            We must not include Pay/Benefits if not present. Now produce HTML. Let's craft. We'll need to escape any HTML special characters? The text includes hyphens, colons, etc. It's fine. We'll produce:

            About the role

            This Peer Specialist position may only be filled with a Veteran that meets statutory requirements that are detailed in the qualifications section.

            Qualifications

            To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/02/2026.

            • Time-In-Grade Requirement