Social Worker

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position is within Directorate of Mental Health Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program, Naval Medical Center and Naval Base Point Loma, San Diego CA.

This is an open continuous announcement. Multiple vacancies exist and may be filled from this announcement at any of the locations listed.

We accept applications on an ongoing basis; qualified applicants will be considered as vacancies become available.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below.

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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Social Worker:Degree: Master's degree (or higher degree) in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting bio-psychosocial evaluations, providing individual or group clinical counseling, and developing psychosocial treatment plans or recommendations.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

AND Special Placement Factor: Licensure: A current, active, valid, unrestricted clinical license to practice Social Work independently, offered by a U.S.

State, District of Columbia, commonwealth, territory or jurisdiction. Major Duties:

• Exercise a broad range of professional knowledge and independently performs assessments, diagnosis of substance disorders, addictive disorders, and psychiatric disorders in accordance with the Psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).
• Determine the patient' type and level of treatment based on American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Guidelines and community standards. Plans for and provides treatment services for co-occurring disorders.
• Establish rapport, systematically gather data, determine the readiness of the individual for treatment and change, and apply accepted criteria for diagnosis of substance use disorders.
• Screens for psychoactive substance toxicity, intoxication, and withdrawal symptoms.
• Exercises a broad range of concepts, principles, procedures, and practices relevant to the substance abuse program and addiction medicine outpatient program to conduct comprehensive substance abuse treatment of patients.
• Analyze and interpret data to determine treatment recommendations and priorities with the individual served, formulate mutually agreed-upon, measurable treatment goals and objectives.
• The Social Worker is responsible for implementing a coordinated clinical treatment that includes identifying patient needs and concerns, developing and revising the patient treatment plan and continuing care for co-occurring disorders.