Social Worker

Full Job Description

About the Position: The position is located at Fairchild Air Force Base, WA.

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.

Licensure: Current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Social Work independently offered by a U.S. State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction.

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 behavioral health assessments; providing individual and group treatment; and working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

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

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. Major Duties:

• Serve as the installation clinical social work subject matter expert (SME) by providing consultation to the installation leadership and military treatment facility.
• Determine appropriate treatment modalities and interventions for mental health well-being and mission readiness.
• Conduct clinical intake interviews with patients
• Participates as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team in formulating and implementing treatment plans.
• Conducts psychoeducational training on topics related to clinical social work, mental health and other emotional and behavioral conditions within the clinic and operational units.
• Provides training to mental health staff to include mental health technician, interns and residents in regard to conducting intake evaluations.
• Collaborates on special programs with local, state, and Federal partners to evaluate, enhance and improve service delivery.