Social Worker

Full Job Description

About the Position: The purpose of this position is to provide a full range of professional social work services for active duty, retired military members, reservists when eligible for medical care, and their families located in Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth (Located in: Pediatrics & Internal Medicine).

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Assist with patient psychosocial assessments, implementing behavioral health treatment plans, inpatient support, and assist with clinical intake interviews with patients.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: [insert applicable field(s) of study].

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

AND License: Possess a current, unrestricted license to practice clinical social work independently in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S Virgin Islands.

Must have practiced as an independent licensed clinical social worker within past two years. Major Duties:

• Conduct intake evaluations on routine and emergency basis.
• Prepare written evaluation reports with clinical impressions and recommendations.
• Assess individuals to explore the development of behavior patterns, mechanisms, and symptoms.
• Determine the facts concerning patients’ problems and the underlying causes to assess the needs of the individual and/or family.
• Conduct intake evaluations and psycho-diagnostic assessments.
• Establish treatment plan, annotate adjustments to treatment plan as required over the course of therapy.
• Perform consultation services for other medical clinics as needed and as related to patient care.