Supervisory Social Worker (Clinical)

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About the Position: This position is located at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes 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 (Clinical):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 performing bio-psychosocial evaluations, developing behavioral health treatment plans, and providing psychological counseling.

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.

License: A current, active, valid, and unrestricted independent social work clinical licensure from a U.S. State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required.

Major Duties:

• Provide guidance to the hospital commander regarding policy in Social Work and Behavioral Health issues, Psychological and clinical consultation to other professionals.
• Coordinate and collaborate with multidisciplinary treatment of patients.
• Screen and interview patients, and perform bio-psychosocial evaluations.
• Provide targeted assessment and evaluation, including diagnostic impressions and functional status focused on the presenting problem.
• Makes behavioral health diagnoses as appropriate in accordance with DSM-IV-TR criteria, or other more current , accepted standards.
• Provide individual and group therapy using various modalities as clinically indicated to include brief problem focused psychotherapy, cognitive- behavioral therapy, and client- centered therapy.