Supervisory Social Worker (Substance Abuse)

Full Job Description

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

About the Position: This position is located in the Brian D. Allgood Army Community Hospital, Behavior Health Service at Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

Before Departing the U.S, South Korea has strict regulations for importing prescription and over-the-counter medicines. Visit the U.S. Embassy's link.

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 Supervisory Counseling Psychologist (Substance Abuse): Degree: Two full academic years of graduate study directly related to professional work in counseling psychology, or a master's degree directly related to counseling psychology.

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 counseling substance abuse patients; overseeing substance abuse treatment performed by other counselors; and planning work of subordinates.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12).

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.

Licensure: A current, active, valid, unrestricted counseling/psychologist license from a U.S. State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction is required.

Information may be requested regarding the vaccination status of selectees for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols.

For more information, visit https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/vaccinations/. Major Duties:

• Perform bio-psychosocial evaluations and analyze clinical assessments of patients.
• Evaluate, monitor, and approve use of civilian community resources on a regional basis.
• Supervise therapy and monitor treatment accomplished by counselors.
• Plan and schedule ongoing work to be accomplished by subordinates.
• Assign work to subordinates based on priorities, selective consideration of the difficulty and requirements of assignments.