SOCIAL WORKER

Summary

This is a National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service position This National Guard position is for a Social Worker, Position Description Number T59128P1 and is part of the NJ MEDICAL COMMAND, New Jersey Army National Guard.

Duties

As a SOCIAL WORKER, GS-0185-12, you will: Actively supports the commander's leadership team in addressing the psychological health of their installation. Provides strategic planning and leadership to implement an ANG comprehensive psychological health strategic plan. Assist leadership in understanding the interface between psychological health and operational readiness, and the role of the DPH in developing and helping leadership apply psychological health solutions to functional/operational problems. Conducts assessments, routine and crisis evaluations, psycho-diagnostic assessments, provides short-term, evidence-based problem resolution strategies and services. Provides on-site and telephonic access to psychological health assessments and individual consultation to facilitate coordination of clinical, counseling, and other services promoting the psychological health of NG members and their families. Designs, develops, coordinates, and implements prevention and community outreach and education programs. Implements community organization strategies in collaboration with the Integrated Delivery System (IDS) Team and other key organizations to increase awareness of psychological health, Responsible for marketing and marketing evaluation activities. Serves as primary consultant and advisor on methods to successfully market the ANG PHP. Provides professional consultation, advice, education, and training to other military and non-military health care professionals, medical personnel, military commanders/senior leaders, wing personnel and their family members, and community agencies concerning primary and secondary prevention programs. Prepares agenda for meetings, compiles statistical data, and prepares a variety of recurring reports.

Qualifications

PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK LICENSE REQUIRED. LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER General Experience: Must have knowledge of social work theories, principles, techniques, and resources. Specialized Experience: Must have 24 months of experience in in the following: Clinical social work assignments Providing assistance and services Helping people work-out plans for improving the situation. Interviewing people to establish the nature and extent of their problems. Referring people to community resources and other organizations as indicated Assisting people to understand and modify their own patterns of behavior when appropriate.

Education

Education Requirements Master's degree in Social Work from a graduate school of social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and acceptable to The Surgeon General.