Social Worker

Summary

About the Position: The incumbent will function as part of an interdisciplinary behavioral health or medical treatment team responsible to provide a comprehensive range of complex clinical mental health care to active-duty military, retirees and family members at Langley AFB, VA, Directorate of Mental Health. 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.

Duties

• •Provide comprehensive range of complex clinical mental health care to individuals severely impacted by moderate to severe psychiatric diagnoses.
• •Provide individual and group clinical counseling services using various evidenced based modalities as clinically indicated to assist clients to identify and manage personal, psychological and interactive problems.
• •Consult reference material, to identify symptoms, make diagnoses, and develop therapeutic or treatment plan.
• •Develop individualized treatment plans based on psychiatric diagnosis, identified problems and treatment needs for each case.
• •Document and review clinical patient care, monthly reports including outcome/assessment results, clinical issues of significance, and other data as required.
• •Independently provide comprehensive social work services in the form of casework and care coordination by consulting on or developing follow up plans for complicated cases on behalf of beneficiaries throughout the area served.

Qualifications

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 1) Conducting bio-psychosocial evaluations, 2) Providing individual and group therapy, and 3) Developing behavioral health treatment plans or recommendations. 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.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.