Shaw AFB, SC

CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER

 

Qualifications. 

The social worker is required to hold a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) degree from an accredited graduate school of social work.  Additionally, the Social Worker shall:

 

Have and maintain a current, unrestricted license to practice social work in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.

 

Have a minimum of two (2) years within the past five (5) years in the independent practice of clinical social work in child, adolescent and family therapy, preferably in a Government setting such a DOD or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MTF.  Preference will be given to a social worker having completed a fellowship in child and family therapy.

 

Demonstrate a working knowledge of professional standards and ethics regarding the delivery of clinical social work services.

 

Description. 

The Social Worker shall be responsible for and apply social work procedures and techniques in the evaluation and treatment of psychological/psychiatric disorders.  Activities include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Responsible for and provide individual, family and group psychotherapy, and couples therapy.

 

Consult to medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders and school districts, as required.

 

Maintain accurate and current notes in both the Department of Psychology records and patient medical records of all patients seen, as appropriate, and produce reports of evaluation and/or treatment, as required.

 

Child, Adolescent and Family Social Work Services.

 

Evaluation.  Evaluate children from infancy through adolescence, to include conducting child and family interviews.  Perform psychosocial evaluations to assess and/or treat emotional/behavior problems, educational/academic problems, attention problems, organic disorders, eating disorders, psychotic disorders, social and interpersonal dysfunction, physical/sexual/emotional abuse and neglect, personality dysfunction and drug/alcohol abuse.

 

Treatment.  Provide treatment across a range of modalities to include Psychotherapy, play, group and family therapy with all aged children and adolescents.  Treat children and adolescents with adjustment disorders, oppositional and non-compliant behavior, attention deficit disorders, anxiety disorders and phobias, eating disorders, elimination disorders, school-related problems, developmental delay, pervasive developmental disorders, childhood psychosis and affective disorders, abuse and other trauma (either psychological or physical), and support the psychological management of medical problems.  Provide varied levels of intervention, including individual, parent and family therapy.

 

Consultation.  Consult with other individuals and organizations to include other hospital services (e.g., Pediatrics, Neurology, Social Work), public schools, courts, the Exceptional Family Member Program and social services agencies regarding specific case management and programmatic issues affecting children and families.  Provide consultation and feedback to parents in order to relay results of treatment.  Collaborate with other professionals in order to provide social work services to children, and in making interventions within the child's psychosocial environment.  Provide consultation which includes not only traditional clinical interventions that emphasize delimiting and remediating psychopathology in children and adolescents, but prevention, and the encouragement of psychological health.

 

Training.  Attend and provide didactic seminars in the areas of normal growth and development, consultation-liaison and psychotherapeutic approaches to child psychopathology.

 

Provide consultation and workshops with parents, schools, hospital staff, and other personnel who work with children and adolescents on the theory and practice of working with this population.  Provide training to clinical psychology residents and post-doctoral child psychology fellows, as required.

 

Research.  Participate in and/or direct research and conducts clinical investigations in social work and/or child and adolescent psychology.