Clinical Social Worker

Absolute Staffers; Barksdale Air Force Base (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Absolute Staffers is seeking a Clinical Social Worker for a contract position at Barksdale Air Force Base. The role involves applying social work techniques to treat psychological disorders across diverse populations.

Candidates must possess a Master's degree in Social Work and have at least two years of experience in clinical settings. The position offers a schedule of 40 hours per week, with no on-call requirements.

Qualifications

• Two years of independent practice in a mental health setting.
• 12 months of experience with automated medical record systems.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide treatment.
• Evaluate children through adolescence and provide counseling.
• Attend and provide seminars on psychotherapeutic approaches.

Skills

Computer software applications

Professional standards and ethics

Medical and mental health diagnoses

Multidisciplinary clinical team communication

Education

Master of Social Worker (M.S.W.)

Job description

Absolute Staffers is a Maryland based contingency staffing organization specializing in bringing together highly qualified professionals with government and commercial clients. We focus on helping businesses and professionals grow, by matching the right talent to the right opportunity. We recruit, manage, and retain professionals from all over the country and place them in environments where they will succeed and thrive. Absolute Staffers is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Description

Job Title: Clinical Social Worker

Company: Absolute Staffers, LLC

Status: Contract - Full Time

Summary:

We are looking for a Clinical Social Worker for an immediate opening at our Barksdale Air Force Base location. This candidate will apply social work procedures and techniques in the evaluation and treatment of psychological/psychiatric disorders of children, adolescents, and adults. Help provide service for our military service members and their families while enjoying museums, parks, hunting, and fishing in your free time. Barksdale AFB is located just 7-miles from Louisiana's third largest city, Shreveport.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds.
• Evaluate children from infancy through adolescence, to include conducting child and family interviews.
• Provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services to individuals, groups, and families.
• Provides treatment across a range of modalities to include Psychotherapy, play, group and family therapy with all aged children and adolescents.
• Provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance treatment.
• Attend and provide didactic seminars in the areas of normal growth and development, consultation-liaison and psychotherapeutic approaches to child psychopathology.

Work Hours

• Minimum 40 hours per week
• Scheduled shifts are normally Monday through Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm.
• No on call
• 1 hour unpaid lunch

To speak with a recruiter contact Vishal Sabarwal at (301) 969 - 1540.

Key Skills and Knowledge

• Must be skilled in use of computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, and tracking, especially those used by Department of Defense.
• Must demonstrate a working knowledge of professional standards and ethics regarding the delivery of Clinical Social Work services.
• Must be versed in the use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures.
• Must have ability to work and communicate professionally as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team.

Working Conditions: Barksdale AFB clinic provides outpatient primary, specialty, and ancillary care for enrolled beneficiaries.

Qualifications

Experience

• Must have two years experience within the last five years in the independent practice of Clinical Social Work in a mental health setting working with an adult population, or with children and teens if specifically working with that population.
• Must have at least 12 months of direct hands-on experience in the last 24 months with computer operations, basic word processing, data entry, and use of an automated medical record system.

Education

• Master of Social Worker (M.S.W.) degree from a graduate school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• Must have and maintain a current unrestricted license to independently practice social work in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Must show proof of training and ability to deliver Evidenced Based Treatment modality to treat Post Traumatic Stress disorder (i.e., cognitive Processing Therapy, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Eye Desensitization and Reprocessing).

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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