Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Valor Healthcare; Cannon Afb (NM); Sur place; USD 80 000 - 110 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Valor Healthcare, Inc. seeks a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to oversee suicide prevention programming for active-duty SOF personnel at Cannon AFB, NM. The role requires leading reporting, integrating best practices, and applying evidence-based therapies within a military healthcare setting.

You will collaborate with medical and command staff, provide clinical supervision, and ensure compliance with directives while advancing prevention and postvention efforts across their component.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) license.
• MSW degree from a CSWE-accredited program.
• Experience with brief behavioral interventions and ethics in clinical social work.
• Minimum of two years clinical social work experience in mental health; government setting preferred.

Responsabilités

• Oversee suicide prevention programming, reporting, and initiatives for active-duty SOF personnel.
• Attend meetings during duty hours and participate in professional activities.
• Review research and incorporate best practices into policy and programming.
• Apply social work techniques including individual, family, and group psychotherapy.

Connaissances

LCSW

MSW

DoD experience

Formation

Master of Social Work (MSW)

CSWE accreditation

Description du poste

Description

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Cannon AFB, NM

Position Summary

A Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who oversees suicide prevention programming, reporting, and initiatives for active‑duty members assigned to SOF within one of the four components.

Core Responsibilities

• Attend and participate in meetings during normal duty hours, professional staff conferences and other appropriate professional activities such as, but not limited to the following: POTFF Enterprise meetings, quality improvement meetings, professional staff meetings, commander's staff meetings, and other meetings required by applicable regulations or as directed by the unit Commander of his/her designee.
• Review applied research and incorporate best practices into suicide prevention policy, programming, and initiatives across their Component.
• Apply social work procedures and techniques to include interviewing, behavioral assessment, and evidence‑based therapies, in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological and neuropsychological disorders using the following skills: individual, family, and group psychotherapy, couples therapy, and/or alcohol and drug treatment evaluations.
• Consult with medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders and school districts as required.
• Participate in military specific training/activities (e.g., security clearances, use of the DoW or service specific clinical practice guidelines, pre‑post deployment screening, PTSD, and combat stress) and others as directed by the unit Commander or his/her designee.
• Provide clinical supervision of unlicensed providers or trainees.
• This position may be required to perform some, or all, of the following activities:
• Component level SPCs will have subject matter expertise (SME) in the subject of suicide and serve as the SME and advisor on matters related to suicide prevention policy and practices.
• Integrate and support suicide prevention practices into component/unit training, family programs, spiritual programs, and other activities as appropriate.
• Responsible for monitoring compliance with the SOCOM SP Directive and coordinating with their Component suicide prevention program and activities with HQ USSOCOM POTFF and their respective military services.
• Support the development of Component level policies and procedures for suicide prevention that include what is outlined in the SOCOM SP Directive.
• Support the development of Component level human factors council to review, plan, and implement interventions for those identified as at‑risk.
• Ensure that best practice is being followed and implemented across their Component.
• Ensure reporting requirements are met with accuracy and within required timeframes.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams and review boards, as needed to support suicide prevention/postvention.
• Support assigned taskers and projects related to suicide prevention.
• Enhance prevention and postvention, strengthening system response where possible.
• Build and sustain community capacity to increase protective factors across their Component.
• Contact referred clients to assess treatment adherence.
• Use validated symptom inventories to assess current symptom severity.
• Assess barriers to treatment adherence and help client problem‑solve solutions to barriers.
• Provide clients with education regarding their mental health condition and treatment regimen.
• Maintain client information in a client registry.
• Maintain accurate and current notes in the electronic medical records of all clients contacted for review by the managing physician.
• Routinely staffs difficult cases with the referring provider, behavioral health consultant and/or psychiatry consultant.
• Performs case management functions.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Possess a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) or equivalent (MSSW, MSSA) degree from a graduate school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• Licensed at the independent level in clinical social work (LCSW or state equivalent), with a current, full, active, and unrestricted license.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of professional standards and ethics regarding the delivery of clinical social work services.
• Experience in brief behavioral interventions.
• Minimum of two (2) years peer‑reviewable clinical social work experience in a mental health setting. Experience working in a government setting such as DoW or VA MTF is preferable.

We consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or medical or veteran status in accordance with federal law. In addition, Valor Healthcare. complies with applicable state and local laws prohibiting discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities.