Licensed Clinical Social Worker Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 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).
• Current, full, active, and unrestricted independent-level clinical social work license (LCSW or state equivalent).
• Working knowledge of professional standards and ethics for delivering clinical social work services.
• Experience in brief behavioral interventions.
• At least two years of peer-reviewable clinical social work experience in a mental health setting.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a government setting, such as the Department of War (DoW) or a VA Military Treatment Facility (MTF).

Responsibilities

• Attend meetings during normal duty hours, professional staff conferences, and other professional activities, including POTFF Enterprise, quality improvement, professional staff, and commander's staff meetings, as required.
• Review applied research and incorporate best practices into suicide prevention policy, programming, and initiatives across the component.
• Use social work procedures and techniques—including interviewing, behavioral assessment, and evidence-based therapies—to evaluate, diagnose, and treat psychological and neuropsychological disorders.
• Provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy, couples therapy, and alcohol and drug treatment evaluations as appropriate.
• Consult with medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders, and school districts as required.
• Participate in military-specific training and activities, including security clearances, clinical practice guidelines, pre- and post-deployment screening, PTSD, and combat stress, as directed.
• Provide clinical supervision of unlicensed providers or trainees.
• Serve as a component-level subject matter expert and advisor on suicide prevention policy and practices.
• Integrate and support suicide prevention practices in component and unit training, family programs, spiritual programs, and other activities as appropriate.
• Monitor compliance with the SOCOM SP Directive and coordinate component suicide prevention programs and activities with HQ USSOCOM POTFF and the respective military services.
• Support development of component-level suicide prevention policies and procedures consistent with the SOCOM SP Directive.
• Support development of a component-level human factors council to review, plan, and implement interventions for people identified as at risk.
• Ensure best practices are followed and implemented across the component.
• Ensure reporting requirements are met accurately and within required timeframes.
• Participate in multidisciplinary teams and review boards as needed to support suicide prevention and postvention.
• Support assigned taskers and projects related to suicide prevention.
• Enhance prevention and postvention and strengthen system response where possible.
• Build and sustain community capacity to increase protective factors across the component.
• Contact referred clients to assess treatment adherence and use validated symptom inventories to assess current symptom severity.
• Assess barriers to treatment adherence and help clients problem-solve solutions.
• Educate clients about their mental health conditions and treatment regimens.
• Maintain client information in a client registry and accurate, current notes in electronic medical records for review by the managing physician.
• Routinely staff difficult cases with the referring provider, behavioral health consultant, and/or psychiatry consultant.
• Perform case management functions.