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SOCIAL WORKER
Air National Guard Units · Posted 14 days ago
About the Role
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SOCIAL WORKER, T59128P1 and is part of the Oregon Air National Guard 142nd Wing, National Guard.
What You'll Do
- →As a SOCIAL WORKER, GS-0185-12, the primary purpose of this position is: to provide operational leadership consultation, direct client services, community capacity building, preventive, remedial, and support services aimed at improving and sustaining the psychological health of Air National Guard (ANG) military members and their families.
- →As a part of the ANG Wing Director of Psychological Health (WDPH) Program, the incumbent of this position provides access to a full range of professional services for the populations served.
- →The Air National Guard Psychological Health Program (ANG PHP) will provide consultation to operational leadership on psychological health issues and vertical integration of Military Service and Department of Defense (DOD)-wide psychological health initiatives and population-health monitoring.
- →Clinical and administrative duties focus on outreach, education and prevention, needs-based and psychosocial assessment, diagnosis, short-term problem resolution, and provision of or referral to evidenced-based interventions.
- →Responsibilities include providing: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention programs, specialty training for ANG health care professionals and other personnel on issues related to the psychological health of Airmen and their families, and multi-level community organization, collaboration, and enhancement.
- →Individuals requiring clinical interventions (i.e., clinical treatment) for other than short-term problem resolution should immediately be referred to an appropriate and competent clinical professional.
- →The ANG PHP will contribute to DoD and Military Service development of a strategic plan for delivery of comprehensive services to support psychological health. 1.
- →Actively supports the commander's leadership team in addressing the psychological health of their installation.
- →Provides strategic planning and leadership to implement an ANG comprehensive psychological health strategic plan.
- →Assist leadership in understanding the interface between psychological health and operational readiness, and the role of the DPH in developing and helping leadership apply psychological health solutions to functional/operational problems. 2.
- →Conducts assessments, routine and crisis evaluations, psycho-diagnostic assessments, provides short-term, evidence-based problem resolution strategies and services.
- →Provides on-site and telephonic access to psychological health assessments and individual consultation to facilitate coordination of clinical, counseling, and other services promoting the psychological health of NG members and their families.
- →The DPH will conduct command-directed evaluations (CDEs).
- →CDEs are governed by DODD 6490.1, DODI 6490.4, AFI 44-109, and AFI 44-172. 3.
Requirements
- ✓Degree Requirements: Master in Social Work.
- ✓Must fulfill all of the requirements for the master's degree in social work in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- ✓If you are using education to qualify for this position, you must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 5bf3088d-dda6-428e-acd5-62c476817207
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