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SOCIAL WORKER
Army National Guard Units · Posted today
About the Role
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a SOCIAL WORKER, Position Description Number T5013000 and is part of the Maryland National Guard Office of the State Surgeon, State Medical Detachment. This is an indefinite position that may become permanent without further competition pending funding availability. Please see "Additional Information" section for more details.
What You'll Do
- →The purpose of this position is to provide preventive, remedial, and support services aimed at improving and sustaining the psychological health of National Guard (NG) military members and their families.
- →This position performs the following duties: Coordinate with the National Guard community serving the military and non-military agencies to promote timely information exchange, coordinate collaborative prevention efforts, and establish and maintain an extensive array of resources, associations, and community partnerships.
- →Participates in community activities to incorporate complex strategies that enhance community strengths, reduces broad-based community needs, implements community problem solving methods, and forges community connections to promote psychologically healthy lifestyles.
- →Ensures that curriculums and community intervention initiatives for each prevention program are research-based and supported by the literature.
- →Participates in relevant committee meetings in an effort to provide input and obtain information related to psychological health issues.
- →Conducts needs assessments, intake evaluations, and psycho-diagnostic assessments.
- →Applies professional knowledge of the principles, theories, procedures, and practices of social work to conduct needs assessments and/or intake evaluations on limited but routine basis in accordance with applicable DoD guidelines.
- →Prepares written evaluation reports with clinical impressions and recommendations.
- →Accomplishes intake interviews to include family history, bio-psychosocial history, developmental and health histories, and presenting problems together with any relevant secondary information, screens records and personnel for security clearances and makes administrative recommendations.
- →Coordinates, and implements prevention and community outreach and education programs.
- →Conducts comprehensive needs assessments and Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity, and Threat (SWOT) analyses that form the basis for program development activities and action plans.
- →Implements community organization strategies with key organizations to increase awareness of psychological health.
- →Develop coordinated plans for reducing risk factors for individuals and within the community, and build and enhance a general culture that promotes psychological health and wellness.
- →Coordinate as key facilitator and team lead in the development and implementation of an annual, Unit-level psychological health strategic plan.
Requirements
- ✓Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
- ✓May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
- ✓Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- ✓The incumbent of this position description must have, at a minimum, a completed National Agency Check (NAC) prior to position assignment.
- ✓This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act (Lautenberg Amendment) of 1968.
- ✓An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position.
- ✓This position is designated as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparation for, or in response to, a state emergency or disaster declaration.
- ✓This designation will not exceed 14 calendar days per year unless otherwise approved in advance by the TAG.
- ✓Must be able to obtain and maintain privileging for the DOD/AFMS/ANGMS IAWDHA PM 6025-13 Vol 4 and DAFMAN 44-119.
- ✓Must maintain credentials/requirements at all times (i.e. current and unrestricted state license, BLS, clinical competencies, etc.) IAW DHA PM 6025-13 Vol 4 and DAFMAN 44-119.
- ✓To be considered for this position, applicants must have: A Master's in Social Work from an institution accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.
- ✓Substitute degrees will not be accepted.
- ✓You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims.
- ✓To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 8be05e71-88b1-4b39-aeaf-c3e81ccacbc7
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