SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5)

Key Responsibilities: As a SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5), GS-0185-12, you will: 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. Provide strategic planning and leadership to implement a comprehensive psychological health plan. Participate in community activities to incorporate complex strategies that enhance community strengths, implement community problem-solving methods, and forge community connection so as to promote psychologically healthy lifestyles. Conduct assessments, routine, and crisis evaluations, psycho-diagnostic assessments, provide short-term, evidence-based problem resolution strategies and services. Provide 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 members and their families. Apply professional knowledge of principles, theories, procedures, and practices of social work to conduct needs assessments and/or intake evaluations on a routine and emergency basis. Prepare written evaluation reports and yield diagnoses. Accomplish clinical intake interviews with clients, to include family history, social history, developmental, and health histories. Conduct social assessment that may include financial, adaptive, social functioning of family, social relationships and situations. Assess individuals to explore the development of behavior patterns, mechanisms, and symptoms. Perform risk assessments and determine degrees of danger posed by patients. Screen records and personnel for security clearances and make administrative recommendations. Apply multiple counseling techniques including individual, group, couples, family, supportive, crisis intervention, and behavioral interventions based upon accepted theories and principles. Provide a wide range of counseling measures that are geared toward securing cognitive and behavioral adjustments by recognizing and resolving problems relating to the client's attitudes toward themselves, family, and associates. Perform fitness for duty assessments, initiate physical profiles, recommends duty restrictions, conduct pre/post deployment clearings and deployment health assessment closeouts. This is NOT an all-inclusive list of duties. Requirements & Education Basic Education Requirement: You must possess a master's degree, or higher doctorate degree, in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.(ONLY OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS ARE ACCEPTED) License Requirement: You must possess a valid and current professional unrestricted license to practice clinical social work independently in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. (License must be submitted at time of application.) Which agency is hiring for this position? This position is with Air National Guard Units, Department of the Air Force. What is the salary for this position? The posted pay range is $89508 – $116362/yr. What security clearance is required? This position requires a Secret security clearance. What is the application deadline? Applications close on 2027-05-27. Who is eligible to apply? This position is open under the 'Nguard' hiring path. Related Searches SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5), SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5) jobs, SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5) careers, apply SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5), SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5) in Springfield, SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5) jobs Springfield, SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5) in Illinois, SOCIAL WORKER (TITLE 5) jobs Illinois, jobs in Springfield, careers in Springfield, jobs in Illinois, federal jobs in Illinois, government jobs Illinois, jobs near Springfield, Illinois, Air National Guard Units, Air National Guard Units jobs, Air National Guard Units careers, Air National Guard Units Springfield, Department of the Air Force, Department of the Air Force jobs, Social Work, Social Work jobs, USAJOBS Social Work, nguard jobs, Secret clearance jobs Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government