SOCIAL WORKER
The primary purpose of this series is to perform professional social work principles and competencies to provide mental health diagnosis, treatment, research, consultation, and preventive programs for individuals, families, groups, and organizations in military communities. The series involves teaching, supervising, and directing clinical social work and related mental health programs. Administers clinical social work programs. Plans, organizes, and directs mental health services or departments. Provides social work services in mental health, substance abuse, Family Advocacy, medical, Exceptional Family Member Program, and other professional military settings. Supervises mental health personnel and recommends policies pertaining to their training and development. Assesses and plans for the social and psychological needs of individuals, families, groups, and organizations in the military community. Performs mental health evaluations and therapy. Applies and supervises application of social work procedures and techniques in evaluating, diagnosing, and treating psychological disorders. Provides individual and group therapy, behavior modification, and other evidence based treatment procedures in treating psychological disorders, and in assisting individuals to achieve more effective personal and interpersonal adjustment. Provides consultation and support to leadership and other agencies on such problems as individual and group effectiveness, interpersonal relations, psychopathology, and maladaptive behavior. Coordinates social work services and maintains liaison with military and civilian resources. Provides consultation on policies, procedures, and services to medical staff, commanders, base agencies, volunteers, major commands, and other installations of assignment. Conducts and participates in research appropriate to professional training and expertise. Develops social work staff training programs to ensure uniformly high standards of social work personnel. GENERAL
Experience:
Must have experience, education or training of social work theories, principles, techniques, and resources. SPECIALIZED
Experience:
Must have at least 36 months of experience in clinical social work assignments. Completion of the Air Force Social Work Internship Program may be substituted for 12 months of the specialized experience requirement. This experience demonstrates particular competencies of knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Must have specialized experience in professional social work that includes interviewing people to establish the nature and extent of their problems, helping them work-out plans for improving the situation, providing assistance and services, referring them to community resources and other organizations as indicated, and assisting them to understand and modify their own patterns of behavior when appropriate. Except as stated above, no other substitution of education for specialized experience is allowed.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Experience:
Must have experience, education or training of social work theories, principles, techniques, and resources. SPECIALIZED
Experience:
Must have at least 36 months of experience in clinical social work assignments. Completion of the Air Force Social Work Internship Program may be substituted for 12 months of the specialized experience requirement. This experience demonstrates particular competencies of knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Must have specialized experience in professional social work that includes interviewing people to establish the nature and extent of their problems, helping them work-out plans for improving the situation, providing assistance and services, referring them to community resources and other organizations as indicated, and assisting them to understand and modify their own patterns of behavior when appropriate. Except as stated above, no other substitution of education for specialized experience is allowed.
- Department:
0185 Social Work - Salary Range:
$83,108 to $108,045 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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