**Job Responsibilities and Specific Functions: **
The Healthcare Worker (HCW) will execute a range of specialized tasks, including but not limited to:
- **Coordination of Referrals
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- Facilitate connections to relevant community resources and government agencies to optimize patient services.
- **Psychosocial Assessment and Treatment Planning
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- Conduct independent assessments of patients' and families' psychosocial dynamics, formulating and implementing targeted treatment plans that leverage patients’ strengths and address their challenges, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- **Diverse Psychosocial Interventions
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- Independently perform psychosocial evaluations and deliver therapeutic interventions to a broad spectrum of clients from varied socio-economic, cultural, and educational backgrounds.
- **Clinical Knowledge Application
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- Employ knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment methodologies, encompassing both acute and chronic conditions, as well as understanding of pharmacological interventions and medical terminology.
- **Treatment Modalities Implementation
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- Apply various treatment strategies for individuals, families, and groups facing psychiatric, medical, and social challenges to achieve defined therapeutic objectives.
- **Psychotherapy Services
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- Provide counseling and psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups while adhering to licensing regulations.
- **Consultation to Staff
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- Offer expert consultation regarding the psychosocial needs of patients and the implications of psychosocial issues on healthcare delivery and treatment adherence.
- **Engagement in Professional Development Activities
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- Actively participate in peer review case discussions, research initiatives, and other relevant organizational activities at the Military Treatment Facility (MTF).
- **Direct and Indirect Patient Services
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- Deliver comprehensive services to both inpatient and outpatient populations. - **Crisis
- Intervention:*
- Provide timely and effective crisis intervention as needed.
- **Public Speaking and Education
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- Responsively engage with military and community entities to fulfill requests for lectures and presentations, proactively identifying opportunities to deliver educational programs for service members and their families.
- **Resource Navigation
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- Act as a human services broker, utilizing clinical judgment and knowledge of local resources to facilitate information and referrals for patients and healthcare providers.
**Work Schedule
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- - Full-time, Monday through Friday, with shifts ranging from 8.5 to 10.5 hours between 6:00
- AM and 8:00 PM. A 30-minute break is included. - No weekend, holiday, or on-call responsibilities.
**Minimum Qualifications: **
- **Education
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- Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
- **Experience
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- Demonstrated clinical competency within the last two years in the specified clinical discipline relevant to the position.
- **Licensure
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- Active, unrestricted Licensed Clinical Social Worker license.
- **Life Support Certification
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- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from AHA or ARC.
- **Security Clearance
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- Ability to successfully pass a government background check/security clearance.
