Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Bethesda, MD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Looking for a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to join our team! We have a fantastic mix of contractors and federal employees working diligently at Walter Reed to serve our nation and our heroes. This position is on-site in Bethesda MD.

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual family and group psychotherapy and couples therapy.
Provide screenings scheduling and booking appointments clinical assessments treatment case management consultation referral and education.
Assess and resolve complex social economic and psychosocial problems that may impact on the service members and their families medical treatment as outpatients inpatients or while the service member is being evaluated for medical discharge from the service by providing behavioral health direct services to include screening assessment treatment referral consultation and education and in conjunction with DoD BH-CPGs.
Conduct biopsychosocial evaluations and provides therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling to individuals groups and families as needed to facilitate behavioral health clinical care management and optimize care.
Evaluates the individual and family systems as well as assesses patients functioning within work family and routines of daily living and identifies areas needing continued support resources and treatment in order to assist patients.
Serves as a behavioral health referral resource and subject matter expert in behavioral health related programs to the MTF staff medical staff in primary care clinics and other on-post medical settings.
Provides services for high-risk populations (service members pending medical discharge due to physical and or behavioral health injuries/illnesses service members who were wounded as a result of their military duties and the families of service members killed in action etc.).
Develops implements and maintains partnerships with Soldiers family members other healthcare providers and community resources as applicable. Develops comprehensive treatment care plans in accordance with behavioral health care standards.
Coordinates services for military members or patients who move out of the local area to ensure continuity of care. Facilitates transfer of the case to the gaining facilities behavioral health care case management resources as appropriate.
Serves as an advocate for military members and patients as needed assists with navigating healthcare systems in obtaining appropriate referrals. Some of these contacts/referrals may include communicating with physicians nurses behavioral health professionals prevention specialists family members etc. Other referrals may be acquiring resources and services dealing with financial benefits and housing issues including assisting with completing proper paperwork.
Responsible for the completion of individual workload accountability in accordance with clinic medical treatment facility and program requirements.
Participate in and/or direct research and conducts clinical investigations in behavioral health or social work.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Graduated from an Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) accredited Master of Social Work (MSW) program.
Possess and maintain a current unrestricted license to practice to work independently without clinical supervision.
Have a minimum of two (2) years within the past five (5) years in the independent practice of clinical social work providing mental health counseling therapy and intervention services to adults.
Must maintain current certification in American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers; American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Course; American Red Cross CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) for the Professional Rescuer; or equivalent.

Benefits

As a MedTrust team member you may be eligible for the following:

Great Pay
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Short and Long-term disability
Paid Time Off (PTO)
Federal Holidays Off
CEU Reimbursement
401K

Key Responsibilities

Provide individual family and group psychotherapy and couples therapy.
Provide screenings scheduling and booking appointments clinical assessments treatment case management consultation referral and education.
Assess and resolve complex social economic and psychosocial problems that may impact on the service members and their families medical treatment as outpatients inpatients or while the service member is being evaluated for medical discharge from the service by providing behavioral health direct services to include screening assessment treatment referral consultation and education and in conjunction with DoD BH-CPGs.
Conduct biopsychosocial evaluations and provides therapeutic interventions including crisis counseling to individuals groups and families as needed to facilitate behavioral health clinical care management and optimize care.
Evaluates the individual and family systems as well as assesses patients functioning within work family and routines of daily living and identifies areas needing continued support resources and treatment in order to assist patients.
Serves as a behavioral health referral resource and subject matter expert in behavioral health related programs to the MTF staff medical staff in primary care clinics and other on-post medical settings.
Provides services for high-risk populations (service members pending medical discharge due to physical and or behavioral health injuries/illnesses service members who were wounded as a result of their military duties and the families of service members killed in action etc.).
Develops implements and maintains partnerships with Soldiers family members other healthcare providers and community resources as applicable. Develops comprehensive treatment care plans in accordance with behavioral health care standards.
Coordinates services for military members or patients who move out of the local area to ensure continuity of care. Facilitates transfer of the case to the gaining facilities behavioral health care case management resources as appropriate.
Serves as an advocate for military members and patients as needed assists with navigating healthcare systems in obtaining appropriate referrals. Some of these contacts/referrals may include communicating with physicians nurses behavioral health professionals prevention specialists family members etc. Other referrals may be acquiring resources and services dealing with financial benefits and housing issues including assisting with completing proper paperwork.
Responsible for the completion of individual workload accountability in accordance with clinic medical treatment facility and program requirements.
Participate in and/or direct research and conducts clinical investigations in behavioral health or social work.

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Graduated from an Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) accredited Master of Social Work (MSW) program.
Possess and maintain a current unrestricted license to practice to work independently without clinical supervision.
Have a minimum of two (2) years within the past five (5) years in the independent practice of clinical social work providing mental health counseling therapy and intervention services to adults.
Must maintain current certification in American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers; American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Course; American Red Cross CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) for the Professional Rescuer; or equivalent.