Social Worker Family Advocacy Program

We're Looking for a skilled Social Worker Family Advocacy Program in the Commander, Navy Installations based in Kings Bay, Georgia. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of Specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS11 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: 1) Providing a short term solution to focus on the psychological and counseling needs of the clients in crisis situations 2) Counseling mental health patients on domestic violence child abuse or neglect marriage and family discord or crisis intervention and therapy 3) Performing services (e.g. safety planning case management treatment education services) related to child abuse and spouse abuse and 4) Conduct clinical assessment to identify crisis situations (e.g. suicide homicide risk danger of physical or sexual abuse to family members risk of family violence recent sexual assault). NOTE: This information must be supported in your resume to be considered for the position. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policydataoversight/classificationqualifications/generalschedulequalificationstandards/urlListbyOccupationalSeries https://www.opm.gov/policydataoversight/classificationqualifications/generalschedulequalificationstandards/0100/socialscienceseries0101/ https://www.opm.gov/policydataoversight/classificationqualifications/generalschedulequalificationstandards/0100/psychologyseries0180/ https://www.opm.gov/policydataoversight/classificationqualifications/generalschedulequalificationstandards/0100/socialworkseries0185/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. professional philanthropic religious spiritual community student social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. Additional Information (Continued): This position is a TIER THREE clinical care practitioner with clinical supervisor eligibility. Applicants must meet ALL of the following requirements as outlined in SECNAVINST 1754.8: 1. Possess at least a masters or doctoral degree in one of the following disciplines: a. Masters degree from a program accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) or an equivalent degree OR b. Masters degree from a program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) or an equivalent degree OR c. Masters degree in Social Work from a graduate school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) or an equivalent degree OR d. Doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology from an American Psychological Association (APA) accredited university or professional school and a oneyear APA accredited clinical internship 2. State or U.S. territory license or certification that provides legal authority to provide clinical services as an independent practitioner in the fields of Licensed Professional Counseling Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Social Work Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology. 3. When the state or U.S. territory licensing or certification requirements include a written examination candidates for privileging must have achieved a passing score on that examination. 4. Must have engaged in two years fulltime postmasters supervised clinical experience AND have two years fulltime clinical experience post independent licensure or certification.

What’s on Offer

The role offers excellent opportunities for top performers to further develop their competencies as a social worker and improving the lives of people.