Social Worker

We're Looking for a skilled Social Worker in the Armed Forces Retirement Home based in Gulfport, Mississippi. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Basic Requirements: Education: You must have fulfilled all of the requirements for a masters degree in social work in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education AND Licensure: You must possess a current State or DC license to practice as an Independent Practitioner. Only a Clinical Social Worker license or an Independent Clinical Social Worker license are qualifying for this position. Licenses for Certified Social Worker or Master Social Worker are not qualifying for this position. You must have substantial experience in a healthcare setting in dealing with geriatric population dementia and/or medical and psychiatric social work skills and experience AND Licensure: You must qualify for and maintain credentials in the Healthcare Services Department as an Independent Healthcare Provider. AND Specialized experience for the GS11: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes: Providing admission preparation assessment counseling daytoday assistance initiation and revision of care plans and integrated services to effectively coordinate resident/patient care within a geriatric population. OR you may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree in a related field or 3 years of progressively higherlevel graduate education leading to such a degree in a related field or LL.M. if related. OR you may qualify on a combination of education and experience: To combine education and experience the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. SPECIAL NOTE: Longterm care experience and/or interacting with geriatric patients is highly desired.

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.