Supervisory Social Worker Or Psychologist

We're Looking for a skilled Supervisory Social Worker Or Psychologist in the Commander, Navy Installations based in Newport, Rhode Island. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

This position is a TIER THREE clinical care provider. Applicants must meet all of the following qualifications as outlined in SECNAVINST 1754.7A: State or U.S. territory license or certification that provides legal authority to provide clinical services as an independent practitioner. 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. A. Possess at least a masters degree in one of following clinical fields: Marriage and Family Therapy from a program accredited by Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education or an equivalent degree OR Psychology from a doctoral program approved by APA or an equivalent degree. OR Social Work from a school accredited by Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) or an equivalent degree OR Have engaged in 2 years that includes at least 2000 hours fulltime postmasters supervised clinical experience. Two years post licensure that includes at least 2000 hours post licensure or 4000 hours post graduate degree fulltime clinical experience in a clinical setting. In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of 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 and overseeing the provision of comprehensive psychosocial evaluations risk assessments treatment plans and crisis intervention services 2) Utilizing knowledge of dynamics and diagnostic skills necessary for identification of child abuse and domestic abuse and effective intervention strategies including risk assessment and safety planning 3) Practicing family violence treatment principles for victims and various clinical modalities such as behavior modification clientcentered rationalemotive family systems brief solutionfocused and traumainformed therapies and applying these treatment options and 4) Exercising human resource management policies and procedures as well as the application and support of EEO programs in the workplace. 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/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.

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.