Interdisciplinary Psychologist Social Worker

We're Looking for a skilled Interdisciplinary Psychologist Social Worker in the Commander, Navy Installations based in Little Creek Amphibious Base, Virginia. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

This position has a selective placement factor that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates. The selective placement factor is: This position is a TIER TWO clinical care practitioner. 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. Your resume must 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 consultation to installation leadership medical professionals and the command involving service/family members regarding clinical needs assessments and/or determining clinical interventions and utilizing evidencebased treatment strategies and treatment 2) Providing initial and ongoing case management services to include identification mandated and required reporting risk and lethality assessment safety planning incident assessment and domestic abuse allegations involving military medical beneficiaries including military members and families 3) Initiating developing and/or facilitating evidence based group treatment programs to address the needs of families involved in at risk for family violence such as domestic abuse offenders group and 4) Providing direct service in the form of Family Advocacy Program (FAP) case management intervention and community liaison by ensuring an effective coordinated community response for responding to allegations of child abuse/neglect and domestic abuse including situations with high risk for grievous bodily harm or lethal violence within the family. NOTE: This information must be fully supported in your resume. 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.