Special Operations Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Suicide Prevention (Fort Bragg, NC)

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Engage all quality improvement and staff meetings, conferences  

• Conduct applied research and clinical investigations in clinical/behavioral health/organizational social work.  

• Consult with medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders and school districts as required.  

• Maintain accurate medical records of all patients seen and produces reports of evaluation and/or treatment.  

• Participate in military specific training.  This position may include clinical supervision of unlicensed providers or trainees.  

• May be required to perform some, or all, of the following activities: Participates in and successfully completes required DoD or service required training; Contact referred patients to assess treatment adherence; Use validated symptom inventories to assess current symptom severity; Assess barriers to treatment adherence and help patient problem-solve solutions to barriers; Provide patients with education regarding their mental health condition and treatment regimen; maintain patient information in a patient registry; maintain accurate and current notes in the electronic medical records of all patients contacted for review by the managing physician; Routinely staffs difficult cases with the referring provider, behavioral health consultant and/or psychiatry consultant; and Performs case management functions.  

Required Education/Experience/Skills/Training:  

• Position requires U.S. Citizenship.  

• This position requires a Secret Clearance or Top Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain a clearance. 

• Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) or equivalent (MSSW, MSSA) degree from a graduate school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).  

• Maintain a current, unrestricted clinical license to independently practice social work in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.  

• Maintain credentialing requirements in good standing at a local MTF.  

• Minimum of two (2) years within the past five (5) years in the independent practice of clinical social work in a mental health setting. 

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of professional standards and ethics regarding the delivery of clinical social work services.  

• Experience in brief behavioral interventions.  

• May be required to receive and maintain clinical practice privileges. 

• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English.  

• Experience working in a Government setting such a DOD or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MTF.  

• Must maintain current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) by the American Heart Association; must provide front and back proof of all training/certs/documentation. 

Standard Company Requirements:  

• Must comply with Safety, Health and Environmental plan, policies and procedures.  

• Must comply with the Quality Assurance plan, policies and procedures.  

• Must maintain regular and acceptable attendance.  

• Responsible for completing all required training.  

• Perform other assignments and duties, as required.