Social Worker Clinical

We're Looking for a skilled Social Worker Clinical in the U.s. Army Medical Command based in Landstuhl, Germany. Read through the job description to see if it matches your current experience.

The Successful Applicant

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional philanthropic religious spiritual community student social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience if qualifying based on education your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Basic Requirement for Social Worker (Clinical): Degree: Masters degree (or higher degree) in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. In addition to meeting the basic requirement above to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting biopsychosocial evaluations for behavioral health patients developing behavioral health treatment plans and providing diagnosis of behavioral health symptoms. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS11).Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution of education for experience is permitted. Licensure: This position requires a current active valid and unrestricted clinical license to practice Social Work independently offered by a U.S. State District of Columbia Commonwealth territory or jurisdiction. This position may be scheduled to transfer to the Defense Health Agency (DHA) at a date to be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 702 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 Public Law 114328. The Act directed the DHA to take responsibility for the administration (i.e. authority direction and control) of military treatment facilities beginning 1 Oct 18. Employees will become DoD employees upon transfer to the DHA Due to COVID19 the agency is currently in an expanded telework posture. If selected you may be expected to temporarily telework even if your home is located outside the local commuting area. Once employees are permitted to return to the office you will be expected to report to the duty station listed on this announcement within a designated time frame identified by the organization. At that time you may be eligible to request to continue to telework one or more days a pay period depending upon the terms of the agencys telework policy. Information may be requested regarding the vaccination status of selectees for the purposes of implementing workplace safety protocols. For more information visit https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/faq/vaccinations/

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.