Clinical Social Worker

Quick Facts

• Role: Clinical Social Worker

• Focus: Clinical social work across the continuum of care for individuals, families, and groups

Description

Provide professional clinical social work services including comprehensive biopsychosocial and mental health assessments, crisis intervention, counseling, and case management. Coordinate referrals and continuity of care, consult with medical and behavioral health staff on psychosocial factors, and document clinical services. Respond to urgent and emergent mental health and psychosocial crises in clinical, community, emergent, or youth residential treatment settings.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial and mental health assessments and formulate diagnostic impressions using accepted clinical frameworks

• Respond to urgent and emergent mental health and psychosocial crises

• Provide clinical case management for complex medical, behavioral, social, environmental, and cultural determinants of health

• Provide individual and group counseling to patients

• Consult with medical, behavioral health, and administrative staff regarding psychosocial and behavioral health factors impacting care

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship

• Master’s degree in social work with practicum from a CSWE-accredited program

• Specialized experience (GS-09 or GS-11 level) as described in the posting, including assessments, care coordination, referrals, discharge planning, and documentation

• Current, unrestricted U.S. state license as LISW, LCSW, or CISW (LMSW does not authorize independent clinical practice at GS-11)

• Successful completion of a federal background investigation

• Pass E-Verify employment verification

• Comply with IHS immunization requirements for healthcare workers

• Selective Service registration (if applicable) and ability to meet administrative employment requirements (including direct deposit)

• Provide two valid forms of identification (REAL ID compliance if state ID/driver’s license)

• Financial suitability: demonstrate financial responsibility and resolve delinquent/unresolved obligations

Benefits

Federal employment benefits apply (see agency benefits information).