Family Advocacy - LCSW

About the role

The Family Advocacy team at F.E. Warren AFB seeks a Full-Time Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Family Advocacy) to lead care, shape prevention, and strengthen the families who serve.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the installation’s Family Advocacy Officer (FAO) directly supervising a staff consisting of social worker(s) and may include a registered nurse and support personnel.
• Integrates and organizes the Family Advocacy Program (FAP).
• Exercises responsibility for program effectiveness and promotes acceptance of the social work function.
• Functions as a clinical social worker responding to complex and frequently shifting program priorities.
• Responsible for community development and programming on an independent basis and in coordination with other base and community agencies.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
• Possess current unrestricted license to practice independently in any one of the 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Priced as an independent Licensed Clinical Social Worker within past two years
• Two years’ experience working in the field of child abuse and domestic abuse
• Meet all Medical Treatment Facility credentialing requirements
• Maintain independent active clinical privileges for the duration of employment

Qualifications

• Knowledge of a variety of social services, social work practices and theories including clinical case work, family and children protection services, and family violence prevention theory and practice
• Ability to design, implement and evaluate clinical service for the installation Family Advocacy Program
• Ability to provide case management activities occurring from initial referral and counseling, through case closure
• Skill in conducting interviews to establish nature and extent of issues to provide professional assistance to clients and determine appropriate referral services
• Ability to apply professional diagnostic skills to individuals and families and establish treatment plans

Benefits

• Retirement - Immediate coverage by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS), part of a 3-Tiered system which contains: Basic Benefits Plan Social Security Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), similar to a 401(k), automatically receive 1% agency contributions and up to 5% matching
• Paid Time Off 11 Federal Holidays 13 sick leave days accrued per year Paid Vacation Time 13-26 days per year based on length of employment
• Health Insurance No waiting period to qualify for you and your family
• US citizenship