On-Site Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Skillbridge Internship

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On-Site Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Skillbridge Internship

At KBR we are committed to our nation's Military and Veteran's through our partnerships with Hiring our Hero's and DoD Skillbridge. We attract the best minds in the world because our expertise thrives on creativity, resourcefulness, and collaboration.

Our Science and Space Business Unit supports US Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) Preservation of The Force and Family (POTFF). Through POTFF, KBR provides embedded resources to Special Operation Forces (SOF) and their families around the world. Our KBR team is looking for transitioning service members who are eligible and interested in DoD Skillbridge opportunities to intern as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In this role, you will be responsible for the application of social work procedures and techniques, including interviewing, behavioral assessment, and evidenced-based therapies, in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological and neuropsychological disorders using the following skills: individual, family and group psychotherapy, couple's therapy, alcohol and drug treatment evaluations.

These Skillbridge opportunities are filling full-time positions on POTFF in partnership with the local command leadership. Our goal is to provide you a full-time offer once you have successfully completed your Skillbridge Internship!

We currently have opportunities in the following locations:

Cannon AFB, NM

Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA

Hurlburt Field, FL

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:

• 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.

• 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.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.