LCSW for Portsmouth Naval Medical Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Licensed Clinical Social Worker LCSW for Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, SARP Program (Substance Abuse Rehabilitation)

OVERVIEW

This role serves as the primary mental health therapist in an outpatient setting, independently delivering diagnostic assessments and evidence-based therapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups.

Responsibilities include conducting psychosocial evaluations, providing therapeutic counseling related to medical and psychological conditions, developing discharge and follow-up care plans, coordinating with civilian health and social services, and offering crisis intervention and consultation to interdisciplinary teams.

The therapist utilizes a range of clinical modalities, such as CBT, DBT, CPT, PE, EMDR, and PCIT, to ensure effective, guideline-based treatment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Degree: Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from a program accredited by the Council of Social Work Education (CSWE) with a clinical focus.
Experience: a minimum of two (2) years of full-time post-independent licensure
Licensure : Current, full, active, and unrestricted license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in any state

DUTIES

• Independently function as the primary mental health therapist, providing assessment and therapeutic interventions in outpatient settings utilizing clinical modalities.
• Assess and treat outpatients in individual, group, couples, and family modalities, exercising professional judgment, evidence-based therapeutic interventions and clinical practice guidelines where appropriate using a wide range of social work skills to include individual and family counseling to assist patients and their families in dealing with chronic and acute diseases/injuries.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments to determine patient needs and resources (both family and community support).
• Provide counseling to patients and family in matters directly related to patient limitations, adjustment to medical conditions, and ongoing treatment. Develop and implement discharge plans, follow-up care, and transfers to other health care facilities (e.g., nursing homes, rehabilitation hospitals, and VA facilities).
• Plan and maintain referral and coordination services with civilian health and social service agencies to provide optimal patient care.
• Provide consultation services to medical, nursing, and ancillary hospital staff regarding psychosocial issues, discharge plans, and follow-up care for patients and families.
• Provide crisis intervention services.
• For this position, the clinicians' practice time is spent in the provision of in-depth mental health diagnostic evaluations and evidence-based psychotherapy. Examples of approved modalities: (i.e. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), etc.).

Hours/Schedule
M-F; 730am-430pm

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