Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Spectrum Healthcare Resources has a potential opportunity for a Licensed Social Worker (LCSW) at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas

This contract position offers:

8,10 or 12 hour shifts - Includes weekend, holiday, evening, and night shift (7:00am - 8:00pm)
• Paid Time Off and other great benefits
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Exciting opportunity to care for our active-duty military, veterans, and their families

Requirements:

• Degree: Master's degree in Social Work (MSW)
• Education: Graduate from a School of Social Work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• Experience: Possess a minimum of one year of experience performing as a full-time LCSW during the last two years
• Licensure: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Additional Certification: Possess a current Basic Life Support (BLS)

Responsibilities /Duties:

• Duties shall consist of, but are not limited to, the following:
• The LCSW may be involved with seeing service members who score low, moderate, or high on the Behavioral Health Screening tools in use. The purpose will be to determine if the service member is able to return from active duty to his/her home of record with a referral for continued services at home or need to stay at Ft. Bliss for continued counseling and/or treatment.
• Provide initial screening of service members who screened positive to the Behavioral Health. Screen deploying SM using COCOM requirements to determine eligibility for deployment. Review waivers to determine if they meet COCOM requirements.
• The LCSW will make clinical decisions on the need for further counseling and/or treatment.
• Assess a high volume of clients to determine extent of their issues and if the issues require further assessment and potential treatment.
• Consult with supervisor or CP to determine best course of action for the service member and his/her unit of assignment and their mission.
• Discuss pertinent issues with the Commanders and First Sergeants as applicable within the HIPAA guidelines.
• Use of telecommunications and information technologies to provide health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, consultation, education, and health-related information across distances.
• Document services provided. Maintain documentation of all service provided in accordance with applicable directives and prepare such records and reports as may be required by the policy.
• Ensure all documentation and reports are legible and complete. The CP shall prepare all documentation to meet or exceed established standards to include but not limited to timeliness, legibility, accuracy, content and signature.
• Crisis intervention (contact hospital for transport or call MP's. Referral to VHA as appropriate.
• Complete each encounter at the end of the day and appropriately close the record no later than 24 hours.
• Shall see the patient per hour average of the other collective CPs, unless affected by circumstances beyond their control, which shall be reported to the Section OIC/NCOIC or designee.
• Shall comply with all MTF productivity standards and maintain a level of productivity comparable with that of other individuals performing similar services.
• Shall abide by all clinical standards, rules, and procedures including requirements for licensure, credentialing, and quality assurance programs.
• Shall comply with all health requirements, immunizations, and vaccinations.
• Shall complete all DoD, DHA, and MTF-specified training requirements.
• Shall personally record hours worked in the Defense Medical Human Resources System - internet (DMHRSi) system, or other system, as required by the MTF.