Platinum Business Corporation, provides experienced and committed health care personnel and related health care services to the federal government and private industry. With screening procedures and qualifying standards that are both rigorous and extensive, we furnish the most appropriate and skilled provider available with a service that places a premium on active recruitment and retention.  

Outstanding Clinical Social Worker – LCSW Opportunity at Patrick AFB, Melbourne, FL

* Excellent Pay & Benefits!

* Full Time Position Days, Monday - Friday!

* NO Weekends!  NO Holidays!

* PTO!  10 Paid Federal Holidays! 

* Malpractice Insurance Provided

DUTIES:  Include, but are not limited to the following:

* Responsible for and apply social work procedures and techniques in the evaluation and treatment of psychological/psychiatric disorders.  Activities include, but are not limited to, the following:  1) Responsible for and provide individual, family and group psychotherapy, and couples therapy.  2) Consult to medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders and school districts, as required.  3) Maintain accurate and current notes in both the Mental Health records and patient medical records of all patients seen, as appropriate, and produce reports of evaluation and/or treatment, as required.

* Child, Adolescent and Family Social Work Services.

Evaluation.  Evaluate children from infancy through adolescence, to include conducting child and family interviews.  Perform psychosocial evaluations to assess and/or treat emotional/behavior problems, educational/academic problems, attention problems, organic disorders, eating disorders, psychotic disorders, social and interpersonal dysfunction, physical/sexual/emotional abuse and neglect, personality dysfunction and drug/alcohol abuse.

Treatment.  Provide treatment across a range of modalities to include Psychotherapy, play, group and family therapy with all aged children and adolescents.  Treat children and adolescents with adjustment disorders, oppositional and non-compliant behavior, attention deficit disorders, anxiety disorders and phobias, eating disorders, elimination disorders, school-related problems, developmental delay, pervasive developmental disorders, childhood psychosis and affective disorders, abuse and other trauma (either psychological or physical), and support the psychological management of medical problems.  Provide varied levels of intervention, including individual, parent and family therapy.

Consultation.  Consult with other individuals and organizations to include other hospital services (e.g., Pediatrics, Neurology, Social Work), public schools, courts, the Exceptional Family Member Program and social services agencies regarding specific case management and programmatic issues affecting children and families.  Provide consultation and feedback to parents in order to relay results of treatment.  Collaborate with other professionals in order to provide social work services to children, and in making interventions within the child's psychosocial environment.  Provide consultation which includes not only traditional clinical interventions that emphasize delimiting and remediating psychopathology in children and adolescents, but prevention, and the encouragement of psychological health.

Training.  Attend and provide didactic seminars in the areas of normal growth and development, consultation-liaison and psychotherapeutic approaches to child psychopathology.

* Provide consultation and workshops with parents, schools, hospital staff, and other personnel who work with children and adolescents on the theory and practice of working with this population.  Provide training to clinical psychology residents and post-doctoral child psychology fellows, as required.

* Research.  Participate in and/or direct research and conducts clinical investigations in social work and/or child and adolescent psychology. 

* Education: Must hold a Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) degree from a school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). 

* Licensure: Maintain a current, unrestricted clinical license to practice social work in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.  A clinical social work license is defined as a license that allows the Social Worker to practice independently without clinical supervision. 

* Experience: Have a minimum of two (2) years within the past five (5) years in the independent practice of clinical social work in a mental health setting working with an adult population, or with children and teens if specifically working with that population.

* Certification: Possess and maintain a current BLS certification (American Heart Association – Healthcare Provider).

* Other Required Abilities, Knowledge & Experience:

Must possess the ability to independently: 1) Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational, and other diversified backgrounds.  2) Provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services to individuals, groups, and families.  3) Provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosocial needs of patients and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment.  4) Evaluate own practice through participation in a professional peer review case conferences or other organized means.

Must possess the knowledge and experience to: 1) Use computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, and tracking, especially those programs in use by DoD.  2) Use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures.  This includes acute, chronic and traumatic illness/injuries, common medications and their effects/side effects, and medical terminology.  3) Implement treatment modalities in working with individuals, families and groups who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems to achieve treatment goals.  4) Demonstrate a working knowledge of professional standards and ethics regarding the delivery of clinical social work services.

* Must be a U.S citizen and have the ability to pass a background check and security clearance.

Staffing and Scheduling:

* Services shall be provided between the hours of 0700 hours to 1700 hours Monday through Friday, to include an eight (8) hour shift and a one (1) hour uncompensated lunch that will be given during the shift as determined by the clinic.