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Overview

Clinical Social Worker, Irwin AMC Ft Riley, KS

Special incentives include:

• A recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized.

• Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

• Non-Federal work experience may be creditable for leave purposes.

Irwin Army Community Hospital (IACH) at Ft Riley is uniquely located in the rolling Flint Hills region of Northeast Kansas. Nestled between Junction City (pop. 25,000) and Manhattan (pop. 57,000), the local area has an abundance of outdoor activities where you with unlimited opportunities to fish, hike, swim, and explore!

Enjoy BigXII college sports and entertainment at Kansas State University in Manhattan; as well as a thriving night life. Experience travel simplified at the Manhattan Regional Airport or international travel through Kansas City International Airport. Manhattan has been recognized on the following for its quality of life:

. #3 on a list of Best Small Places for Business and Careers (Forbes)

. Top 10 Places to Retire (Money Magazine)

. Top 50 College Towns in America (Best College Reviews)

. Top 10 Best Places to Retire Young (CNN Money)

. Top 100 Places to Live in America (Livability)

Join #TeamIACH, your home in the Flint Hills; making Fort Riley the best place in the Army for Soldiers to live, train, deploy from, and come home to.

Our civilian team members are eligible for full federal benefits packages which include:

• 401k (TSP, 5% match)

• Retirement pension (FERS, five years to be vested)

• Health, life, long-term, vision, and dental insurance for the employee and family members

• Competitive pay, regular cost of living and time in service base salary increases.

• Performance awards

• Paid on-the-job training and developmental opportunities

• Ten paid federal holidays, ample vacation days, separate sick leave that does not expire

• Recruitment and retention incentives

• Paid relocation costs

• Free parking at work

• USO Airport Lounge Access

• Access to MWR ( services and activities which include childcare options

• Military service buy-back ( eligibility

Working for the Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off, medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer contributions. For more information, please visit the following link:

Responsibilities

MAJOR DUTIES

• Work with highly complex cases in which individuals are severely impacted by moderate to severe psychiatric diagnoses.

• Provide individual, family, and group clinical counseling services.

• Collect bio-psycho-social information about patients using interview, case history, and observation techniques, and assessment methods.

• Analyze information collected to determine psychiatric diagnosis, treatment plan and/or advisability of counseling or referral.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

US Citizenship required

This position requires credentialing. Applicants tentatively selected for this position will be required to meet credentialing requirements.

Valid state license as a clinical social worker.

Must possess a Master's degree in social work in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document ( .

Basic Requirements for Social Worker (Clinical):

Degree: Master's degree (or higher degree) in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes conducting biopsychosocial evaluations of behavioral health patients, providing individual or group clinical counseling, and developing behavioral health treatment plans or recommendations. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone-- no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

****** This position requires a current, active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license to practice Social Work independently offered by a U.S. State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth, territory, or jurisdiction.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: .

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Location US-KS-FT. RILEY

Job ID 2024-8236

# Positions 2

Category Behavioral Health

Salary Range GS-12

Recruitment Bonus Negotiable

Relocation Assistance Negotiable

Student Loan Repayment No

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