LCSW to support Military Families as a Family Advocacy Intervention Specialist (FAIS)

Job Description

The FAIS functions as the FAP prevention facilitator and coordinator in addition to providing primary treatment services for assigned maltreatment and FAST cases, coordinating services for families and monitoring client participation and progress utilizing the modalities of social casework, and for psychotherapy and psycho-educational interventions.

• Directs the development and implementation of prevention services.
• Provides community behavioral health education.
• Provides family violence education.
• Provides prevention training (annually, to new personnel and leadership personnel).
• Provides resource finding and service linking.
• Provides prevention program interventions to promote protective factors and to address maltreatment risk factors.

General Job Information

Title

LCSW to support Military Families as a Family Advocacy Intervention Specialist (FAIS)

Grade

22

Job Family

Federal Contracts Group

Country

United States of America

FLSA Status

United States of America (Exempt)

Recruiting Start Date

10/1/2019

Date Requisition Created

10/1/2019

Work Experience

Behavioral Health, Clinical

Education

Masters (Required)

License and Certifications - Required

LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Care Mgmt

License and Certifications - Preferred

Other Job Requirements

Responsibilities

• U.S. licensed clinical Social Worker.
• Master’s degree from a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited school.
• Two years of full-time post-master’s degree experience (within the last three years) in professional clinical counseling service programs to men, women, and children who are abusive or abused.
• Must also have experience as a group therapy facilitator or co-leader.
• Two years’ experience working with children, families, and groups in clinical or community organization settings; or as program manager, with demonstrated responsibilities in program planning with implementation of education and intervention services, and community collaboration.
• Experience working with professionals and agencies that provide community support and counseling intervention services to children and families.
• Before starting work, FAP personnel working with MTFs shall provide proof of immunization from the following diseases according to CDC guidelines: Hepatitis B, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and influenza, and proof of a negative TB skin test (completed within the past 12 months (if positive, proof of negative chest X-ray within the past 12 months) prior to start of work).

 

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