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Special Ops Psychological/Mental Health Technician (1 SOW/Hurlburt Field, FL)
The Psychological Mental Health Technician shall assist with the management and treatment of outpatient behavioral health activities.

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KBR maintains a highly qualified workforce to help care for service people and astronauts. We are looking for a Special Operations Licensed Clinical Social Worker to join the team who is responsible for integrating the physical, mental and psychological wellness of our service members and their families, with a focus on Suicide Prevention.
This Special Operations Licensed Clinical Social Worker will function within an operational unit, as a Behavioral Health Care Provider and is responsible for the application of social work procedures and techniques, including interviewing, behavioral assessment, and evidenced-based therapies, in the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological and neuropsychological disorders using the following skills: individual, family and group psychotherapy, couple’s therapy, alcohol and drug treatment evaluations.

Required Education/Experience/Skills/Training:

• Position requires U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a Secret Clearance or Top Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain a clearance.
• Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) or equivalent (MSSW, MSSA) degree from a graduate school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• Maintain a current, unrestricted clinical license to independently practice social work in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Maintain credentialing requirements in good standing at a local MTF.
• A minimum of two (2) years peer-reviewable clinical social work experience in a mental health setting.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of professional standards and ethics regarding the delivery of clinical social work services.
• Experience in brief behavioral interventions.
• May be required to receive and maintain clinical practice privileges.
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Must maintain current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) by the American Heart Association; must provide front and back proof of all training/certs/documentation

Desired Education/Experience/Skills/Training:

• Experience working in a Government setting such a DOD or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MTF

Standard Company Requirements:

• Must comply with Safety, Health and Environmental plan, policies and procedures.
• Must comply with the Quality Assurance plan, policies and procedures.
• Must maintain regular and acceptable attendance.
• Responsible for completing all required training.
• Perform other assignments and duties, as required

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Primarily responsible, under the supervision of a licensed psychiatrist, social worker, psychiatric nurse or psychologist, for providing a wide range of behavioral health interventions from prevention to treatment to individuals and who assigns work by defining objectives, priorities, and deadlines, and provides guidance on assignments that do not have clear precedents.
• Under the supervision of a credentialed provider, conduct intakes, assist with care and treatment of psychiatric, drug and alcohol patients, and counsel clients/patients with personal, behavioral or psychological problems.
• Accomplish work on a substantially independent basis, performing a full range of standard and nonstandard work assignments and resolving a variety of non-recurring problems encountered on own initiative. Extensive guidelines are available; however, the contractor must use judgment in locating and selecting the most appropriate guideline for application to the work situation at hand. Unusual matters, which may not be specifically covered by policy statements or published regulations, shall be referred to the Government supervisor.
• Observe patients to detect behavior patterns and reports observations to licensed behavioral health staff.
• Lead prescribed individual or group therapy sessions as part of specific therapeutic procedures under the guidance of a licensed mental health professional.
• As needed, complete initial intake interviews and complete required forms for new patients on behalf of the licensed mental health provider.
• Collect and maintain monthly statistical data assigned work place.
• Conduct intake interviews under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional.
• Administers psychological tests, compiles data and prepares reports for psychological testing under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.
• Administer psychophysiological tests and assessments under the supervision of a licensed medical/mental health professional
• Populate and maintain a computerized database that will contain the listing of all units within the HQ organization and identify the number of service members assigned to each unit/Directorate in order to compile monthly training statistics.
• Prepare daily correspondence (i.e., training agendas, meeting agendas, purchase orders, clinical appointments).
• Collect and maintain monthly statistical data assigned work place.
• Prepare and maintain attendance rosters and statistical data for all active duty personnel who attended Social Work/Behavioral Health services.
• Assist in developing program-operating instructions, works with providers to uncover inefficiencies, and makes recommendations for corrective action.
• Make comparison reviews, to include office time sheets, to ensure program operations are managed within budget.
• Be responsible for the development and implementation of appointment templates for clinical providers.
• Place physical maintenance work orders and maintain hand receipts for physical property and inventory. Ensure proper supply stock levels and reorder as necessary including specialized behavioral health forms and tests.
• Duties also involve assisting or independently gathering data for various presentations such as process improvements initiatives, longitudinal statistical tracking, hospitalizations, and discharges. Manipulates data and presents it using off the shelf software applications. Provide information via telephone and in person to the members of the Command, the professional staff, civilian and military personnel in response to inquiries regarding appointments.
• Interface frequently with the Command’s family support organizations.
• Maintain competency folders in accordance with program policy.
• Coordinate attendance and agenda at Case Review Committee with military and civilian agencies.
• Coordinate and reserve meeting location, verifies attendance and prepares current and tentative following weeks agenda.
• Prepare open and closed case reports for required special handling of outpatient medical records in accordance with regulations.
• Maintain a resource library for use by professional staff and customers. Library materials are selected with the intent of providing knowledge, ideas and support to practitioners in the fields of education, clinical social work and family studies.
• Provide services to families desiring information on healthy family life and parenting skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engage all quality improvement and staff meetings, conferences
• Conduct applied research and clinical investigations in clinical/behavioral health/organizational social work.
• Consult with medical personnel, legal authorities, military commanders and school districts as required.
• Maintain accurate medical records of all patients seen and produces reports of evaluation and/or treatment.
• Participate in military specific training. This position may include clinical supervision of unlicensed providers or trainees.
• May be required to perform some, or all, of the following activities: Participates in and successfully completes required DoD or service required training; Contact referred patients to assess treatment adherence; Use validated symptom inventories to assess current symptom severity; Assess barriers to treatment adherence and help patient problem-solve solutions to barriers; Provide patients with education regarding their mental health condition and treatment regimen; maintain patient information in a patient registry; maintain accurate and current notes in the electronic medical records of all patients contacted for review by the managing physician; Routinely staffs difficult cases with the referring provider, behavioral health consultant and/or psychiatry consultant; and Performs case management functions.

Required Education/Experience/Skills/Training:

• Position requires U.S. Citizenship.
• This position requires a Secret Clearance or Top Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain a clearance.
• Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) or equivalent (MSSW, MSSA) degree from a graduate school of social work fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).
• Maintain a current, unrestricted clinical license to independently practice social work in any one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Maintain credentialing requirements in good standing at a local MTF.
• A minimum of two (2) years peer-reviewable clinical social work experience in a mental health setting.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of professional standards and ethics regarding the delivery of clinical social work services.
• Experience in brief behavioral interventions.
• May be required to receive and maintain clinical practice privileges.
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Must maintain current certification in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) by the American Heart Association; must provide front and back proof of all training/certs/documentation.

Desired Education/Experience/Skills/Training:

• Experience working in a Government setting such a DOD or Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) MTF.

Standard Company Requirements:

• Must comply with Safety, Health and Environmental plan, policies and procedures.
• Must comply with the Quality Assurance plan, policies and procedures.
• Must maintain regular and acceptable attendance.
• Responsible for completing all required training.
• Perform other assignments and duties, as required.