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AFSC 42S4, Staff
AFSC 42S3, Qualified
AFSC 42S1, Entry

Specialty Summary. Explores basic personality structure in relationship to developing behavioral patterns, mechanisms, and symptoms. Applies principles, knowledge, and practice of professional social work to provide social diagnosis, treatment, research, consultation, and preventive social service programs for individuals, families, groups, and organizations in military community. Related DoD Occupational Group: 6H.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Plans, manages, and provides social service in mental health, medical, correctional, Children Have a Potential, and Child Advocacy, and any other professional military setting. Uses social case work, therapy techniques, administration, community organization, consultation, teaching, research, planning, and coordinated military and civilian health, education, and welfare services to assist eligible personnel. Supervises and directs social work staff to prepare social histories and provide social services within their level of competence. Develops social work staff training programs to ensure uniformly high standards for the social service activities of craftsmen personnel. Assesses and plans for the social needs of individuals, families, groups, and organizations in military community.

Coordinates social service activities and maintains liaison with military and civilian resources. Provides consultation on social aspects of policies, procedures, and services to medical staff, commanders, base agencies, volunteers, major commands, and other installations of assignment. Administers and oversees social service programs. Assists in, or develops resources and social service programs.

Conducts research and training. Conducts and participates in research appropriate to professional training and expertise. Develops and maintains an active information program designed to apprise community of their social needs and resources available to assist with these problems. Trains social work students in affiliation with a university graduate social work program, and engages in education and training of other professional medical personnel.

Specialty Qualifications:

Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of social services policies, procedures, and resources.

Education. For entry into this specialty, a Master’s degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work is mandatory.

Training. None.

Experience. For award of AFSC 42S3, a minimum of 24 months of experience in clinical social work assignments is mandatory.

Other. None.

Specialty Shredouts:

None

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Above Information Derived from AFMAN 36-2105