Deployed Resiliency Counselor

Summary

The Deployed Resiliency Counselor (DRC) will serve as a credentialed clinical counselor in support of a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier (CVN) or Large Deck Amphibious Ship/Landing Helicopter Assault Ship (LHD/LHA) Command deploying with the ship they are assigned to and continuing to hold office hours on the ship when at homeport. The DRC provides short-term focused counseling for life situations and education on various topics in a shipboard environment both in port and at sea.

NBK N91

Duties

Counseling advocacy consultation and training duties comprise 75% of incumbents time include but are not limited to:

• Provides stress and anger management; life skills; effective communication; parenting education; successful adaptation to military life; child abuse or domestic abuse identification/prevention; prevention of interpersonal violence workshops; suicide prevention; and a wide range of other training and group sessions geared toward enhancing readiness prevention and resiliency.
• Develops and executes short-term solution-focused clinical counseling treatment plans for individuals who request such services and who present commonly occurring life circumstance issues.
• Provides individual and group counseling services to individuals couples families or groups.
• Refers clients who present with issues falling outside the authorized scope of care within Fleet and Family Support Programs to military or civilian behavioral health providers.
• Provides critical incident intervention when requested.
• Assesses and triages clients presenting with a risk of harm to self or others with appropriate referral to the nearest behavioral health provider.
• Receives and assesses referrals made by military and civilian agencies.
• Maintains case records and metrics in the Fleet and Family Support Management Information System (FFSMIS) and statistics in accordance with Navy policies and regulations complying with FFSC clinical quality standards and Counseling and Advocacy Program Desk Guides.
• Provides safety assessment safety planning and triage of allegations of alleged child or domestic abuse referring allegations requiring Family Advocacy Program (FAP) involvement to the homeport FFSC once immediate safety concerns have been addressed.
• Provides individual or group treatment in coordination with FAP SAPR and Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) program case managers and response coordinators.
• Serves as the commands SAIL case manager in coordination with the homeport FFSC.
• Develops unique trainings/classes based on the needs of the command.
• Serves as command liaison supporting referrals to FFSC Counseling and other FFR Programs.
• Communicates directly with the ships leadership triad regarding command climate individual service members and provides updates regarding FAP and SAIL programs.
• Attends senior leadership meetings.
• Engages in collaboration with various command stakeholders (e.g. department head work center supervisor legal and medical personnel safety officer chaplains etc.) to provide consultation regarding overall command health and wellness initiatives and to support interventions with individual service members.
• Participates in Command Resiliency Team (CRT) initiatives aiding and providing insight into active-duty wellness programs.
• May be required to travel other ports or ships within the region to provide coverage or victim assistance.

Sexual assault response coordination/training and consultation duties comprise 25% of incumbents time and include but are not limited to:

• Serves as a liaison to the homeport SARC while deployed.
• Receives all training required of a SARC; however the homeport SARC shall have the responsibility for overall case management and case entry into the Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID).
• Ensures cases are transferred to the homeport SARC expeditiously and that victim confidentiality is maintained.
• Provides an immediate response and coordination for allegations of sexual assault which includes receiving the restricted or unrestricted report assuring the victim is assigned a SAPR Victim Advocate and is offered medical care and completing required notifications.
• Provides sexual assault awareness and prevention training when deployed as requested.
• Communicates directly with the ships Commanding Officer to provide regular update regarding SAPR implementation and assist with meeting annual SAPR training requirements.
• Provides SAPR training including training for SAPR Victim Advocates while deployed as requested by Command.
• May serve as the behavioral health representative for the sexual assault Case Management Group (CMG).
• Required to be trained in all positions within the SAPR program.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Due to the unique nature of the position selectees will be required to complete a physical examination upon entry to duty and annually thereafter and be determined to be physical fit for shipboard duty at all times.
• Due to worldwide travel all required vaccinations including the anthrax vaccination may be required as a condition of employment per DoD requirements.
• Candidate must successfully complete a formal background check and maintain security suitability requirement.
• Regular and recurring work performed sitting at a desk and sitting in conferences and meetings.
• Must complete one-year probationary period (unless already completed)
• Completion of DoD Sexual Assault Advocate Certification within 6-months of hire
• Must possess and maintain a valid state drivers license
• Must apply and maintain a US No-Fee Passport upon employment

Qualifications

• Licensure/certification by a state or U.S. territory that provides legal authority to provide clinical services as an independent practitioner in the fields of Licensed Professional Counseling Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Social Work Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology.
• Minimum of two years (at least 2000) full-time post masters supervised clinical experience.
• Minimum of two years full time post-license clinical experience.
• OSD FAP standards also require two years of experience working in the field of child abuse and domestic abuse.

The following Knowledge Skills and Abilities are required for the position in addition to the education/experience requirements.

• Knowledge of military language customs and culture to include navigating shipboard dynamics.
• Knowledge of the dynamics of sexual assault.
• Knowledge of Department of Defense (DoD) and Navy SAPR program guidance along with local state and federal laws and military regulations pertaining to victims of sexual assault.
• Knowledge of the dynamics of family violence along with local state and federal laws pertaining to victims and offenders of family violence.
• Knowledge of DoD FAP guidance and military regulations pertaining to victims and offenders of family violence.
• Independent clinical skills and sound judgment necessary to provide assessment triage referral and case management of clients presenting with a risk of harm to themselves or others.
• Skill in the use of Microsoft Office Programs (e.g. Word Excel Power Point Outlook).
• Ability to enter data accurately in required management reports.
• Ability to understand be sensitive to and have empathy for victims.
• Ability to develop trusting helping relationships and to work effectively with individuals and families from diverse racial ethnic religious and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Ability to intervene in crises using sound professional judgment ethical practice and common sense.
• Ability to work cooperatively with military and civilian medical social services law enforcement and legal personnel on behalf of victims.
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries and ethics to the highest extent when interacting with Sailors while deployed and in port in order to assure that no harm is done to clients due to the inappropriate crossing of professional boundaries.
• Ability to work with military families.
• Ability to adapt to changing work conditions frequent interruptions and pressures of short deadlines.
• Ability to perform concurrent tasks set priorities coordinate completion within required deadlines and formulate plans of action and milestones for task accomplishment.
• Ability to analyze issues that identify best courses of action determines potential organizational impacts maintain awareness of barriers impeding mission accomplishment and recommends corrective actions.
• Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing with all levels of management staff and military personnel and their families.
• Ability to develop implement and deliver training in both in-person and virtual environments.

Education

• Minimum of a masters degree from an accredited program in one of the following clinical fields: Social Work Marriage and Family Therapy or a doctorate in Psychology.
• Current valid unrestricted state licensure or certification that provides legal authority to provide clinical services as an independent practitioner.
• Minimum of two years (at least 2000) full-time post masters supervised clinical experience.
• Minimum of two years full time post-license clinical experience.

The following documents are required and must be submitted with application :

• Minimum of a masters degree from an accredited program in one of the following clinical fields: Social Work Marriage and Family Therapy or a doctorate in Psychology.
• Transcripts (Must contain university logo can be a copy)
• State Licensure or Certification
• Minimum of a masters degree from an accredited program in one of the following clinical fields: Social Work Marriage and Family Therapy or a doctorate in Psychology.
• Current valid unrestricted state licensure or certification that provides legal authority to provide clinical services as an independent practitioner.

Additional information

The incumbent will be required to deploy at sea on board US Navy ships. Deployment lengths will vary from a few days to over 10 months at a time. The incumbent will receive a deployment differential of 40% of his/her salary while deployed. Regions may approve additional compensatory time-off based on a sliding scale depending on length of deployment. The work schedule while deployed will vary depending on requirements. The incumbent will be on call 24 hours a day while deployed for crisis intervention situations.

At sea the incumbent shares a stateroom in officer berthing; meals are obtained by joining the Officers Mess as a paying member and meals are purchased by monthly billing.

This position is mission essential. The incumbent may be required to travel deploy or provide services at homeport during a variety of crises and disasters including serving during times of world conflict natural disasters accidents man-made crises and other situations as an extension of the FFSC mass care and crisis response program.

This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 60 days of issuance of selection certificate. For positions requiring travel more than twice per year selectee may be required to obtain and maintain in good standing a Government-issued Travel Card for official government travel purposes.

Participation in the Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within 30 days of employment is required. We utilize E-Verify to confirm selectees eligibility to work in the United States. The Department of the Navy (DON) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race color national origin religion sex age mental or physical disability genetic information reprisal marital status political affiliation sexual orientation or any other non-merit factor.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.