PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF)

Full Job Description

This is a Washington National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service Technician position: PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF) Location: Washington Joint Support Services CAMP MURRAY, Washington 98430 Army National Guard Units Appointment Type: Temporary, Indefinite, excepted service Advertised as: Title 5 May be used to fill one or more vacancies.

*Ensure you read this announcement in its entirety, complete all application requirements, and your USA Jobs profile name is accurate* GENERAL EXPERIENCE: N/A SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience with degree or 48 months without degree (Ref Education Section), education or training analyzing problems, identifying significant factors, gathering pertinent data and recognizing solutions; preparing reports, plans, policies and various correspondence; evaluating objectives and develop plans to facilitate the availability and effective utilization of various social science resources.

Must have knowledge of the organization and its mission and utilized the organizational staff procedures.

Experience applying analytical and evaluative techniques to issues or studies concerning the efficiency and effectiveness of social science program operations carried out by administrative or professional personnel, or substantive administrative support functions.

-OR- 1 year specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

***Note: If this vacancy announcement indicates Specialized Experience, "1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade level", you must provide your last SF 50, if you are a current or former Federal Employee and you want to be considered under this provision.

Major Duties:

A GS-0101-12, PRIMARY PREVENTION SPECIALIST (PREV WF): Advances policies, practices, and plans outside of the existing Resilience, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention (R3SP) (Army) and Suicide Prevention (Air) office, among others, for equities specific to self-directed and interpersonal harm primary prevention.

Establishes procedures, mission objectives, and organizational design to eliminate barriers to mission accomplishment.

Facilitates dialogue between state programs, divisions, directorates, and other areas to capture existing risk and protective factors related to the earliest prevention of self-directed and interpersonal harm though existing councils and circulation among the formation.

Conducts educational sessions and briefings for JFHQ leadership and JFHQ Program Managers (i.e., State Family Programs Director, Chaplains, State Equal Opportunity Manager, Resilience, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention Program Manager, IPP SMEs) regarding the primary prevention of self-directed and interpersonal harm.

Ensures evidence-based practices are incorporated in prevention efforts.

Maintains insight into the National Guard Bureau (NGB) IPP office to track efforts, measurements, and advisory councils or decision making bodies.

Assists TAG, Assistant TAG, IPP Officer, directorate, and division-level leadership with data-informed courses of action to appropriately resource self-directed and interpersonal harm primary prevention activities and requirements throughout the state.

Develops performance measures to meet statutory and regulatory compliance, implements quality improvement plans, and assesses the effectiveness of TAG's IPP program.

Advises leaders at all levels of best practices and evidence-based programs, policies, and plans that increase primary prevention capacity within their organizations.

Works with IPP Officer to elevate promising practices within the state that relate to the early prevention of self-directed and interpersonal harm and report findings up to the NGB.

Coordinates multidisciplinary evaluations.

Collects qualitative and quantitative data from Wing/Region activities relative to integrated self-directed and interpersonal harm prevention to ensure program fidelity using NG furnished measures.

Utilizes outcome data and metrics from the civilian sector within their S/T/DC or region for comparison to NG data.

Coordinates with full-time personnel managing resiliency, suicide, or substance/drug misuse programs to secure access to de-identified data that will be used for developing products, statistical analysis, tracking, reporting, evaluating program effectiveness, and conducting research for the primary prevention of self-directed and interpersonal harm.

Reviews environmental/climate qualitative and quantitative survey data collected.

Supports the Joint Force Headquarters' (JFHQ) IPP Officer in the development and execution of TAG primary prevention strategic plan.

Maintains a parallel and clearly defined supporting role to existing JFHQ data collection efforts and advocates prevention messaging with sensitivity to pre-existing trauma.

Attends continual self-education to stay informed of current best practices in primary prevention by attending seminars, conferences, and other educational sessions.

Collaborates and coordinates with state and local agencies and universities to coordinate efforts and learn best practices.

Reviews scientific journals for national best practices and integrated primary prevention trends oriented to self-directed and interpersonal harm prevention.

Maintains familiarity with evidence-based assessments and measurements.

Reviews local needs to identify any processes requiring modification Supports and participates in state-level committees, boards, and working groups.

Provides self-directed and interpersonal harm prevention data and metrics to Wing/Region Primary Prevention Integrators (PPIs), all councils and boards within the S/T/DC in coordination with and as requested by the IPP Officer.

Coordinates with Directors of Psychological/Behavioral Health, and other response/post intervention personnel to ensure alignment of messaging to JFHQ council or board leadership regarding self-directed and interpersonal harm.

Serves as the Wing/Region PPI's point of contact for all self-directed and interpersonal harm prevention efforts and conducts Site Assistance Visits (SAVs) to the Wings/Region as required.

Assists the JFHQ IPP SME cell in facilitating meetings and working groups in accordance with applicable policy and official guidance, as needed.

Meets regularly with other members of the JFHQ IPP cell to facilitate the dissemination of information to the NGB and to the Wings/Regions.

Assists the IPP Officer in managing information flow between JFHQ, Wings, Brigades (Regions), and NGB. Other duties as assigned.