Region Resiliency Counselor

Full Job Description

The primary purpose of the position is to provide short term, solution focused individual and group counseling on commonly occurring life situations, and education on resiliency/wellness topics.

The incumbent will serve as a liaison to the Region Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, providing immediate sexual assault response and coordination to allegations of sexual assault.

Resumes must include information which demonstrates experience and knowledge, skills, and ability (KSAs) as they relate to this position.

Applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing their experience level and KSAs.

A qualified candidate possess the following: Knowledge of the dynamics of intimate partner violence and sexual assault, knowledge of the military, Department of Defense (DoD), Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) program, and Family Advocacy Program (FAP) guidance along with local, state, and federal laws and military regulations pertaining to victims of intimate partner and sexual assault is preferred.

The ability and skill to provide effective trainings and briefings.

Independent clinical skills and sound judgment necessary to provide assessment, triage and referral of clients presenting with a risk of harm to themselves or others.

The ability to understand, be sensitive to, and have empathy for victims.

Incumbent must also have the ability to develop trusting helping relationships and to work effectively with individuals and families from diverse racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

The analytical ability to intervene in crisis situations, using sound professional judgment, ethical practice, and common sense.

The incumbent must have the ability to work cooperatively with military and civilian medical, social service, law enforcement, and legal personnel on behalf of victims.

The ability to perform skillful oral and written communications.

The incumbent must have knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, be skilled in the use of office software applications to prepare management reports and use software to develop information; able to enter data in required management reports.

The incumbent must maintain professional boundaries and ethics to the highest extent in using extreme caution when interacting with sailors while deployed/TDY to remote sites in order to assure that no harm is done to clients due to the inappropriate crossing of professional boundaries.

Major Duties:

In order to qualify for this position, resumes must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the position.

Applicant resumes are the key means for evaluating skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position therefore, applicants are encouraged to be clear and specific when describing experience.

Duties include but not limited to: The incumbent will provide a variety of psycho-educational workshops on core issues such as sexual assault, suicide prevention, and various wellness and resiliency topics.

Workshop offerings may include stress management, anger management, effective communication, parenting education, operational stress control, successful adaptation to military life, financial education, and child abuse or domestic abuse identification/prevention and interpersonal violence.

The incumbent provides effective, independent clinical assessments, develops and executes short-term solution focused clinical counseling treatment plans for individuals who request such services and who present with commonly occurring life circumstance issues.

These counseling services may be provided to individuals and groups while deployed, and to individuals, couples, families or groups while at the homeport.

The incumbent refers clients to military or civilian behavioral health providers who present with issues falling outside the authorized scope of care within Fleet and Family Support Programs; specifically individuals presenting with any psychiatric diagnosis other than those categorized as "other conditions that may be a focus of Clinical Attention or adjustment disorder".

The incumbent will provide critical incident intervention both ashore and afloat when requested, and be responsible for the assessment, triage and referral of clients presenting with a risk of harm to themselves or others and refer to the nearest behavioral health provider.

The incumbent receives and assesses referrals made by military and civilian agencies and maintains case records 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, Counseling and Advocacy Program Desk Guides.

This incumbent will provide 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 Fleet and Family Support Center once immediate safety concerns have been addressed.

The incumbent may also provide individual or group treatment addressing sexual assault and for open FAP cases as recommended by the homeport FAP Clinical Case Staff Meeting (CCSM).

The incumbent will serve as a liaison to the Region Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) while deployed/TDY and will receive all the training as a SARC, however, the Region SARC shall have the responsibility for overall case management and case entry into the Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID).

The incumbent will ensure that cases are transferred to the Region SARC expeditiously and that victim confidentiality is maintained.

The incumbent's primary responsibilities for sexual assault cases will be to provide an immediate response and coordination to allegations of sexual assault which includes receiving the restricted or unrestricted report, assuring the victim is assigned a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate and receives medical care, and completing required notifications which includes notifying the Region/homeport SARC and the victim's Command within 24 hours.

In addition, the incumbent may provide sexual assault awareness and prevention training when deployed.

Toward this end, the incumbent will be required to be trained in all positions within the SAPR program and be credentialed by the DoD Sexual Assault Advocate Credentialing Program.

The incumbent communicates directly with the supported Commanding Officer to provide regular updates regarding SAPR implementation and assist with meeting annual SAPR training requirements.

While deployed this position is also responsible for providing SAPR training as requested by Commands and training volunteer SAPR Victim Advocates as needed to further support the Region SARC.