Description:
This position is assigned to the Family Readiness Division; Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP) Section; Navy Region Southwest (NRSW). The mission of the FFSP is to provide information and referral, education and training, primary prevention, counseling and advocacy to facilitate achieving operational readiness and personal and family self-sufficiency.Requirements:
- Professional knowledge gained through extensive education related to Marriage and Family Therapy Education or Social Work Education or Counseling and Related Education or Clinical or Counseling Psychology.
- Mastery knowledge of the military lifestyle that furnishes the employee with an understanding of the specific demands of military lifestyles, such as frequent separations, and high-stress working environments that have an extensive impact on individuals and their families
- Ability to advise installation managers and commanding officers on complex and sensitive issues. Ability to present sensitive, and at times, controversial information to groups of people in a clear, concise manner.
- Ability to direct and coordinate the work of professional employees.
- Mastery knowledge of pertinent laws, policies and regulations pertaining to the FAP and the process used to effect change to the FAP. Knowledge of federal, state, and local human service programs, policies and directives.
- Skill to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
- Ability to modify programs to meet the ever changing needs of the active duty military community.
- Ability to recognize, identify and assess mental disorders per the current version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Understanding of, and ability to apply various counseling approaches such as behavior modification, client-centered, rational-emotive, family systems, brief solution-focused, and reality therapies.
- Knowledge of group dynamics.
- Mastery knowledge of dynamics and diagnostic skills necessary for family violence identification, risk assessment, and safety planning, and family violence treatment principles for victims and offenders.
- Knowledge in the areas of family systems, particularly as it relates to patterns of abusive behavior and abuse response, substance abuse, human behavior, human sexuality, attention deficit disorder, and juvenile delinquency.
- Ability to recognize and define personal and social problems, to independently reach accurate conclusions, and to provide appropriate solutions.
- Ability to effectively interview and clinically respond to the needs of clients, including assessing suicidal and homicidal risks and substance abuse issues.
- Ability to communicate orally to interview alleged offenders and victims; maintain cooperative and professional relationships with law enforcement, Child Protective Services, medical treatment facilities, and senior personnel from commands of offenders and victims; prepare documentation for presentation at the IDC and participate in case discussions regarding assessment; prepare presentations; and exercise strong facilitation skills for individual and group counseling.
- Ability to communicate in writing, develop case management memos, correspondence, and reports; document psycho-social assessments, treatment plans, and IDC reports; develop lesson plans for briefing and classroom presentations.
- Mastery knowledge and ability to use a personal computer and a variety of software programs to develop multi-media presentations and facilitate work assignments. Knowledge of the Navy and DOD information systems used to document and account for FAP requirements and services provided.
May 8, 2025;
from:
usajobs.gov