Armed Forces Services, Human Capital Services, and Military Health

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Title	Site Contract Staff Lead/Clinical Counselor
City	Djibouti City, JIB
Description	Site Contract Staff Supervisor/Clinical Counselor is a dual position. The Site Contract Staff Supervisor/Clinical Counselor supports Navy Fleet and Family Support Programs (FFSPs), a central delivery system for service member and family support through non-medical, short term, solution focused counseling and Family Advocacy Program services. FFSPs are designed to facilitate personal and family readiness and adaptation to life in the military and to keep individuals and families resilient and strong, preventing individual and family dysfunction, facilitating personal and family self-sufficiency, and creating overall command and community well-being. Clinical Counselors are clinical personnel who can provide both counseling and case management services. Employees filling this position may be generalists, or they may focus in providing one or more of the programs and services identified below.
Requirements	Job Duties: • Provide timely and effective program coordination and oversight and supervision of all contract staff within designated area of responsibility. • Coordinate regularly with government representatives regarding staff schedules, performance and quality of services provided by contract staff. • Monitor contract staff training, staff compliance with contract performance standards and direct service productivity standards. • Ensure all services provided by contract staff are documented in FFSMIS Record systems or otherwise entered and counted in FFSMIS. • Ensure staff delivering Work and Family Life Programs and Counseling and Advocacy Programs are accounting for all services scheduled and delivered in the automated Centralized Scheduling and Metrics system in use by the FFSP • Fully support the FFSP role in emergency preparedness and response including participation in exercises and execution of an Emergency Family Assistance Center when directed. • Provide immediate intervention and risk assessment IAW best practices in the mental health community and educate and ensure adequate referral and follow-up of any case presenting suicidal or homicidal risk. • Provide after-hours coverage for the FFSP in OCONUS locations, when required. • Ensure that crisis response services are fully documented in a FFSMIS case record system. • Facilitate and/or provide psychological first aid services to commands and/or groups within 24 hours of request, using accepted practices and procedures, in response to both small-scale (e.g., suicide) or large-scale incidents (e.g., Shipboard accident, man-made emergency). Collaborate with Chaplains and/or medical personnel in provision of psychological first aide, when shown. • Provide assessment and short-term, solution focused counseling services to eligible individuals, marital or intimate partners, families and/or groups. Scope of practice is limited to counseling services for Other Conditions That May be a Focus of Clinical Attention and Adjustment Disorders. • Ensure referral for right behavioral health follow-up of any psychological disorders or symptoms requiring longer-term and/or medical/psychiatric intervention. • Coordinate and manage specialized assessment and intervention services for at-risk children named both inside and outside of the Family Advocacy Program (FAP). • Report suspected child abuse and domestic abuse/violence to the local civilian authorities and the Family Advocacy Representative IAW Navy and state requirements. Implement restricted reporting for incidents of domestic abuse IAW DoD and Navy requirements. • Participate in site/regional quarterly quality assurance procedures to ensure that all clinical services provided are safe and of good quality. • Maintain data on number of clients who were not seen for routine clinical counseling due to staff limitations. • All reports of alleged child and domestic abuse shall be received and assessed IAW current Navy risk assessment protocols and procedures, to include interview of alleged offenders, victims, children, and other witnesses. • Develop appropriate, risk-focused treatment and interventions for victims and perpetrators of child and domestic abuse in accordance with Navy Certification standards. • Prepare information about alleged incidents of child and domestic abuse for the Family Advocacy Representative’s presentation to the IDC for status determination. • Prepare incidents for discussion at the CCSM for designation in does not meet criteria incidents, treatment planning and recommendations, periodic review and transfer and closure. • Provide regular command consultation. • Coordinate intervention services for offenders, victims or other family members referred to FAP. • Provide FAP Education and Prevention services as workload permits • Fully support the FFSP role in emergency preparedness and response including participation in exercises and execution of an Emergency Family Assistance Center when directed. • Ensure that all crisis response and psychological first-aid, assessment and counseling services, FAP case management and intervention services are entered and counted in FFSMIS. • Ensure staff delivering crisis response and psychological first-aid services, non-medical counseling and FAP case management services are accounting for all services scheduled and delivered in the automated Centralized Scheduling and Metrics system in use by the FFSP Requirements: • Masters in Social Work OR Masters in marriage and family therapy OR Doctoral Degree in Clinical or Counseling Psychology (schools must be accredited by CSWE, CAMFT, or APA) • Current, valid, unrestricted clinical license or certification authorizing independent level practice in clinical social work, marriage and family therapy OR psychology • Minimum of 2 years’ full time post masters supervised clinical experience (at least 2,000 hours) • Minimum of 2 years of experience providing staff supervision • Meet ethical standards of licensing board • Must have current clinical competence through at least periodic, direct service clinical experience during the 2 years prior to hire • Must be able to provide three letters of clinical competency. • Must have minimum 2 years of experience working in child abuse and domestic violence • In OCONUS locations, strong preference is given to hiring on-site spouses/family members to minimize relocation requirements. General Office Demands: Must be able to operate general office equipment including but not limited to: computer, phones and related media and information devices on most or all workdays Ability to communicate and interact with others, both in person and/or by telephone to conduct business Working under time pressure Working rapidly for long periods to meet deadlines Must be able to travel as needed and adhere to AFSC travel policies and procedures. Physical requirements can typically be characterized as sedentary: work involves exerting up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Major Job activities and mental requirements: Multiple concurrent tasks Ability to perform under stress Reading and comprehension Writing Problem solving Confidentiality Customer contact Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Armed Forces Services Corporation (AFSC) is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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