You will serve as a CLINICAL COUNSELOR in the COUNSELING and ADVOCACY PROGRAM of NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BETHESDA.

Duties

You will identify crisis situations (e.g., suicidal or homicide risk, danger of physical or sexual abuse to family members, increased risk of further family violence) through clinical assessment to provide crisis intervention and safety planning. You will administer mental health services (e.g., crisis intervention, intake interviews, assessment, clinical counseling) to individuals, groups, couples, and offenders of domestic violence and child abuse or neglect. You will perform ongoing case management services to assess service and family member needs, confirm follow-through with treatment recommendations, or to provide additional resources referrals.

Requirements

• Must be a US Citizen.
• Must be determined suitable for federal employment.
• Must participate in the direct deposit pay program.
• New employees to the Department of the Navy will be required to successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit e-verify.gov
• Generally, current federal employees applying for GS jobs must serve at least one year at the next lower grade level. This requirement is called time-in-grade. Time-in-grade requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
• Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the appointment of retired military members within 180 days immediately following retirement date to a civilian position is subject to the provisions of 5 United States Code 3326.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to obtain and maintain the required level of clearance may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.
• You will be required to obtain and maintain a current valid United States driver?s license.

Qualifications

***This position has a selective placement factor. This position is a TIER THREE clinical care provider. Applicants must meet all of the following requirements as outlined in SECNAVINST 1754.7A:1. 1. Successful candidates for this position shall meet all qualifications as outlined below: A. State/ U.S. Territory licensure or State/U.S. Territory certification that provides legal authority to provide clinical services as an independent practitioner. B. When the State/U.S. Territory licensing or certification requirements include a written examination, candidates must have achieved a passing score on that examination. C. Possess at least a masters degree in one of the following social work or counseling fields: i. Must fulfill all of the requirements for the master's degree in social work in a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or ii. Satisfactory completion of 2 full academic years of graduate study directly related to professional work in counseling psychology, or satisfactory completion in an accredited educational institution of all the requirements for a master's degree directly related to counseling psychology is required. D. Have engaged in 2 years (which includes at least 2000 hours) full-time, post-Masters supervised clinical experience .E. 2 years of specialized experience in domestic abuse and child abuse counseling or treatment. NOTE: Your resume must support your answer and you must submit appropriate documents for verification.*** Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GS-09) or pay band in the federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector performing the following duties: 1) Identifying personal and social problems to independently reach accurate conclusions and to provide appropriate solutions; 2) Clinically responding to the needs of the clients including assessing suicidal/homicidal situations and domestic and child abuse situations; and 3) Documenting psycho-social assessments, treatment plans, and case review committee reports. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/social-work-series-0185/. OR https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/psychology-series-0180/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

Education

Successful completion of a PH. D or equivalent doctoral degree

OR

Successful completion of three full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.https://www.usajobs.gov/ Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/students/federal-occupations-by-college-major/

OR

A combination of experience and education as described above that equates to one year of experience. My percentage of the required education plus my percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.

Contacts

• Address NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BETHESDA 8901 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20889 US
• Name: Department of Navy EIC
• Email: [email protected]