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Job opening: FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM COUNSELOR

Salary: $72 553 - 94 317 per year
City: Yuma
Published at: Jun 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This is a public notice flyer to notify interested applicants of anticipated vacancies. Applications will not be accepted through this flyer. Interested applicants must follow the directions in the "How to Apply" section of this flyer to be considered. There may or may not be actual vacancies filled from this flyer. Notice of Result letters will not be sent to applicants who respond to this flyer.

Duties

You will provide clinical services to families and individuals that are victims or perpetrators of abuse. You will utilize skills in assessments and make appropriate referrals and follow-up for cases of family violence. You will provide education with the goal of reducing violent incidents. You will provide case management functions. You will provide training to the unit Family Advocate Program leadership. You will present cases to the clinical care staff meetings. You will participate in developing required services when needs are identified. You will assist the command and emergency response personnel during the cris stages of violent incidents. You will assess the individual needs of each family and the needs of the command and provide the appropriate intervention and treatment referrals for family violence cases. You will maintain confidential case files and the documentation necessary for evaluations for services. You will provide psycho-educational group counseling for individuals identified as experiencing family violence. Prepare and conduct classes, workshops, and briefings. You will provide short-term individual counseling and general non-medical related problems focus counseling; utilize available military and civilian referrals when appropriate. You will provide intake, administrative and other duties assigned as assigned. You will coordinate with civilian and military resources to identify at-risk families. Participate in activities in the local communities as they pertain to military families.

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
  • 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 a current valid United States driver’s license.
  • This position may require travel from normal duty station to CONUS and OCONUS and may include remote or isolated sites. You must be able to travel on military and commercial aircraft for extended periods of time.
  • You will be required to complete training, obtain, and maintain a government credit card for travel and travel-related purchases.

Qualifications

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: Providing clinical counseling to individuals and groups for the prevention and treatment of family violence, performing clinical case management to include risk assessment, safety planning, psycho-social assessment, treatment, and referral of child and spouse abuse cases; and maintaining confidential case files and documentation of evaluation services. This position has two selective placement factors that will be used to screen out ineligible candidates who do not meet credentialing requirements of Tier II Clinical Counselor as outlined in Marine Corps Order (MCO) 1754.11A. The selective placement factors are: 1.) You must possess at least a masters or doctoral degree in a human service and/or mental health professional discipline from an accredited university or college program. Note: A copy of your transcript/degree MUST be submitted with your application materials. Failure to provide the required documents will render you not eligible for consideration. 2.) You must have at least 2,000 hours of full time, post masters supervised clinical care experience, AND possess a current state or U.S. territory license in good standing to practice independently in at least one of the following: clinical social worker (LCSW), a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), licensed professional counselor (LPC), or clinical psychologist. NOTE: A copy of your certificate MUST be submitted with your resume. Failure to provide the required documents will render you not eligible for consideration. Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website:https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/social-science-series-0101/ 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

Applicants MUST provide all relevant transcripts needed to verify education.Applicants must meet the following Basic Requirements of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualifications Standards Manual: Applicants must possess:

  • Degree: behavioral or social science; or related disciplines appropriate to the position; or
  • Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field; or
  • Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated that the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field.
The following can be substituted in order to meet the specialized experience requirements listed under the Qualifications Section:
  • Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or
  • 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D.; or
  • equivalent doctoral degree or LL.M., if related; or
  • a combination of specialized experience and education that equates to one year of experience.

Contacts

  • Address MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON USMC Camp Pendleton, CA 92055 US
  • Name: Markus Wells
  • Phone: 619-887-4935
  • Email: [email protected]

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