Deployed Resiliency Counselor

About the role

The Deployed Resiliency Counselor (DRC) will serve as a credentialed clinical counselor in support of a Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier (CVN) or Large Deck Amphibious Ship/Landing Helicopter Assault Ship (LHD/LHA) Command, deploying with the ship they are assigned to, and continuing to hold office hours on the ship when at homeport. The DRC provides short-term, focused counseling for life situations and education on various topics in a shipboard environment, both in port and at sea.

Responsibilities

• Provides stress and anger management; life skills; effective communication; parenting education; successful adaptation to military life; child abuse or domestic abuse identification/prevention; prevention of interpersonal violence workshops; suicide prevention; and a wide range of other training and group sessions geared toward enhancing readiness, prevention, and resiliency.
• Develops and executes short-term, solution-focused clinical counseling treatment plans for individuals who request such services and who present commonly occurring life circumstance issues.
• Provides individual and group counseling services, to individuals, couples, families, or groups.
• Refers clients who present with issues falling outside the authorized scope of care within Fleet and Family Support Programs to military or civilian behavioral health providers.
• Provides critical incident intervention, when requested.
• Affords 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 FFSC, once immediate safety concerns have been addressed.
• Provides individual or group treatment in coordination with FAP, SAPR, and Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) program case managers and response coordinators.
• Serves as the command's SAIL case manager in coordination with the homeport FFSC.
• Develops unique trainings/classes based on the needs of the command.
• Serves as command liaison, supporting referrals to FFSC Counseling and other FFR Programs.
• Communicates directly with the ship's leadership triad regarding command climate, individual service members, and provides updates regarding FAP and SAIL programs.
• Attends senior leadership meetings.
• Engages in collaboration with various command stakeholders (e.g., department head, work center supervisor, legal and medical personnel, safety officer, chaplains, etc.) to provide consultation regarding overall command health and wellness initiatives, and to support interventions with individual service members.
• Serves as a command liaison, supporting referrals to FFSC Counseling and other FFR Programs.
• Attends senior leadership meetings.
• Engages in collaboration with various command stakeholders (e.g., department head, work center supervisor, legal and medical personnel, safety officer, chaplains, etc.) to provide consultation regarding overall command health and wellness initiatives, and to support interventions with individual service members.
• May serve as the behavioral health representative for the sexual assault Case Management Group (CMG).
• Serves as a liaison to the homeport SARC while deployed.
• Receives all training required of a SARC; however, the homeport SARC shall have the responsibility for overall case management and case entry into the Defense Sexual Assault Incident Database (DSAID).
• Ensures cases are transferred to the homeport SARC expeditiously and that victim confidentiality is maintained.
• Provides an immediate response and coordination for allegations of sexual assault, which includes receiving the restricted or unrestricted report, assuring the victim is assigned a SAPR Victim Advocate and is offered medical care, and completing required notifications.
• Provides sexual assault awareness and prevention training when deployed, as requested.
• Communicates directly with the ship's Commanding Officer to provide regular update regarding SAPR implementation and assist with meeting annual SAPR training requirements.
• Provides SAPR training, including training for SAPR Victim Advocates while deployed as requested by Command.
• May serve as the behavioral health representative for the sexual assault Case Management Group (CMG).

Requirements

Due to the unique nature of the position, selectees will be required to complete a physical examination upon entry to duty, and annually thereafter, and be determined to be physical fit for shipboard duty at all times.

Due to worldwide travel, all required vaccinations, including the anthrax vaccination, may be required as a condition of employment per DoD requirements.

Candidate must successfully complete a formal background check and maintain security suitability requirement.

Regular and recurring work performed sitting at a desk and sitting in conferences and meetings.

Must complete one-year probationary period (unless already completed)

Completion of DoD Sexual Assault Advocate Certification within 6-months of hire

Must possess and maintain a valid state driver's license

Must apply and maintain a US No-Fee Passport upon employment

Qualifications

• Licensure/certification by a state or U.S. territory that provides legal authority to provide clinical services as an independent practitioner in the fields of Licensed Professional Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Clinical Social Work, Clinical Psychology or Counseling Psychology.
• Minimum of two years (at least 2000) full-time, post masters supervised clinical experience.
• Minimum of two years, full time post-license clinical experience.
• OSD FAP standards also require two years of experience working in the field of child abuse and domestic abuse.