MORAL INJURY SPECIALIST - PT -BILLINGS

Each day at Volunteers of America, we strive to exemplify our foundational pillar of Servant Leadership and Cultural Values of Communication, Compassion, Integrity, Respect, and Excellence.

About the role

The Moral Injury Specialist provides expertise, education, and training in moral injury and its effect on Veterans and those actively serving in the military. This position educates community partners on moral injury and its impact on suicide ideation and behaviors, identifies and trains volunteers to establish moral injury groups as upstream suicide prevention efforts in local communities throughout MT, SD, and WY.

Responsibilities

• Complete initial and ongoing education and training to become a moral injury subject matter expert.
• Connect community partners with Moral Injury training.
• Initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive community partnerships to enhance Moral Injury referrals per community.
• Conduct outreach activities to identify Veterans, those actively serving in the military, or family members who are candidates for either being peer leaders or candidates for moral injury groups.
• Work with Veteran Services leadership to implement and integrate moral injury best practices.
• Lead the development of community Veteran-led peer programs as assigned.
• Conduct assessments on all potential participants to determine eligibility as well as post-assessment to determine effectiveness.
• Maintain documentation in appropriate files.
• Report outreach efforts, referrals, assessments, and community partner referrals to the direct supervisor.

Skills

• Effective communicator
• Proficient writing skills
• Team oriented
• Proficient organizational skills
• Proficient technical presentation skills with Microsoft PowerPoint, projectors, audio equipment, etc.
• Continuous demonstration of behaviors aligned with a posture of servant leadership and cultural values

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social service, clinical-related field, or theology/ministry and one year of counseling, coaching experience, or case management experience
• Associate degree in social service, clinical-related field, or theology/ministry and two years of counseling, coaching experience, or case management experience
• Clear and valid driver’s license

Preferred qualifications: Master’s degree in social service, clinical-related field, or theology/ministry; specialized training in moral injury; three to five years of counseling or coaching experience.

Schedule

This is a part-time position around 25 hours per week. Days and hours of work will be determined by the supervisor and the needs of the program.

Travel

This position requires travel and occasional overnights.

Work Environment

This job operates in a professional office environment. Routine use of standard office equipment such as laptop computers, photocopiers, and smartphones is required.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The role may require lifting files, opening filing cabinets, and bending or standing on a stool as necessary.