
Clinical Counselor including Remote Clinical Counselor
- Spokane, WA
- $50,000-92,000 per year
- Training
- Full-time
- Provide group workshops, individual consultations, walk-around engagement, information and referral during return and reunion or departure and separation programs.
- Provide outreach that targets the most at-risk groups to include: first-term service members geographically separated or socially isolated families, single parents, foreign-born spouses, and others with special needs.
- Provide training, briefs/workshops to Command Family Readiness Groups.
- Provide Pre- and Post-Deployment SAPR training using Navy standardized curricula, when not provided by SAPR personnel.
- 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 appropriate 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 identified 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.
- Document and maintain current records in the FFSMIS Clinical Counseling Record System for all non-medical counseling assessment and counseling services provided IAW current Navy requirements.
- Ensure all non-medical counseling information and referral, and one-on-one consultation not resulting in clinical assessment are entered and counted in FFSMIS.
- Ensure staff delivering non-medical counseling services are accounting for all services delivered in scheduling module in FFSMIS.
- Participate in emergency response exercises carried out by the Region, Installation or FFSP.
- Execute Emergency Family Assistance Center assigned responsibilities as exercised and directed.
- Ensure that all information and referral, individual consultation and group education services related to Emergency Preparedness and Response are entered and counted in required systems.
- Minimum professional qualifications include a current, valid and unrestricted clinical license or certification from a state or U.S. territory authorizing independent clinical practice in the fields of professional counseling, clinical social work, marriage and family therapy or clinical/counseling psychology.
- Minimum educational qualifications include a master's degree in counseling accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs, a master's degree in social work accredited by the Counsel on Social Work Education, a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Marriage and Family Therapy Education, or a doctoral degree in clinical or counseling psychology and a one-year clinical internship accredited by the American Psychological Association.
- Maintain current clinical credentials and privileges throughout their FFSP assignment.
- Current, valid and unrestricted clinical license or certification from a state or U.S. territory authorizing independent clinical practice in the fields of clinical social work, marriage and family therapy or clinical/counseling psychology.
- Maintain current clinical credentials and privileges throughout their FFSP assignment.
- Must meet or exceed the requirements for Tier II qualified clinical practitioners, as described in SECNAVINST 1754.8.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft 365.
- Individual should be detail-oriented, self-motivated and able to work autonomously.
- Minimum experience includes two years of full-time post-master’s supervised clinical experience.
- Must meet the standards of professional and ethical conduct prescribed by their discipline or licensing board and demonstrate current clinical competence through direct service clinical experience during the 2 years preceding hire.
- Strong oral and written communication, assessment, and advocacy skills are required.
- Possess advocacy knowledge, skills, and abilities such as: working knowledge of state, federal, and local resources, as well as understanding, sensitivity, and empathy for sailors and family members from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic background.
- Must have a minimum of two years’ experience working in the field of child abuse and domestic abuse.
- Knowledge of the FFSMIS system is desired but not required.