Summary You will serve as a FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM COUNSELOR in the Marine and Family Services Division, Behavioral Health Branch of MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON. Responsibilities 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 crisis 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 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 Conditions of Employment 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. 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 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. In lieu of specialized experience listed in the Qualifications section, after meeting the basic education requirements of this position, applicants may qualify based on education alone or an equivalent combination of education and experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.or3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D.; or equivalent doctoral degree or LL.M., if related Applicants must provide all relevant transcripts needed to verify education. Additional Information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program. Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement. A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments. This position is eligible for part time, full time or ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management. During the application process you will have the option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions. Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation. ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating in the highly qualified category (score 85) or higher. ICTAP candidates must provide copies of all of the following documentation at the time of application: 1) agency notice; 2) most recent performance appraisal; and 3) most recent SF-50 or notification of personnel action that includes position, grade level, and duty location. Applicants who do not provide this documentation will not receive consideration as an ICTAP candidate. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/ Military Spouse Preference applicants will be placed at the highest grade for which they have applied and are determined Best Qualified (BQ). A BQ military spouse possesses knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies comparable to others who meet the competitive referral criteria for the specific position.