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FFSP Clinical Counselor Department of the Navy Commander, Navy Installions Command NRSW Naval Air Stion Lemoore, N914 Summary The primary purpose of this position is to provide nonmedical clinical counseling to individuals, couples, families, and groups on family dynamics, parent-child interaction, couples' communicion, adjustment to commonly occurring personal and family issues/circumstances, adjustment to military life, and psycho-educional training programs. Learn more about this agency Summary The primary purpose of this position is to provide nonmedical clinical counseling to individuals, couples, families, and groups on family dynamics, parent-child interaction, couples' communicion, adjustment to commonly occurring personal and family issues/circumstances, adjustment to military life, and psycho-educional training programs. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fleet and Family Support Center Lemoore, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—Relocion expenses negotiable. Salary $89,959 - $107,952 per year Pay scale & grade NF 4 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time - 35-40 hours per week. Travel Required Occasional travel - May be required to travel up to 20% for training or other work reled tasks. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0101 Social Science Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Noncritical-Sensitive (NCS)/Modere Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Suitability/Fitness Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12975848 Control number 871412900 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help I. Non-medical Clinical Counseling (NMC) (40%)Receive and assess referrals made by military and civilian agencies for individuals, couples, families, and groups experiencing situional stressors, including deployment, grief, relocion, separion, relionship issues, parent/child issues, family hardships, and other military life challenges. Provide direct, short term, solution focused NMC counseling services using psychotherapeutic services, such as cognitive therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, family systems therapy, expressive therapies, etc. Develop and execute short-term, solution-focused NMC counseling trement plans for those individuals who request such services and who present with commonly occurring life circumstance issues or adjustment disorders. Assess individual/family needs and explore basic personality structures in relion to behavior pterns, mechanisms, and symptoms. Assess and triage clients who present risk to harm self or others, and refer to the approprie, nearest behavioral health provider. II. Installion Family Advocacy Program (FAP) (40%)Serve as the installion FAP clinical subject mter expert (SME), consulting installion leadership, medical professionals and the command triad of FAP involved military service/family members regarding clinical needs assessment, determining clinical intervention, and utilizing evidence-based trement stregies and trement. Provide initial and on-going case management services. Triage clients, identify the situion, comply with and educe on manded and required reporting protocols of child and domestic abuse, conduct risk and lethality assessments, develop safety and trement plans, provide referrals, establish individualized trement goals tailored to the needs of service/family members, and follow-up on child abuse/neglect and domestic abuse allegions involving military members and their families. Identify crisis situions (e.g., suicide or homicide risk, danger of physical or sexual abuse to family members, increased risk of interfamilial or extrafamilial violence) when conducting clinical assessments and provide immedie crisis intervention, conduct risk assessment, and prepare and/or coordine safety planning IAW best practices in the mental health community. Provide non-medical trement/intervention for individuals, couples, children, families, and groups on mters pertaining to family maltrement, and subject mter expertise and consultion on family violence to ensure effective coordinion between military and civilian response organizions. III. Problemic Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth (10%)Receive reports of problemic sexual behaviors in children and youth (PSB-CY) from military and civilian representives and take approprie action per
FAP PSB-CY
requirements. Provide or coordine clinical services access with other FAP providers or with community clinical providers for exhibiting children, youth, and their families, including psychoeducional support, assessment, and clinical intervention. Provide or coordine specialized assessments and evaluions when recommended by the CCSM. Coordine with healthcare providers on safety and supervision planning for children and families affected by problemic sexual behaviors. Serve as the designed case manager and primary FAP point of contact for PSB-CY cases ensuring all actions comply with Department of Defense (DoD) and Navy instructions, and civilian reporting requirements. Support children and families affected by PSB-CY by providing -risk and safety planning informion for the coordined community response (CCR) (e.g., child and youth programs, DoDEA, medical, legal, law enforcement, reled community agencies such as child protective services, etc.), to address safety needs of youth involved and limit ongoing risk to family and community members. IV. Community Liaison duties comprise (10%)Liaison with cities, counties, stes, federal, non-government agencies, and military agencies and commands to enhance FAP prevention and response affecting the military community. Represent the Navy community liaison meetings, educing on domestic violence risk/protective factors, collaboring on coordining services for military members and their families, and engaging in community domestic violence prevention and awareness activities to establish or strengthen relionships with other agencies serving the target populion. Provide a summary of liaison meetings for the Supervisor and FFSP Director to review, as directed, and recommend additional collaborion th will reduce duplicion of service and expand the range of programs for the populion served. Perform other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment The incumbent must meet FAP personnel - clinical staff qualificions listed in Title 32 CFR Part 61, Subpart B, PS 28
; and the Tier II qualificion requirements described in the current SECNAVINST.
This position is designed Non-Critical Sensitive. Incumbents must obtain and maintain a determinion of eligibility for Secret security clearance of access for the durion of employment, including a background investigion and credit check. This position requires regular contact with children under the age of 18 and a favorable determinion of suitability to do so, and periodic re-verificion check of multiple agency records. This position requires Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel approximely 20% of the time away from the regular duty stion to tend or provide training, conduct FFSP certificion s, or deliver services aboard ships. This position requires the incumbent to have a valid, ste-issued driver's license. The position may require working flexible hours, such as 0700-1500 or 0900-1800 to accommode client's needs to have after hour care, including weekend hours. This position requires routine on-site access to government facilities. The incumbent may perform the required tasks an off-site locion for situional telework only. Qualificions A Master's degree or doctore in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling or Clinical Psychology or reled field from an accredited institution from any US Ste. Have and maintain a current and valid ste clinical license th permits the incumbent to function as an independent health practitioner and fully meet and maintain the Tier II or Tier III SECNAVINST 1754.8
requirements. Are current in continuing educion credits/units to maintain license. Thorough knowledge of the CNIC Fleet and Family Support Program and comprehensive knowledge of military lifestyles including common stressors to effectively modify trement programs to meet the needs of the military community. Professional knowledge of and skill in applying laws, rules, regulions, policies, procedures, directives and instructions governing child and spouse abuse and family violence issues and professional knowledge of family violence dynamics to identify situions of family violence, conduct risk assessments and coordine safety planning. In-depth knowledge of family systems reled to pterns of abusive behavior, abuse response, substance abuse, human behavior, human sexuality, tention deficit disorder, and juvenile delinquency and skill in applying the Diagnostic and Stistical Manual of Mental Disorders to recognize, identify, and assess mental disorders and personal and social problems, reach accure conclusions and provide approprie solutions. Expert knowledge of and skill in employing various evidence-based and trauma-informed counseling approaches, clinical trement principles and practices, research methods, group dynamics, motivional interviewing, developmental psychology, and family systems therapy to counsel individuals, couples, families and groups. Skill in applying various counseling approaches, including psychosocial, to assess, triage, refer and manage difficult and serious cases involving individuals and families who present -risk behavior. Professional knowledge of and skill in using various verbal communicion methods and techniques to effectively work with individuals and families from diverse racial, ethnic, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds; to present sensitive or controversial informion to various groups; discuss cases; deliver presentions; and develop and maintain professional relionships with other trement professionals. Professional knowledge of and skill in using various written communicion methods and techniques and using FFSP management informion systems and other applicable software and web-based programs to effectively document case management and trement plans, to document and explain NMC counseling requirements and services provided, to facilite completion of work assignments, and to develop presentions. Educion A Master's degree or doctore in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Counseling or Clinical Psychology or reled field from an accredited institution from any US Ste. Have and maintain a current and valid ste clinical license th permits the incumbent to function as an independent health practitioner and fully meet and maintain the Tier II or Tier III SECNAVINST 1754.8
requirements. Are current in continuing educion credits/units to maintain license. Additional informion Executive Order 12564 requires a Federal workplace free of illegal drugs. According to the Executive Order, all Federal employees are required to remain drug free throughout their employment. Commander, Navy Installions Command is a Drug-Free Federal Workplace. The use of illegal drugs will not be tolered, and use of or intoxicion by illegal drugs will result in penalties up to and including removal from Federal Service. Non-U.S. citizens with fewer than three years of recent residential history in the U.S. may be determined ineligible for employment. Some positions have special requirements. Selectee may be required to complete a one (1) year probionary period. Participion in Direct Deposit/Electronic Fund Transfer within the first 30 days of employment is required. In accordance with the Real ID Act of 2005, if a candide or new hire requires access to a military installion and does not have a REAL ID, identity will need to be established. Identity is established by presenting either one (1) Acceptable Credential or by presenting an acceptable combinion of Source Identify Documents . Acceptable Credentials are listed in List A and Acceptable Source Identity Documents are listed in Lists B and C in the link below (page 3). If using an Acceptable Credential , only one (1) from List A is required and if using Acceptable Source Identity Documents , one (1) from List B and one (1) from List C is required. https:
//www.oni.navy.mil/Portals/12/Vistors/Base%20Access%20Form.pdf?ver=2017-08-28-065204-693 Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help Review our benefits How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. All resumes reviewed to determine if they meet the hiring eligibility and qualificion requirements listed in this announcement. Resumes red based on the informion provided to determine the level of knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs) reled to the job requirements. Using the qualificions of the position, a predetermined ring criterion of KSAs used for each resume. Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required the time of applicion: Résumé Proof of educion/training: provide a copy of your awarded/conferred college transcript(s); if degree hasn't been conferred, provide copy of HS Diploma, GED, or equivalent If claiming Department of Defense (DOD) Non-appropried Fund (NAF) Business Based Action (BBA) priority considerion: provide a copy of the notice of separion If claiming Military Spouse Preference:
provide a copy of the sponsor's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders and a marriage certifice the time of applicion If claiming Veteran's Preference:
provide a copy of your DD-214, Member-4 page and any supporting documention (SF-15, V.A. disability letter, proof of service, etc.) If a current or former Federal Employee:
provide a copy of your most recent Personnel Action Report (PAR) or SF-50 Note:
When submitting transcripts for an Associe degree or higher, proof of a high school diploma or equivalent is not required. All transcripts MUST show student's name, the name of the awarding university or educional institution, degree type, awarded/conferred de, and the field of study (major). If your degree has not been awarded and/or you possess certifices of completion for DoD approved competency-based training courses, and/or a valid CDA/MSA credential(s), you MUST also provide a copy of your HS Diploma or equivalent. Altered transcripts will not be accepted. Transcripts from foreign colleges must be evalued for U.S. equivalency in order to be Applicants are responsible to obtain and submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency which is a prive U.S. organizion. Credential evaluions are not free and applicants are responsible for the cost of the selected service. Foreign high school transcripts or diplomas do not require credential evaluion but must be in English or a certified translion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants must apply online. Click the blue APPLY button the top of this announcement to apply. Reminder:
Federal agencies are required to limit resumes to two (2) pages or less. Please review the required documents section of this announcement for more details. Agency contact informion Brandie Korn brandie.l.korn.naf@us.navy.mil Address NAS Lemoore 737 Avenger Ave Lemoore, CA 93246 US Next steps Using the required qualificions of the position, a standardized ring and ranking criteria of knowledge, skills, and abilities used to screen and assess each applicion. If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Times may vary during the hiring process, as your applicion stus updes/changes you notified with a notificion letter via email. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., Spam Blocker, etc.), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help The following documents are required the time of applicion: Résumé Proof of educion/training: provide a copy of your awarded/conferred college transcript(s); if degree hasn't been conferred, provide copy of HS Diploma, GED, or equivalent If claiming Department of Defense (DOD) Non-appropried Fund (NAF) Business Based Action (BBA) priority considerion: provide a copy of the notice of separion If claiming Military Spouse Preference:
provide a copy of the sponsor's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders and a marriage certifice the time of applicion If claiming Veteran's Preference:
provide a copy of your DD-214, Member-4 page and any supporting documention (SF-15, V.A. disability letter, proof of service, etc.) If a current or former Federal Employee:
provide a copy of your most recent Personnel Action Report (PAR) or SF-50 Note:
When submitting transcripts for an Associe degree or higher, proof of a high school diploma or equivalent is not required. All transcripts MUST show student's name, the name of the awarding university or educional institution, degree type, awarded/conferred de, and the field of study (major). If your degree has not been awarded and/or you possess certifices of completion for DoD approved competency-based training courses, and/or a valid CDA/MSA credential(s), you MUST also provide a copy of your HS Diploma or equivalent. Altered transcripts will not be accepted. Transcripts from foreign colleges must be evalued for U.S. equivalency in order to be Applicants are responsible to obtain and submit proof of creditability of educion as evalued by a credentialing agency which is a prive U.S. organizion. Credential evaluions are not free and applicants are responsible for the cost of the selected service. Foreign high school transcripts or diplomas do not require credential evaluion but must be in English or a certified translion. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Applicants must apply online. Click the blue APPLY button the top of this announcement to apply. Reminder:
Federal agencies are required to limit resumes to two (2) pages or less. Please review the required documents section of this announcement for more details. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Brandie Korn brandie.l.korn.naf@us.navy.mil Address NAS Lemoore 737 Avenger Ave Lemoore, CA 93246 US Next steps Using the required qualificions of the position, a standardized ring and ranking criteria of knowledge, skills, and abilities used to screen and assess each applicion. If you provided an email address, you will receive an email message acknowledging receipt of your applicion. Times may vary during the hiring process, as your applicion stus updes/changes you notified with a notificion letter via email. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an email address th is inaccure or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., Spam Blocker, etc.), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted this month • Apply by 06/30/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 30, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Fleet and Family Support Center Lemoore, CA No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—Relocion expenses negotiable. Salary $89,959 - $107,952 per year Pay scale & grade NF 4 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time - 35-40 hours per week. Travel Required Occasional travel - May be required to travel up to 20% for training or other work reled tasks. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 26-12975848 Control number 871412900