Interdisciplinary Non-Medical Clinical Counselor

Interdisciplinary Non-Medical Clinical Counselor Department of the Navy Commander, Navy Installions Command Naval District Washington 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 today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 11, 2026 Locion Fort Meade, MD 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415 - $116,701 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 Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0101 Social Science 0180 Psychology 0185 Social Work Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Other 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 26-12974696 Control number 871234900 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Non-medical Clinical Counseling (NMC) 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. Refer clients with issues falling outside the authorized scope of care (e.g., schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eing disorders, substance use disorders, major depression, etc.) within the Fleet and Family Support Center (FFSC) to military or civilian behavioral health providers. Coordine with legal, medical and social services including commands, to assist in counseling and referral. Initie, develop, and facilite group trement programs to address the needs of families, such as marital groups and child and adolescent groups. Assist, individuals and families with finding sisfactory ways of coping with commonly occurring life stresses (e.g., career change, work-reled stress), family dynamics (e.g., divorce, communicion problems), parenting, crisis response (e.g., physical, sexual or emotional abuse), or other stressors. Provide critical incident intervention services, when requested. Conduct on-site/regional quarterly quality assurance (QA) reviews of cases, per DON policy, to ensure th all NMC counseling services provided are safe and of good quality. Installion Family Advocacy Program (FAP) 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 extra-familial 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. Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide diagnostic and prognostic impressions to other health care providers, commanders, senior enlisted advisors, local child protective services, law enforcement, and legal personnel to facilite community-wide response for family maltrement, when approprie. Problemic Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth Receive reports of problemic sexual behaviors in children and youth (PSB-CY) from military and civilian representives and take approprie action per

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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. . Community Liaison 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. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer. Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment. The incumbent must meet FAP personnel - clinical staff qualificions listed in Title 32 CFR Part 61, Subpart

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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. Qualificions 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 Successful candides for this position shall meet all qualificions as outlined below: Ste licensure or ste certificion th provides legal authority to provide clinical services as an independent practitioner. When the ste licensing or certificion requirements include a written examinion, candides must have achieved a passing score on th examinion. Possess least a master's degree in one of the following clinical fields: Marriage and Family therapy, Social Work or Psychology from an accredited program. Have engaged in 2 years (which includes least 2000 hours) full-time, post- Masters supervised clinical experience. Two (2) years of experience in assisting and providing advocacy services to victims of domestic abuse or sexual assault. Applicants should be prepared to submit their credentialing packet as soon as possible, but no ler than 5 days from the de of acceptance of the initial offer. Additional informion Salary is dependent on experience and/or educion. 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. We utilize E-Verify to confirm selectee's eligibility to work in the United Stes. Salary is dependent on experience and/or educion. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 60 days of issuance of selection certifice. Spouses of active duty military members of the Armed Forces may receive preference in hiring under this announcement if they are among the best qualified referred and are within reach of selection. Spouse Preference does not apply to NF 04 and NF 05 positions. Please clearly identify in your applicion th you are asking for spouse preference and complete the Request for Military Spouse Preference form and submit a copy of current PCS orders. Failure to submit current PCS orders with applicion will prevent spousal preference from being granted. Acceptance or declinion of a regular full or part-time non-appropried or appropried fund position ends your ability to claim this preference. For positions requiring travel more than twice per year, selectee may be required to obtain and maintain in good standing a Government-issued Travel Card for official government travel purposes. 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.

SELECTIVE SERVICE REQUIREMENT

If you are a male born after December 31,1959 and least 18 years of age, employment law (5 U.S.C. 3328) requires th you must register with the Selective Service System (military draft), unless you meet certain exemptions. If applicable, failure to register will prevent you from being considered for employment. To register, please the Selective Service web site https://www.sss.gov/register/ . 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, and red based on the informion provided in the resume 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. Best qualified applicants referred to the hiring manager. The selecting official may choose to conduct interviews. Benefits Help Review our benefits Required documents Required Documents Help The following documents are required the time of applicion: Resume 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.) How to Apply Help To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/11/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12974696 It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJobs account . Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applicions, your applicion stus and the de it was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus The Department of the Navy (DON) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Applicants are assured of equal considerion regardless of race, color, nional origin, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, genetic informion, reprisal, marital stus, political affiliion, sexual oriention, or any other non-merit factor. This agency provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. Applicants with disabilities who believe they may require reasonable accommodions should email their request to nsapplicions@nhr-ma.com to ensure proper considerion is given. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion on a case-by-case basis. Agency contact informion

NDW NAF HR

ndwnafhr@us.navy.mil Address Fort Meade 47402 Buse Rd Puxent River, MD 20670 US Next steps All applicants notified regarding their stus by email. Applicants will either be contacted for an interview or sent an email of non-selection 3-6 weeks after the announcement closing de. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an inaccure email address or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 60 days of issuance of selection certifice. 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: Resume 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.) How to Apply Help To be considered for this vacancy you must apply and complete the online questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 06/11/2026 to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. To preview the Applicion Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12974696 It is your responsibility to ensure your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accure, and submitted by the closing de. Additional informion on how to complete the online applicion process and submit your online applicion may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant To verify or check the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJobs account . Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applicions, your applicion stus and the de it was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus The Department of the Navy (DON) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. Applicants are assured of equal considerion regardless of race, color, nional origin, religion, sex, age, mental or physical disability, genetic informion, reprisal, marital stus, political affiliion, sexual oriention, or any other non-merit factor. This agency provides reasonable accommodions to applicants with disabilities. Applicants with disabilities who believe they may require reasonable accommodions should email their request to nsapplicions@nhr-ma.com to ensure proper considerion is given. The decision on granting reasonable accommodion on a case-by-case basis. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion

NDW NAF HR

ndwnafhr@us.navy.mil Address Fort Meade 47402 Buse Rd Puxent River, MD 20670 US Next steps All applicants notified regarding their stus by email. Applicants will either be contacted for an interview or sent an email of non-selection 3-6 weeks after the announcement closing de. Please notify us if your contact informion changes after the closing de of the announcement. Also, note th if you provide an inaccure email address or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communicion th could affect your considerion for this position. This announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies within 60 days of issuance of selection certifice. 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 today Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 11, 2026 Locion Fort Meade, MD 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $102,415 - $116,701 per year Pay scale & grade NF 4 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position. 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 Other 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 26-12974696 Control number 871234900