A Youth Counselor or Worker works with young people, primarily ages 13-18, to provide mentoring and support for dealing with problems. Works in a school or community-based program; may assist with referrals from parole or probation offices. Collaborates with teachers, family members, social workers and health care professionals to help young people facing challenges or crises.
Department of the Navy Commander, Navy Installions Command NRSW Naval Air Stion Lemoore N91 Summary The primary purpose of the position is to assess & counsel children in families referred to the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) for child abuse/neglect or domestic abuse allegions;provide problemic Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth (PSB-CY) case management and provide direct clinical services on family dynamics, healthy parent-child interaction, effective coparenting, communicion,children's adjustment to the military lifestyle and non-medical clinical counseling for children and parents. Learn more about this agency Summary The primary purpose of the position is to assess & counsel children in families referred to the Family Advocacy Program (FAP) for child abuse/neglect or domestic abuse allegions;provide problemic Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth (PSB-CY) case management and provide direct clinical services on family dynamics, healthy parent-child interaction, effective coparenting, communicion,children's adjustment to the military lifestyle and non-medical clinical counseling for children and parents. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: FFSC 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 First Cut off 09/01/2026 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 - You may be expected to travel for this position. 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 26-13041779 Control number 881071800 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Duties Help I. FAP Assessment and Trement of Children (40%) Serve as an authoritive expert on the emotional, behavioral and mental health concerns of children, including trauma and child abuse and neglect, and as an authority on evaluing a child's emotional and mental health needs through use of various assessments. Conduct clinical and psychosocial assessments of children in families referred to the FAP for child abuse/neglect and/or domestic abuse allegions, which may include assessing children who are alleged victims of child abuse/neglect, other children in the home, and children who have witnessed domestic abuse. Conduct comprehensive and complex clinical assessments to identify crisis situions. ,e.g., suicide or homicide risk, danger of physical or sexual abuse to family members, and increased risk of further family violence. Provide crisis intervention and safety planning, as required. Employ various forms of therapy, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, play therapy, and family therapy to help children cope with their emotional and behavioral issues stemming from trauma. Coordine assessment findings with the FAP Case Manager, Child Protective Services, and other involved medical personnel or behavioral health providers. II. Problemic Sexual Behavior in Children and Youth Case Management (30%) Serve as 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. Receive initial reports of problemic sexual behaviors in children and youth (PSB-CY) from military and civilian representives and take all steps required under the
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Complete all required assessments and documention (clinical notes, colleral contacts, trement plans, and required stistical da) in the DoD Military Community and Family Policy PSB-CY Case Management System, as required. Schedule and account for all PSB-CY appointments and meetings in the Scheduling Module of the automed FFSP management informion system. Participe in site/regional quarterly quality assurance procedures to ensure th all PSB-CY counseling provided is safe and of good quality. Prepare case summary reports and maintains ongoing contact with the FAP Clinical Supervisor for all PSB-CY cases. III. Non-medical Clinical Counseling for Children (20%) Provide assessment and short-term, solution focused non-medical clinical counseling services to eligible children, parents and families within the authorized scope of FFSP clinical care. Refer children for child behavioral health follow-up for any psychological disorders or symptoms requiring longer-term and/or behavioral health intervention. Manage assigned non-medical counseling cases, consulting with FAP Clinical Supervisor when the case is highly complex or presents with special issues. Comply with reporting protocols involving high risk and high visibility cases. Receive and assess referrals from military and civilian agencies. Conduct on-site/regional quarterly QA reviews of cases, per supervisor, to ensure th all nonmedical clinical counseling provided is safe and of good quality. Schedule, account for and document all non-medical clinical counseling appointments and meetings in the Scheduling and Clinical Case Record modules within the automed FFSP management informion system. Maintain case records and stistics in accordance with Navy policies and regulions. Assess children and family needs, exploring basic personality structure in relion to behavior pterns, mechanisms, and symptoms, and refer and follow-up on any case presenting suicidal or homicidal risk. Initie, develop, and facilite group trement programs to address the needs of families, parents, children and adolescent groups. Provide immedie intervention and risk assessment IAW best practices in the mental health community. Educe military, civilians and families on suicide intervention and -risk behavior. IV. Community Liaison (10%) Attend community liaison meetings to establish or strengthen relionships with other agencies (e.g., civilian community service boards, child protective services, child advocacy centers) serving the target populion. As directed, provide a summary of liaison meetings for supervisor review and recommend additional collaborions th will reduce duplicion of service and expand the range of programs for the military populion. Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must successfully pass the E-Verify employment verificion check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment. Must meet federal suitability requirements including successful completion of background investigion. A valid Ste driver's license is required to opere motor vehicles. Must be current in continuing educion credits/units. Applicant must be ste licensed for least two (2) years. May be required to serve in an "on call" duty stus outside of normal work hours. 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
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requirements. Are current in continuing educion credits/units to maintain license. Professional knowledge of and skill in working with children, adolescents, parents and families in situions of child abuse/neglect or domestic abuse. Professional knowledge of family violence dynamics and skill in applying the Diagnostic and Stistical Manual of Mental Disorders to identify situions of family violence, conduct risk assessments and coordine safety planning. Professional knowledge of and skill in applying various counseling approaches and knowledge of group dynamics to work difficult and serious cases involving individuals and families who engage in -risk behavior. Professional knowledge of pterns of abusive behavior, abuse response, substance abuse, human behavior, human sexuality, tention deficit disorder, and juvenile delinquency within families to accurely address a wide variety of behaviors and provide or coordine the approprie trement plan for addressing clients specific needs. Professional knowledge of human behavior, research methods, group dynamics, motivional psychology, developmental psychology, and family systems therapy principles and processes to recognize risk factors associed with child vulnerability, family adversity, modeling of coercion, modeling of sexuality; and use anomically correct language when discussing the body or behaviors. Expert knowledge of and skill in applying professional verbal communicion techniques and methods to present sensitive and potentially controversial informion to various groups. Effectively interview FAP involved individuals and family members; effectively collabore with law enforcement, child protective services, and medical trement facilities; and deliver presentions. Skill in employing professional written communicion methods and techniques, and knowledge of and skill in using various software programs and Navy/DoD informion systems to compose correspondence; develop case management/trement case documention, reports, training plans, multi-media presentions; and document and account for FAP and PSB-CY requirements and services provided. Knowledge of community resources for PSB-CY and skill in coordining community response to provide services and referral to children, youth and families affected by PSB-CY and coordine community response for PSB-CY cases. 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
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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 Region Mid-Atlantic 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.
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//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 (KSA's) reled to the job requirements. Using the qualificions of the position, a predetermined ring criterion of KSA's 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 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
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provide a copy of the sponsor's Permanent Change of Stion (PCS) orders and a marriage certifice the time of applicion If claiming
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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
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provide a copy of your most recent Personnel Action Report (PAR) or SF-50
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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.
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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 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
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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.
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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 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: FFSC 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 First Cut off 09/01/2026 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 - 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 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 26-13041779 Control number 881071800