Duties

A. Lead Duties

• Leads staff assigned to Fort Gordon Satellite FFSC which includes Work and Family Life Consultant, Accredited Financial Counselor, and Clinical Counselor.
• Coaches the team, identifies employee developmental needs, encourages self-development, and provides or arranges for training (formal and on-the-job) to maintain and improve team and individual tasks.
• Provides technical oversight to the team; communicates work assignments through varied methods (e.g.,regularly scheduled meetings, emails, one-on-one discussions); balances workflow of the team.
• Monitors and reports progress to ensure the Supervisor's instructions on work tasks are met. Institutes organizational procedures that promote communication and harmonious working relationships among the team to develop individual strengths and provide for effective accomplishment of Center's mission.
• Ensures the FFSP strategic goals, plans and tasks are communicated to the team and integrated to effect accomplishment of the Center's mission.
• Represents the team to provide FFSC Leadership policy interpretation and implementation for all Family readiness services, ensuring local instructions, standard operating procedures, and guidance reflect current directives, instructions and laws.
• Maintains necessary program and administrative materials and files; makes available policies, procedures, directives and instructions from the Supervisor to the team. Identifies and advocates for resources as well as for information and decisions on major work issues.
• Leads team in assessing strengths and weaknesses; exploring work methods, processes and procedures; ensuring team participates in team planning and plays an integral role in developing final team products.
• Makes recommendations to Supervisor regarding standards of performance; informs Supervisor of performance issues and recommends related actions; communicates award recommendations.
• Coordinates requests for time off with Kings Bay Technical Advisor (TA) and maintains an employee leave schedule. Approves emergency and other types of leave as delegated by the FFSC TA.
• Ensures employee timesheets are completed and submitted to the AFSC Site Coordinator located at FFSC, Kings Bay, in accordance with AFSC Time Reporting Policies. Keeps FFSC Director informed of concerns of overuse of leave or issues concerning adequate coverage for the Satellite location.
• Resolves simple and informal issues/complaints at team level while referring other formal complaints to Supervisor.
• Coordinates responses to requests for information involving contract staff.
• Updates contractor recall roster monthly.
• Completes I9s for new contract staff and assists new hires in the initial onboarding processes.
• Performs other related tasks as assigned.

• Provides and/or coordinates the clinical services, including intake, workload distribution, assessments, case management, liaison, outreach/marketing, education and partnerships.
• Serves as the principal advisor and authority on matters impacting clinical counseling programs.
• Provides short-term, solution focused, non-medical clinical counseling to eligible beneficiaries to assist clients to identify, and effectively deal with and resolve conflicts and problems.
• Demonstrates effective independent clinical assessment skills by identifying crisis situation, e.g. suicide or homicide risk, danger of physical or sexual abuse to family members and increased risk of further family violence.
• Provides crisis intervention and safety planning as required.
• Independently manages assigned cases, consulting with Supervisor where the case is highly complex or presents with special issues.
• Complies with reporting protocols involving high-risk clients.
• Ensures the safety and protection of victims and witnesses referring to appropriate resources and authorities.
• Maintain case records, treatment plans and statistics in accordance with Navy policies and regulations and updates the FFSMIS data system as required.
• Provides the Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) Program to all eligible Sailors and provides SAIL program education to all Navy tenant Command leadership teams.
• Prepares all required clinical reports (recurring and ad hoc) and taskers in a complete, accurate and timely manner.
• Writes clinical counseling related local SOPs, protocols, instructions and other materials to achieve full compliance with requirements and quality service delivery.
• Point of contact for receiving reports of domestic abuse and child abuse/neglect and refers the reports to the proper authorities and Fort Gordon Family Advocacy Program.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• Must meet Federal Employment suitability requirements and successful completion of background investigation. Background investigations are conducted using fingerprint identification and completion of background inquiry forms.
• Must successfully pass the E-verify employment verification check. Any discrepancies must be resolved as a condition of employment.
• You must go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the Form I-9.
• May be required to pass pre-employment examinations.
• Must provide proof of U.S. Citizenship or U.S. National.
• A valid State driver's license is required to operate motor vehicles.
• Must have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.

How You Will Be Evaluated

• Benefits

  Review our benefits

• Required Documents

  As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have - whether you're a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee. You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you're eligible under their policies.

  • Resume
  • Include name and contact information for at least three (3) professional references in your resume
  • OF-306. http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/OF0306.pdf
  • Proof of education (transcripts/copy of degree/high school diploma), if applicable to position requirements.
  • Proof of certification, if applicable to position requirements.
  • If you are a current federal employee, submit your most recent Personnel Action Report (PAR) or SF-50.
  • If you are a current federal employee, submit your last three evaluations.

  
  APPLICANTS CLAIMING HIRING PREFERENCE: Please ensure your status is indicated in your USAJOBS account and ALL required documents to claim preference are submitted at the time of resume submission.
  
  WHAT ARE PREFERENCES? Preferences are advantages in the candidate selection process. Individuals can claim the following preferences:
  1. Reemployment Priority List (RPL): Qualifying separated employees shall have priority placement in the NAF activity from which they were separated as a result of a Business Based Action (BBA), when the position has substantially the same duties as the position from which they were separated and it is not a higher grade or employment category, provided the position is not being filled by an internal candidate.
  To claim this preference, you MUST:
  

  • Submit a copy of your BBA Separation Notification indicating eligibility for RPL.

  
  2. Military Spouse Preference (MSP): Qualifying spouses eligible for MSP are spouses of an active duty military member of the U.S. Armed Forces, including members of the National Guard or Reserves on active duty. The marriage must have occurred before the military member received official permanent change of station (PCS) orders to the installation listed above. MSP is applicable only when applying for NAF positions at the NF-03 and below and equivalent craft and trade (CT) positions.
  To claim this preference, you MUST:
  

  • Submit sponsor's PCS orders to installation you are applying for; AND
  • If you are not indicated as a spouse on the PCS orders, you MUST submit proof of marriage prior to PCS.

  
  3. Veteran's Preference/Gold Star Veteran's Preference: Qualifying military veterans, and spouses/parents of deceased veterans shall be given employment preference over non-preference applicants if they are equally qualified. Preference applicable for positions open to external candidates.
  
  To claim Veteran's preference, you MUST:
  

  • Submit a copy of your DD-214 (member 4 copy); AND
  • Submit completed SF15 from the Veterans Administration (VA); AND
  • Submit any other supporting documentation (disability, official statements, proof of service, etc)

  
  To claim Gold Star Veteran's preference, you MUST:
  

  • Submit completed SF-15 from the Veterans Administration (VA); AND
  • Submit a legible copy of DD-1300; AND
  • Submit any other supporting documentation (official statements, document of service, court decree, etc).

  
  ***Qualifying applicants with preferences are considered in the order listed above. Then all other qualifying applicants are considered.

• How to Apply

  "To ensure compliance with an applicable preliminary nationwide injunction, which may be supplemented, modified, or vacated, depending on the course of ongoing litigation, the Federal Government will take no action to implement or enforce the COVID-19 vaccination requirement pursuant to Executive Order 14043 on Requiring Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination for Federal Employees. Therefore, to the extent a Federal job announcement includes the requirement that applicants must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 pursuant to Executive Order 14043, that requirement does not currently apply. Federal agencies may request information regarding the vaccination status of selected applicants for the purposes of implementing other workplace safety protocols, such as protocols related to masking, physical distancing, testing, travel, and quarantine."

  To begin the process, click on the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USA JOBS account.

  Application process is submitted through your USA JOBS account. Resumes/ Applications received other than by USA JOBS will be destroyed and will not be considered.

  It is the applicant's responsibility to verify all the information in their resume and documents; HR will not modify documents submitted by an applicant. All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in the resume.

  Qualifications must be clearly verifiable in your resume. Government positions must include pay plan, series, grade, to and from dates, and government agency/department.

  Where a first cut-off date is indicated, a selection may be made from the resumes/applications received as of the specified first cut-off date. Completed applications (resume, supporting documentation, etc.) must be received by 11:59pm Eastern Time on the cut-off/closing date. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received will be reviewed.

  Please see the "REQUIRED DOCUMENTS" section and review the applicant checklist link to determine if there are other documents you are required to submit. You must submit all required documentation or you will not be considered for the position. Failure to submit all the required documentation may result in not be considered for the position.
  
  The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 04/18/2023 to receive consideration.
  
  To begin, click Apply to access the online application. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to create one before beginning the application.
  
  To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/11914540
  
  It is your responsibility to ensure your application package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) is complete, accurate, and submitted by the closing date.
  
  Additional information on how to complete the online application process and submit your online application may be found on the https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Applicant
  
  To verify or check the status of your application, log into your USAJOBS account. Once logged in, the Welcome screen lists your applications, your application status and the date it was last updated. For information on what each Application Status means, visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/application/status

  Agency contact information

  Thomas Timmons

  Email

  thomas.e.timmons2.naf@us.navy.mil

  Address

  SUBASE Kings Bay
  1063 USS Tennessee Ave Bldg 1063
  Kings Bay, GA 31547
  US

  Next steps

  All applicants will be notified regarding their status by email. Applicants will either be contacted by email for an interview or sent an email of non-selection 3-6 weeks after the announcement closing date. Please notify us if your contact information changes after the closing date of the announcement. Also, note that communication is performed via email if you do not read your email, provide an inaccurate email address and/ or if your mailbox is full or blocked (e.g., spam-blocker), you may not receive important communication that could affect your consideration for this position.

• Fair and Transparent

  The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.

  • Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
  • Reasonable accommodation policy
  • Financial suitability
  • Selective Service
  • New employee probationary period
  • Signature and false statements
  • Privacy Act
  • Social security number request

Required Documents

Clarification from the agency

Please see the "Who May Apply" section under the Qualifications section.