Location: Quantico, VA
Announcement Number: 66325
Salary: $56,000 - $64,957
Closing Date: January 19, 2024
Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) is looking for the best and brightest to join our Team! MCCS is a comprehensive program that supports and enhances the quality of life for Marines, their families, and others in the Marine Corps Community. We offer a team oriented environment comprised of military personnel, civilian employees, contractors and volunteers who keep the organization functioning smoothly and effectively.
Duties
What to Expect
- Provide crisis intervention, education, and resources, ensuring victim safety, pre-trial, trial, and post-trial support, promoting healthy family interactions and reducing risk factors to family maltreatment. Conducts assessments to identify risk factors and assist clients to formulate safety plans. Develops and maintains relationships with individuals and families to include case closure and making modifications to safety plans and services as needed.
- Acts as liaison with commands, government, and private civilian organizations to ensure safety of victims and coordinated treatment services are provided. May collaborate with local court systems, child welfare and civilian law enforcement agencies on family maltreatment. Provides resource and referral services to clients and local agencies such as in providing information and directing clients to available military and civilian services, coordinating services between military and civilian agencies, and providing information on local shelters, crisis centers, and community service providers.
- Handle all ongoing assignments on his or her own initiative, experience, and judgment. This involves independently assessing for risk and consulting with commands and other pertinent agencies concerning appropriate protection orders and other safety measures. The incumbent provides crisis intervention and problem resolution for clients who are in crisis or under extreme stress. The complexity of the work is heightened because of the requirement to interface effectively with multiple agencies and organizations, both military and civilian.
- Maintains records of all contacts, referrals, and outcomes with victims; ensure that the Family Advocacy case manager is fully aware of the victim¿s situation; and ensures the confidential handling of all documents or conversations related to victim care.
- Facilitate briefings and classes to commands and other military agencies on domestic violence to promote healthy family interactions and reduce incidences of initial and recurrent family maltreatment.
Due to the nature of work in this position, the incumbent may serve in an 'on call' duty status outside of normal work hours that includes: remaining in a reasonable call back radius, carrying a cell phone or pager, or regularly checking email to respond to emergencies; remaining in a state of readiness to perform work with limitations on pursuing outside leisure activities, and/or reporting to a designated post of duty to be ready to or to perform work.
This is a white-collar position where occasional lifting up to 20 lbs may be required.
