Remote Clinical Counselor and Case Manager

**This position requires the selected candidates to be within a reasonable commuting distance of a Naval Installation in the region they are supporting. To meet that requirement for this opening, you must be within a reasonable commuting distance of a Naval Installation in one of the following locations: **

• Navy Yard, DC
• Annapolis, MD
• Dahlgren, VA
• Fort Meade, MD
• Patuxent River, MD
• Bethesda, MD
• Norfolk, VA
• Little Creek, VA
• Yorktown, VA
• Dam Neck, VA
• Newport News, VA
• Portsmouth, VA
• Oceana, VA
• Portsmouth, NH
• Newport, RI
• New London, CT
• Saratoga Springs, NY
• Earle/Lakehurst, NJ
• Great Lakes, IL
• Jacksonville, FL
• Mayport, FL
• Charleston, SC
• Gulfport, MS
• Millington, TN
• New Orleans, LA
• Meridian, MS
• Pensacola, FL
• Corpus Christi, TX
• Fort Worth, TX
• Kingsville, TX
• Panama City, FL
• Kings Bay, GA
• Fort Gordon, GA
• Whiting Field, FL
• Naples, Italy
• Rota, Spain
• Bahrain

Job Title: Remote Clinical Counselor Floater

Summary

The Remote Clinical Counselor Floater works as a full-time employee of Zeiders Enterprises and provides assessment and short-term, solution focused non-medical counseling services to eligible individuals, marital or intimate partners, families, and/or groups as part of the CNIC Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP) Global Staffing Contract.  The Remote Clinical Counselor Floater will also carry SAIL case management responsibilities. SAIL is the Navy’s Sailor Assistance and Intercept for Life (SAIL) program, designed to allow for command support and involvement throughout a Sailor’s recovery following a suicide-related incident to optimize successful reintegration and to ensure mission readiness.  SAIL provides rapid-assistance clinical case management services addressing risk management, care coordination and reintegration assistance for Sailors identified during the period of highest risk after an event involving suicidal thoughts or behaviors. The Remote Clinical Counselor Floater will provide services remotely through telephone or Navy approved virtual platforms, and may also provide surge support in-person, on the shore, or in an afloat deployed environment Navy-wide.

This position is primarily remote but will require some travel. The position requires flexibility to potentially serve clients in any time zone.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Non-medical counseling:
  • Scope of practice for non-medical counseling is limited to counseling services for Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention and Adjustment Disorders. Conduct intake, screening, assessment, and referral of clients as appropriate. Work with the client to establish an individual treatment plan. Provide individual and couples, and group counseling. Provide information about existing Navy programs such as in-person NMC Counseling Services at installations. Provide immediate intervention and risk assessment IAW best practices in the mental health community and educate and ensure adequate referral and follow-up of any case presenting suicidal or homicidal risk.
  • Perform accurate assessment of the client’s presenting problem and plan effective treatment for that problem.
  • Participate in regional quarterly quality assurance procedures to ensure that all clinical services provided are safe and of good quality.
  • Maintain counseling case documentation in the FFSMIS Clinical Counseling Record System for all non-medical counseling assessment and counseling services IAW all applicable policies, laws, and instructions.
  • Other duties as assigned.

• SAIL case management:
  • Receive Command and non-Command referrals and make an introductory contact to referred Sailors to provide information about the SAIL program.
  • Provide an initial clinical assessment and ongoing risk assessments using the Columbia Suicide Severity Risk Scale (C-SSRS). Provide ongoing safety planning using the V