Navy Safe Harbor Mobile Clinical Counselor; West

Navy Safe Harbor Mobile Clinical Counselor (West)

The Mobile Clinical Counselor works as a full-time employee of Zeiders Enterprises and provides assessment and short-term, solution focused non-medical counseling services and proactive, non-traditional walk-around participant outreach to eligible Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW), Navy Gold Star (NGS), and Fisher House individuals as part of the CNIC Fleet and Family Support Program (FFSP) Global Staffing Contract. This position is an in-person position that provides support on a rotating travel schedule, while maintaining a hybrid caseload (Virtual + In-person).

The Mobile Clinical Counselor attends NGS memorial events, NWW adaptive sports and other engagements to deliver individual, marital or intimate partner, family, and/or group counseling while establishing trust, reducing the stresses of military life, and building rapport to connect participants with ongoing program support. The candidate must be located within a reasonable commuting distance of a military installation for the purpose of CAC issuance.

Mobile Clinical Counselors may be asked to provide virtual surge support to other regions, and in times of crisis or disaster response, are required to travel on short notice (within 48 hours) to provide on-site clinical support and Psychological First Aid (PFA).

• Conduct non-traditional walk-around participant outreach and proactive engagement during events, fairs, ceremonies, and sports camps to establish trust, build relationships, and offer immediate, on-the-spot emotional support or crisis intervention.
• Utilize preventative outreach models that strengthen participants' readiness and resilience by actively reducing the unique stressors associated with military life cycles, medical retirement, and loss—including providing real-time emotional stabilization for high-stress environments like the Wounded Warrior Games.
• Leverage extensive knowledge of the military structure and chain of command to interact comfortably and professionally with all ranks, commands, and uniformed Points of Contact (POC) during on-site deployments and events.
• Be available to travel as directed to meet program needs across regions, including overnight and international Scope of practice is limited to Psychological First Aid and counseling services for Other Conditions That May Be a Focus of Clinical Attention and Adjustment Disorders and may include presenting concerns such as grief and loss, adjustment to catastrophic injury or illness, caregiver stress and compassion illness, and stress related to events including medical recovery or retirement.
• Provide in-person, on-site clinical support at Gold Star memorial and remembrance events, Wounded Warrior adaptive sports camps and engagement events, and at Fisher Houses as assigned.
• Provide grief and loss counseling during memorial and remembrance activities. Offer real time emotional support during high visibility and emotionally sensitive events.
• Maintain a hybrid caseload—managing a dedicated virtual caseload during non-travel periods, while traveling for face-to-face outreach and event support during scheduled travel rotations.
• Ensure referrals for appropriate behavioral health follow-up for any psychological disorders or symptoms requiring longer-term counseling and/or medical/psychiatric intervention. Conduct intake, screening, assessment, and referral of clients as appropriate.
• Perform accurate assessment of the client’s presenting problem and collaborate with the client to establish and implement an effective individual treatment plan.
• Provide individual, couples, and group counseling.
• Provide information about existing Navy programs such as non-medical counseling services at the sites.
• Provide immediate crisis support, intervention, and risk assessment (including during in-person events) IAW best practices in the mental health community, ensuring adequate referral, safety planning, and follow-up for any case presenting suicidal or homicidal risk.
• Provide an initial assessment and ongoing suicide risk assessments using the Columbia Suicide Severity Risk Scale (C-SSRS). Provide ongoing safety planning, as needed, using the Veterans Affairs Safety Plan.
• Report suspected child abuse and intimate partner violence to the local civilian authorities and the Family Advocacy Representative IAW Navy and state requirements.
• Coordinate and manage specialized assessment ad intervention services for children and families not…