Mobile FAP Case Manager

Job Title:
Mobile FAP Case Manager

** This job will require frequent, and potentially consecutive, travel for 3-6 months at a time to provide in-person support at locations throughout the world.**

The Family Advocacy Program is a congressionally mandated DoD program that provides clinical assessment, intervention, treatment, and services for incidents of child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence (IPV), and problematic sexual behavior in children and youth (PSB-CY) involving service members and their families. The program operates in cooperation with commands, military stakeholders, civilian law enforcement and social service agencies. The primary goals of FAP are prevention, victim safety and support, rehabilitative interventions, command and offender accountability, and a consistent and appropriate coordinated community response.

Mobile FAP case managers will surge on demand for three to six months at a time to any Navy region or installation within the enterprise to provide support as needed, particularly in OCONUS locations, to augment FAP services and support critical FAP positions at Navy Fleet and Family Support Centers around the globe. Ongoing travel may be required to move from one assignment directly to another.

Mobile FAP case managers will receive and assess all reports of alleged child and domestic abuse in accordance with Navy risk protocols and procedures including interviewing alleged offenders, victims, and other witnesses. They develop appropriate, risk-focused treatment and interventions for victims and perpetrators of child and domestic abuse.

• Travel to locations designated by CNIC and serve in a FAP case manager role at those locations for 3-6 months. This may involve living in military base accommodations or in the local community and will require working from a physical workspace on a military installation daily.
• Triage allegations of child abuse and intimate partner violence and initiate actions required to open a Family Advocacy Program (FAP) case, including conducting clinical case assessments (e.g., safety/lethality) with involved parties, reporting to and coordinating with child welfare services agencies, coordinating with victim advocates as appropriate, and notifying commands for all unrestricted cases.
• Refer domestic abuse victims and non-offending parents in child abuse allegations to the FAP Victim Advocate, if available, for ongoing services and support. Coordinate all case management and intervention services with the assigned FAP Victim Advocate, as applicable.
• Synthesize clinical information to formulate assessment about level of imminent, short-term and long-term risks.
• Execute risk-based safety planning, monitoring client and family functioning/stability, planning and implementing evidence-based intervention and treatment.
• Serve as a community liaison to ensure an effective coordinated community response to allegations of child abuse/neglect and domestic abuse including situations with high-risk for bodily harm or lethal violence within the family.
• Conduct clinical interviews to assess individuals and identify the development of behavior patterns, mechanisms, and symptoms.
• Coordinate clinical treatment/intervention for individuals, couples, children, families, and groups on family maltreatment.
• Synthesize assessments and prepare cases for presentation to the incident determination committee for status determination.
• Prepare cases for Clinical Case Staffing Meetings, including clinical recommendations for all involved parties.
• Participate in quarterly quality assurance procedures to ensure that all clinical services provided are safe and of good quality.
• Document and maintain current records in the FFSMIS FAP Case Record System in accordance with all applicable policies, laws and instructions. Document and maintain current records in the FFSMIS FAP Restricted Reporting Record System for all clinical services provided to victims of domestic abuse who have elected restricted reporting in accordance with current Navy requirements.
• Ensure all FAP information and referral, and one-on-one consultation not resulting in a…