VICTIM ADVOCATE AND EDUCATOR

You will serve as Victim Advocate and Educator for the Family Readiness Division and Fleet and Family Support Services Division.

You will coordinate with FAP case manager in developing appropriate plan of assistance/intervention, which provides for the safety of the victim and their family members.

You will provide advocacy service to non-offending parents or caregiver of the identified victims of child abuse.

You will develop and facilitate briefings and classes to commands and other military agencies on domestic abuse and child abuse.

You will provide training on domestic abuse prevention, identification of child and spouse abuse, and provide resources to prevent and treat domestic abuse and Navy's policy regarding family violence.

You will train all Child Youth Program (CYP) personnel who work with children on the causes and effect of child abuse and neglect, identification of child abuse and neglect and the reporting responsibilities.

You will provide outreach services to promote awareness of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse to the community through events, online promotions and other coordinated services with Commands.

You will be responsible for responding to afterhours calls to the FAP On-Call Phone to address and offer VA services to whomever is calling to report DV or CA incidents.

In addition to the Basic Requirements for this position, your resume must also demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level or pay band in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private or public sector.

Specialized experience must demonstrate the following: providing family advocacy services for victims of spouse/intimate partner abuse and child abuse, community outreach, education and training for the service population and providing assistance to non-offending parents or caregivers to victim of child abuse.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-PROF and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=List-by-Occupational-Series and https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/social-sciencce-series-0101/ Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.