Community Resource Coordinator

General Dynamics Information Technology•San Diego, CA

6d•$55,003 - $74,415•Onsite

About The Position

GDIT is seeking a Community Resource Coordinator to support customer activities. This role focuses on enhancing the resilience, well-being, and readiness of personnel and their families by integrating, coordinating, and maintaining community and family support programs. The CRC will build peer-support networks, improve access to helping resources, conduct outreach, and foster community capacity. Responsibilities include data collection, needs assessment, program execution, and collaboration with leadership and multidisciplinary support teams.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in education, human/social services or related field or four (4) years’ experience, to include experience as a volunteer, in providing social service education, or work/family life consultation or coordination services.
Have, or be willing to receive, specialized training on peer support counseling, community resources and referrals and suicide prevention.
Knowledge of best practices and developments in areas of peer support counseling and suicide prevention, and will keep abreast of DoW, Services and community sponsored resources intended to promote the wellbeing of service members and their families.
Secret or Top-Secret Clearance, or the ability to obtain clearance.
US Citizenship Required: Yes

Nice To Haves

Behavioral Health
Counseling
Family Support
Peer Support
Social Services

Responsibilities

Organize and oversee peer support networks for their assigned commands.
Recruit active duty and family member peer support counselors, ensure participating peer support counselors are vetted and trained according to USSOCOM CRC standards.
Collect and report data for the purposes of formative and outcome evaluations of peer support programs and other community-based support programs.
Collect original data and data from secondary sources in support of program assessments. This data includes but is not limited to focus group and/or unit meetings convened by leadership; POTFF Family Resilience Program evaluation results; trend information from POTFF Psychologist, Chaplains, Ombudsmen, or Family Readiness Group (FRG) staff.
Support commands at multiple levels and in multiple locations.
Identify and document program/service needs and evaluation data.
Develop needs-based programming to service specific demographic groups and geographic locations.
Demonstrate extensive knowledge of DoW resources, such as the Military OneSource, Military Family Life Counselors (MFLC), Personal Financial Counselors (PFC), and Military Crisis Line.
Lead and/or assist in the coordination and/or development of CRC official processes, functions and networking opportunities for subpopulations served.
Establish, maintain, and report activity of peer counseling networks for supported unit’s Service members and family member spouses.
Report activity using specified reporting tool and frequency identified by the Social Performance program manager or other POTFF staff as required.
Conduct and/or contribute to Family Orientation, Information, Outreach and Referrals.
Conduct and/or contribute to Pre- and Post-deployment Preparation, Reintegration, and Decompression.
Conduct and/or contribute to Family Relational Enhancement activities.
Conduct and/or contribute to Single Service Member Enhancement activities.
Conduct and/or contribute to unit level career transition programs for military members and spouses.
Conduct and/or contribute to Social & Family and Psychological Program implementation to include suicide prevention and cognitive agility training; Maintain awareness of and conduct or contribute to education/communication of installation and/or local community behavioral health and resiliency resources.
Assist with the development of CRC standard operating procedures and CRC service provision protocols.
Serve as Commander’s liaison for matters related to community and family support.
Communicate on behalf of the Command utilizing a variety of Command-approved and vetted media/social media.
Maintain awareness of emergency response protocols.
As a subject matter expert for this labor category, the primary role is for the purpose of enhance and preservation of the cognitive, physical, psychological, social, and spiritual well-being of Service Members and their families, which includes the documentation of those services offered in the HP Enterprise-wide platforms (i.e., HPDMS, etc.) as directed by the USSOCOM Directive 10-12. Adjustments to the productivity level for this labor category may vary due to client population, local mission set, or additional administrative taskings. Additional duties as assigned through local leadership must be documented and approved through local POTFF leadership.

Benefits

401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
Variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts
Dental plan options
Vision plan
401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
Full flex work weeks where possible
Variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
Short and long-term disability benefits
Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.