Special Operations Community Resource Coordinator (CRC) - (HQ AFSOC/Hurlburt Field, FL)

KBR, Inc.•Hurlburt Field, FL

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Community Resource Coordinator (CRC) is responsible for the comprehensive and effective coordination, development, and evaluation of programs and services that contribute directly and positively to the resiliency of the assigned unit’s force and families. The Coordinator will organize and oversee peer support networks for their assigned commands, recruit active duty and family member peer support counselors, and ensure they are vetted and trained according to USSOCOM CRC standards. Responsibilities include collecting and reporting data for program evaluations, identifying and documenting program/service needs, and developing needs-based programming for specific demographic groups and geographic locations. The Coordinator must possess extensive knowledge of DoD resources such as Military OneSource, Military Family Life Counselors (MFLC), Personal Financial Counselors (PFC), and the Military Crisis Line. They will lead or assist in coordinating and developing official processes, functions, and networking opportunities for subpopulations served. This role involves establishing, maintaining, and reporting on the activity of peer counseling networks, conducting and contributing to various family support programs (orientation, pre/post-deployment, relational enhancement, career transition), and implementing social/family and psychological programs including suicide prevention and cognitive agility training. The Coordinator must maintain awareness of and communicate installation/local community behavioral health and resiliency resources, assist with developing standard operating procedures, serve as the Commander’s liaison for community and family support matters, and communicate on behalf of the Command through various media. They must also maintain awareness of emergency response protocols.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in education, human/social services or related field or four years’ experience, to include experience as a volunteer, in providing social service education, or work/family life consultation or coordination services.
Shall have, or be willing to receive, specialized training on peer support counseling, community resources and referrals and suicide prevention.
Shall remain current on their knowledge of best practices and developments in areas of peer support counseling and suicide prevention, and will keep abreast of DoD, Services and community sponsored resources intended to promote the wellbeing of service members and their families.
Must comply with Safety, Health and Environmental plan, policies and procedures.
Must comply with the Quality Assurance plan, policies and procedures.
Must maintain regular and acceptable attendance.
Responsible for completing all required training.

Responsibilities

Organize and oversee peer support networks for 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 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.
Identify and document program/service needs and evaluation data.
Develop needs-based programming to service specific demographic groups and geographic locations.
Lead and/or assist in the coordination and/or development of 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 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 development of standard operating procedures and 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 media/social media.
Maintain awareness of emergency response protocols.