Full Time 35 hour per week. $53,285/yearly

Pleasant Valley Location

1. Planning and Facilitating:
   1. Identifies and reaches out to community
   2. Plans, initiates and organizes all consensus building activities among stakeholders in the community.
   3. Brings together and facilitates meetings among stakeholders.
   4. Facilitates and coordinates the collection of all data.
2. Organizes, recruits and implements all other VPS activities:
   • Liaison with county & federal veterans' organizations
   • Organize and operate network of peer-facilitated support groups for veterans and/or their families
   • Provide individual and family advocacy as needed
   • Organize provider advisory network & facilitate regular meetings
   • Plan quarterly or more frequent socialization/family events for all program participants as well as related staff, stakeholders, advisory members,
   • Recruitment, outreach, & engagement

II.   Support and Advocacy, I&R:

1. Ensures that program provides ongoing support and advocacy to clients of the program, including individuals and/or families as needed; provides knowledge of resources
2. Acts as liaison among all parties and stakeholders to the

III.    Training & Supervision

1. Ensures that all staff (including self) & volunteers are trained in some or all of these or similar trainings (starred items are priority):
   • SAFE Curriculum (Support & Family Education)
   • Mental Health First Aid*
   • Suicide Prevention (ASIST, SafeTalk, QPR, or other)*
   • Active listening
   • Signs & Symptoms of PTSD, TBI, Co-occurring Disorders and other mental health conditions*
2. Monitors and evaluates

IV.   Administration and Promotion:

1. Responsible for all reporting
2. Promotes project throughout Dutchess County by providing information, speaking engagements, and through the
3. Builds and maintains relationships with constituencies vital to the growth of the
4. Maintains knowledge of the research and outcomes associated with veterans'
5. Contribution: Actively participate in cooperative efforts of FSAS Department; participate in acitivities that contribute to the overall welfare of the agency; undertake other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Must be a veteran.
2. Education: Bachelor of Arts or Sciences in human services field preferred
3. Five years of experience in human services, with supervisory and/or volunteer coordination preferred.
4. An understanding of the population being served, its needs, intervention strategies, culture, and available services.