The Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Project Odyssey Specialist supports Wounded Warrior Project’s Mental Health and Wellness programs by serving wounded service members dealing with invisible injuries (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat stress) through Project Odyssey. The Project Odyssey Specialist plans, manages, and executes all aspects of Project Odyssey, providing support and resources to warriors and their families to enhance their resiliency and psychological well-being.
Note: Project Odyssey is a five-day outdoor experiential learning program that encourages wounded warriors to challenge themselves both physically and mentally while in a supportive environment. Project Odyssey is also delivered in a virtual space over the course of six to twelve weeks using a learning management system.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Screen, interview, and assess warriors and family support members’ who express interest in Project Odyssey (PO) and decide whether the warrior is, or the couple are, a good fit for and will benefit from participation in either a face to face model or virtual delivery.
• Evaluate and identify relevant mental health-focused resources for warriors or couples who are not currently ready for participation in Project Odyssey.
• Develop in-person Project Odyssey mental health workshop agenda with intentionally planned activities focused on enhancing the mental health of attendees.
• Develop virtual Project Odyssey mental health workshop agenda with intentionally planned activities through learning management systems focused on enhancing the mental health of attendees.  
• Manage overall facilitation of Project Odyssey including selecting participants, conducting the activities, facilitating psychoeducational workshops, and debriefing. Determine removal of participants if necessary, with limited to no supervision from manager.
• Oversee participation in Project Odyssey. Adjust workshop agenda based on assessment of group dynamics, weather, and vendor availability. Identify and facilitate alternate activities as appropriate during the workshop.
• Provide continued care with Project Odyssey attendees over a twelve-week period through case management, mental health education focusing on resiliency and psychological wellbeing. Assist warrior’s and family support members’ and coordinate traditional or alternative therapy options as needed, e.g., Counseling, Intensive Outpatient Therapy, Inpatient Therapy, Equine Therapy, Vet Centers, and Mindfulness.
• Provide instruction and guidance and manage the progress of warrior’s and couples’ mental health-focused SMART goals.
• Maintain current and accurate data in WWP intranet electronic tracking systems, e.g., Salesforce.
• Conduct routine warrior outreach. Provide information on Project Odyssey programming to warriors, veterans, family support members, community, WWP teammates, and program partners.
• Leverage technical skills in the achievement of working and delivering programming in a remote environment.
• Learn and implement various modalities to execute on Project Odyssey and during follow-up, including a Learning Management Systems (LMS), Experiential Learning Models, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Gottman Couples Therapy.
• Lead a group of warriors and family support members through five days of experiential learning using approved and trained evidenced based mental health curriculum, with limited to no supervision.
• Lead a six to twelve-week virtual mental health workshop using approved and trained evidenced based mental health curriculum, with limited to no supervision.
• Manage multiple tasks, assignments and functions, meeting deadlines and deliverables with usage of metrics to meet key performance indicators.
• Other related duties as assigned.