Military and Family Life Counselor - Adults or Children

About the role

Candidates must be local or willing to become local and licensed as a Social Worker (LCSW), Therapist (LMFT), or Mental Health Counselor (LPC).

Responsibilities

• Provides MFLC consultation and counseling services to the command structure and military service members and their families at military installations.
• Delivers non-medical, short-term, walk-around counseling, training/health and wellness presentations, and consultation to installation command regarding behavioral health issues.
• Works closely with the Regional Supervisor/Regional Director, installation, and military branch Points of Contact (POC) to assure that the program is provided within scope and meets the needs of the installation.
• Enters counselor activity data daily through smart phone, or web application, to assure that reporting is accurate from assigned installation, while maintaining client/service member confidentiality.
• Manages duty to warn and restricted reporting situations according to Department of Defense (DoD) protocol and staffs the cases with Regional Supervisor/Regional Director.
• Communicates with Regional Supervisors and participates in regular individual and group supervision, sharing information regarding trends and issues on the installations to which the counselor is assigned.
• Participates in regular in-services/training, Quality Improvement committees or other contract activities as assigned/appropriate.
• Participates in initiatives, studies, and pilot programs as directed by the customer and/or Magellan.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited graduate program in a relevant field of study to include, but not limited to, a mental health related field such as social work, psychology, marriage/family therapy, or counseling.
• Valid unrestricted independent counseling license from a State, District of Columbia, US Territory or Commonwealth that grants authority to provide counseling services as an independent practitioner.
• Less than 2 years of post-licensure clinical experience.
• Demonstrate intermediate-level competencies in technology and software (i.e., Microsoft Suite, Internet navigation, Smartphone/Tablet and application navigation, video-conferencing platform navigation).
• Ability to engage and communicate with military members or children as assigned, in order to accomplish job functions, and to respond quickly to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation and/or within a school setting, which includes the need to traverse short and/or long distances within the base to both indoor and outdoor locations, to maneuver through rugged, outdoor or uneven locations (e.g., steep inclines, stairs, grass), and work in outdoor weather and other military base conditions.
• Pass a National Agency Check and Inquiries (NACI) Clearance, an Installation Records Check (IRC), Criminal Background Check, and FBI Fingerprints Check.

Qualifications

• Ability to prove US Citizenship and must be fluent in English.
• Understanding, sensitivity and empathy for service members and their families.
• Ability to develop trusting, helping relationships.
• Ability to work with individuals and families from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Skills

• Intermediate-level competencies in technology and software (i.e., Microsoft Suite, Internet navigation, Smartphone/Tablet and application navigation, video-conferencing platform navigation).

Benefits

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Pay

Pay rates are specified in the applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Schedule

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