MFLC Assignment Ready Counselor

Magellan Health • West Point, NY

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About The Position

The Assignment Ready Counselor (ARC) provides coverage for short-term, surge, and on-demand military needs, including post-deployment events, summer camps, and backfills for absent counselors. The Summer ARC role covers assignments from May 15 through September 15. With minimal guidance and oversight, the counselor delivers adult or Child and Youth Behavioral (CYB) counseling services to military service members and their families at military installations. Assignments may be at military community and readiness centers, DoDEA or community schools, youth programs, summer camps, and other on-demand locations. CYB school backfill assignments require experience working in a school setting. Counselors coordinate closely with installation and military branch Points of Contact (POCs) to ensure services are within scope and meet installation needs.

Services include non-medical, short-term, solution-focused counseling; assessment; brief counseling and consultation; action planning; referrals and linkage to resources; and follow-up as indicated. CYB counselors also support staff at child development centers, schools, youth programs, and summer camps, and provide parent training and guidance. Counselors provide health and wellness presentations, participate in health fairs and other installation activities, and enter daily activity data through a smartphone or web application while maintaining confidentiality and anonymity.

The role requires an independently licensed behavioral health clinician and a master's degree in a mental health-related field or social work. Counselors must be willing to accept assignments of undefined duration on short notice, including weekends, and cover full-time assignments lasting from a weekend to two weeks. The work can involve responding to emergent situations and traversing indoor and outdoor installation or school environments, including uneven or rugged terrain and varied weather conditions. Site-specific requirements may apply, including current immunizations or vaccinations. This is a Service Contract Act-covered position; pay rate and health and welfare allowance are specified in the applicable wage determination agreement.

Requirements

• Master's degree from an accredited graduate program in a mental health-related field or social work.
• Current independent-level licensure as a behavioral health clinician, meeting applicable state, commonwealth, or customer-specific requirements; examples listed include LPC and other qualifying licenses.
• Valid driver's license.
• Clinical work experience.
• Fluency in English and ability to prove U.S. citizenship.
• Advanced knowledge of brief therapy and solution-focused counseling methods.
• Willingness to accept assignments on short notice, including assignments of undefined duration and weekend work.
• Ability to cover full-time assignments of varying lengths, from a weekend to two weeks.
• Ability to build rapport quickly with service personnel, family members, students, parents, and coworkers.
• Adaptability to new locations, working conditions, and site-specific rules.
• Ability to work effectively with minimal instruction and guidance and to listen carefully to instructions.
• Ability to participate on short notice in in-services, training, Quality Improvement committees, or other assigned contract activities.
• Ability to engage and communicate quickly with military members, spouses, or children and respond to emergent situations.
• Ability to traverse short or long distances at military installations or in school settings, including stairs, steep inclines, grass, rugged or uneven terrain, and outdoor conditions.
• Ability to meet site-specific work requirements, which may include having and documenting current immunizations or vaccinations.
• For CYB roles, ability to meet Magellan MFLC CYB experience criteria for working with children and youth and specialty in child and adolescent development or psychology.
• For CYB school backfill roles, experience working in a school setting.
• Ability to comply with line-of-sight protocol when working with children.

Nice To Haves

• Prior military service, military family membership, or strong familiarity with military culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide short-term, surge, on-demand, and backfill counseling coverage for military service members and their families.
• Deliver non-medical, short-term, solution-focused counseling, including assessment, brief counseling and consultation, action planning, referrals, resource linkage, and follow-up as indicated.
• Provide adult or Child and Youth Behavioral counseling services at military installations and assigned community locations.
• Support staff and personnel at child development centers, DoDEA and community schools, youth programs, and summer camps; provide parent training and guidance for CYB assignments.
• Provide training and health and wellness presentations and participate in health fairs and other installation activities.
• Enter counselor activity data daily through a smartphone or web application while maintaining confidentiality and anonymity.
• Coordinate with installation and military branch Points of Contact to ensure services address installation needs and remain within scope.
• Establish and maintain relationships with community resources and provide appropriate linkages.
• Create a visible, approachable presence on installations and, for CYB roles, in child and youth settings; follow line-of-sight protocol when working with children.
• Manage duty-to-warn and restricted-reporting situations according to DoD protocol and consult with the Regional Supervisor or Regional Director.
• Communicate with Regional Supervisors and participate in individual and group supervision, sharing trends and issues from assigned locations.
• Respond to critical incidents and special requests as directed by the POC and approved by the OSD program manager.
• Participate in in-services, training, Quality Improvement committees, and other contract activities as assigned.
• Comply with role-specific security responsibilities, applicable legal and contractual requirements, and internal policies and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level