Military and Family Life Counselor (CYB)

Zeiders Enterprise•Fort Hood, TX

24d•Onsite

About The Position

Military and Family Life Counselors (MFLC) provide assessment, short-term, solution-focused counseling services, and non-traditional walk-around participant outreach to eligible individuals, military children, and youth of all ages. This includes collaboration and consultation with teachers, parents, and administrators to strengthen and increase the child’s/youth’s capacity for healthy development. MFLC services aim to enhance participants’ ability to cope with the many challenges associated with the complex dynamics unique to the military service environment. The CYB-MFLC would also serve to provide services for staff and parents. The role requires in-depth knowledge of the MFLC program's conduct, activities, practices, and operations. It involves providing non-medical counseling, consulting, and outreach services, with knowledge of preventative models that strengthen service members’ and their families’ readiness and resilience by reducing the stresses of military life. The counselor will model evidence-based intervention approaches, teach coping strategies, emotion management, and problem-solving skills, and support the management of life challenges. Facilitation of psychological and behavioral awareness is key, as is providing education on symptoms, causes, and implications of identified issues. Services are delivered through multi-level intervention (classroom, family, school, community), considering contextual and cultural factors impacting young children’s behavior. The role assists educators with strategies for understanding factors shaping young children’s social-emotional development. The counselor will perform accurate assessments of presenting problems and plan effective treatment, conduct government-approved presentations, and enter daily activity reporting while maintaining confidentiality.

Requirements

Be U.S. citizens and speak fluent English.
Possess a Master's degree or higher from an accredited graduate program in a relevant behavioral health field of study to include, but not limited to social work, psychology, marriage/family therapy, or counseling.
Hold a valid independent license in the mental health field from any US state or territory (LCSW, LMFT, LPCC, LMHC, Psychologist).
Be able to pass a basic background check for employment, a Child National Agency Check, and Inquiries (NACI/CNACI) clearance, commonly called a Public Trust clearance.
Be able to pass all background/suitability checks, which may include additional installation-specific requirements.
Knowledge of the difficulties of adjusting to general life stresses as well as those resulting from the requirements of military life, and experience providing short-term counseling for those issues.
Knowledge of standard documentation requirements for clinical services.
Knowledge of available military and community referral resources.
Ability to work effectively with diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Proficiency in oral and written communication skills.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite software and skilled in the use of office software.

Nice To Haves

Certification or additional training as an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant.

Responsibilities

Provide support for children of any age working in early childhood settings and schools.
Serve to provide services for staff and parents.
Provide non-medical counseling, consulting, and outreach services to eligible participants.
Model evidence-based intervention approaches.
Teach coping strategies, emotion management, and problem-solving skills to families and/or caregivers.
Teach strategies supporting management of life challenges more effectively.
Facilitate psychological and behavioral awareness.
Provide education knowledge to participants including: The meaning of specific symptoms and/or what is known about the causes, effects, implications of identified issues.
Provide services through multi-level intervention (e.g., classroom, family, school, community) while understanding the potential contextual and cultural factors impacting young children’s behavior.
Assist educators with strategies for cultivating a deeper understanding of the factors that shape young children’s social-emotional development.
Perform accurate assessment of the client’s presenting problem and to plan effective treatment for that problem.
Conducts government approved presentations as requested.
Enters counselor activity reporting daily through issued equipment while assuring accurate reporting and maintaining confidentiality of participants.