Military & Family Life Counselor - School - Fort Rucker, AL

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network•Fort Rucker, AL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Military & Family Life Counselor (MFLC) provides Child and Youth Behavioral (CYB) counseling services to children of military service members and their families at military installations and off-installation locations. Services include non-medical, short-term, solution-focused counseling; assessment; brief counseling; consultation; action planning; referrals and linkage to resources; and follow-up as indicated. Counselors may serve in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools, community schools, youth programs, summer camps, and on-demand assignments. School-assigned counselors must have experience working in a school setting. The counselor supports school staff and personnel, provides parent training and guidance, and delivers health, wellness, and other presentations. The role also includes consultation with parents, school personnel, and installation command regarding behavioral health issues affecting children and youth. Counselors collaborate with installation and military branch Points of Contact (POCs), community resources, and Regional Supervisors and Directors to ensure services meet local needs and remain within program scope. The position requires daily documentation of counselor activity through a smartphone or web application while maintaining confidentiality and anonymity. Counselors must remain visible in schools and follow line-of-sight protocol, ensuring another responsible adult can see the counselor and child at all times. They manage duty-to-warn and restricted-reporting situations according to DoD protocol, respond to critical incidents and approved special requests, participate in supervision, training, quality-improvement activities, and other assigned contract activities. The counselor may need to flex their schedule to respond to urgent requests and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Master’s degree from an accredited graduate program in a mental-health-related field.
Valid, unrestricted independent counseling license from a state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. territory, or a commonwealth, authorizing practice as an independent practitioner.
Less than two years of post-licensure clinical experience.
Intermediate-level competency with technology and software, including Microsoft Suite, internet navigation, smartphone or tablet applications, and videoconferencing platforms.
Ability to engage and communicate with military members or children and respond quickly to emergent situations in physical locations on military installations or in school settings.
Ability to traverse short or long distances, including uneven or rugged outdoor terrain, stairs, grass, and steep inclines, and to work in outdoor weather and other military-base conditions.
Ability to comply with site-specific requirements; some assignments may require current immunizations or vaccinations and proof of receipt.
Ability to prove U.S. citizenship and fluency in English.
Understanding, sensitivity, and empathy for service members and their families.
Ability to develop trusting, helping relationships and work with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Pass National Agency Check and Inquiries (NACI), Installation Records Check (IRC), criminal background, and FBI fingerprint checks.
Possess a valid U.S. state vehicle operator’s license unless specifically waived by the FEDSIM COR.
May be required to pass tests and obtain a U.S. military vehicle operator’s permit for commercial sedans and similar vehicles for TDY locations, if required.
Meet Magellan MFLC CYB criteria for experience with children and youth and specialty in child and adolescent development or psychology.
For school assignments, have past work experience in a school setting.
Be local or willing to become local to Hurlburt Field, according to the posting’s location instructions.

Nice To Haves

Clinical work experience is listed as preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide non-medical, short-term, solution-focused counseling to eligible children and youth of service members.
Conduct assessments, brief counseling, consultation, action planning, referrals, resource linkage, and follow-up as indicated.
Provide services at assigned schools, youth programs, summer camps, installations, and other approved locations.
Support school staff and personnel and provide parent training and guidance.
Deliver training and health and wellness presentations and participate in health fairs and other installation activities focused on children and youth.
Consult with parents, school personnel, and installation command regarding behavioral health issues affecting children and youth.
Enter counselor activity data daily through a smartphone or web application while maintaining confidentiality and anonymity.
Establish and maintain working relationships with community resources focused on children and youth and provide appropriate linkages.
Maintain visibility in schools and comply with line-of-sight protocol when working with children.
Partner with installation or facility POCs and maintain effective, professional working relationships with them.
Manage duty-to-warn and restricted-reporting situations according to DoD protocol and consult with the Regional Supervisor or Regional Director.
Communicate with the Regional Supervisor and participate in regular individual and group supervision.
Respond to critical incidents and special requests as directed by the POC and approved by the OSD program manager.
Flex the schedule to respond to urgent requests when needed or requested by the Regional Supervisor or Regional Director.
Participate in in-service training, quality-improvement activities, studies, pilot programs, and other assigned contract activities.
Complete required activity documentation and use applicable technology for assigned activities.
Perform other duties as assigned.