Military Family Life Counselor - MCBH
About The Position
Leidos is hiring licensed behavioral health professionals for its Adult Military and Family Life Counseling team supporting Marine Corps Base, Hawaii. The Adult Military and Family Life Counselor (Adult-MFLC) provides preventive, non-medical counseling, consultation, and outreach to service members, military family members, and eligible staff. The role helps people address military-life adjustments with solution-focused support before challenges become more significant. Counselors provide face-to-face support to individuals, couples, and families; engage with families and installation staff; offer coaching and guidance; present at military-connected events; and help families with transitions such as moving to a new home or school. Counselors also participate in training and other assigned contract activities and communicate installation trends and issues to Team Leads. Duties take place in multiple indoor and outdoor locations, including school settings. The position may involve responding to emergent situations, traveling on and off military installations, traversing long distances and uneven terrain, ascending and descending stairs, and working outdoors in varying weather. Site-specific requirements may apply at military installations and related worksites.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or higher in a behavioral health profession (MS, MSW, MA, or PhD).
- Valid independent mental health license from any U.S. state or territory; listed examples include LCSW, MHC, MFT, LPCC, and Psychologist.
- Must be a U.S. citizen.
- Must be able to pass an employment background check and a Child National Agency Check and Inquiries (NACI/CNACI) Public Trust clearance.
Responsibilities
- Provide face-to-face non-medical counseling to military service members and their families, including individuals, couples, and families.
- Observe, participate in, and engage with service members, military spouses, and families in activities.
- Provide coaching, guidance, and support to installation staff, and model behavior-management techniques for staff and military family members.
- Offer presentations to service members, military families, and military leadership at military-connected events.
- Promote creativity and positivity through approved materials.
- Build rapport with parents and families by attending installation and community events.
- Support families with transition adjustments, such as starting at a new school or moving to a new home.
- Participate in regular in-service training and other assigned contract activities.
- Communicate information about trends and issues at the assigned installation to Team Leads.
- Respond to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation, as duties may require.
- Travel to locations outside a military base in a variety of physical environments, as duties may require.
Benefits
- No insurance to file.
- No progress notes required.
- No treatment plans to develop.
- iPad provided for digital reporting, with no PII or PHI.
- Paid federal holidays.
- Free and unlimited behavioral healthcare training.
- Reimbursement for job-related license renewal fees.
- Eligibility to participate in a 401K retirement plan.
- Centralized support through a Counseling Center of Excellence, with best practices, expert speakers, and state-of-the-art resources.
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Job Type
Full-time
