Military and Family Life Counselor - Short Term Assignments or On Demand for On Site
$59,922–$59,922 year
RemoteUnited States or Detroit, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Provide short-term, surge, and on-demand behavioral health counseling to military service members and families across adult, child, and youth settings. Deliver non-medical assessment, brief counseling, consultation, and solution-focused interventions at military installations, schools, and summer camps with minimal oversight. Manage duty-to-warn situations, coordinate with Points of Contact, and maintain accurate daily activity reporting while ensuring confidentiality. Respond quickly to critical incidents and special requests across varying locations, including outdoor environments and rugged terrain.
Required Qualifications
- Master's Degree from an accredited graduate program in a mental health related field, or social work
- Current licensure required for this position that meets State, Commonwealth or customer-specific requirements
- Must be an independently licensed behavioral health clinician
- Valid Driver License
- US Citizenship
- Fluency in English
- Advanced knowledge of brief therapy and solution-focused counseling methods
- Prior military service/military family member and/or strong familiarity with military culture
- Magellan MFLC CYB criteria for experience with children and youth and specialty in child and adolescent development/psychology
- Certain current immunizations or vaccinations and provide record of receipt
- Willingness to accept assignments of undefined periods to include weekends
- Ability to cover, on a full-time basis, assignments of varying length from a weekend to two weeks
- Ability to quickly engage and communicate with military members, spouses or children as assigned
- Ability to respond quickly to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation and/or within a school setting
- Ability to traverse short and/or long distances within the base to both indoor and outdoor locations
- Ability to maneuver through rugged, outdoor or uneven locations
- Ability to work in outdoor weather and other military base conditions
- Ability to work effectively with minimal instruction and guidance
- Ability to quickly build rapport with service personnel clients, family members, students, parents and co-workers
- Ability to adapt to new working conditions, varying location rules, etc.
- Ability to adjust working style to align with each work environment
- Ability to listen carefully to instructions provided
- Ability to participate in regular in-services/training, Quality Improvement committees or other contract activities as assigned
- Ability to abide by line of site protocol when working with children
- Ability to manage duty to warn and restricted reporting situations according to DoD protocol
- Ability to staff cases with Regional Supervisor/Regional Director
- Ability to communicate with Regional Supervisors
- Ability to participate in regular individual and group supervision
- Ability to share information regarding trends and issues on the installations and in facilities
- Ability to respond to critical incidents and special requests as directed by the POC and approved by the OSD program manager
Desired Qualifications
- Clinical Work Experience
- Prior military service/military family member and/or strong familiarity with military culture
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