MFLC Counselor Short Term or , Joint Elmendorf-Richardson

Description

PLEASE NOTE: This position does not offer travel per diem and/or relocation.

Make a  in the lives of our military Service Members and their families with your expertise in counseling and behavioral health – without the fuss of insurance or paperwork. Military and Family Life Counselors (MFLCs) are the first line of defense for our Service Members’ mental health, and we need flexible, ready‑to‑serve counselors willing to jump in at a moment’s notice.

Mission Ready Reserves Counselors must be local to Joint Base Elmendorf‑Richardson in Alaska, living within 50 miles or less to the base.

Leidos seeks passionate licensed mental healthcare providers ready to embrace a flexible PRN‑type schedule, stepping in where needed across military installations and communities to safeguard and enhance mental well‑being. MFLCs proactively provide counseling services, preventative in nature, to address and provide solution‑focused approaches to issues before they become greater challenges. Interested counselors may support either adults or minors in a wide variety of assignments, including but not limited to being embedded with a military unit, supporting military families, or working within a school setting.

Mission Ready Reserve MFLCs are trained and available counselors ready to serve when called upon. Working as a Mission Ready Reserve MFLC allows counselors to focus wholeheartedly on their passion for helping others, without administrative burdens. Mission Ready Reserve counselors are assignment ready and take an assignment at their discretion.

The Mission Ready Reserve Team has a back‑fill position for an existing MFLC that is taking a leave of absence. In this position, the MFLC serves Service Members and their families in Honolulu, Hawaii. This is an interim position with the MFLC Program and provides an opportunity to positively impact those who serve our nation.

The Mission Ready Reserve model allows you to focus on your counseling and the military Service Members and the families you will be supporting. Counselors have:

• No insurance to file.
• No progress notes required.
• No treatment plans to develop.
• Intuitive reporting tools.

• Unlimited and free CEUs through a Leidos affiliate.
• Reimbursement for job‑related license renewal fees foundations.
• Eligibility to participate in 401K retirement plan.
• Referral incentives.
• Access to health and wellness programs with cashback incentives.
• Access to Leidos’ Employee Discount Program and exclusive discount marketplace.

• Face‑to‑face counseling to military service members and their families (individual, couples, family, and children).
• Recommending appropriate referrals and handoffs based on your experienced differential clinical skills to military and community resources according to the needs of military service members and their families.
• Offer presentations to address social skills development and social emotional learning that is crucial for childhood early development.
• Build rapport with service members, spouses, and children by attending installation and community events.
• Help families and children with challenges that are particular to the military community, transitions, reoccurring moves, frequent separations, deployments, and more.

Environment: At the direction of the Department of Defense, duties are performed in multiple indoor locations (approximately 60%) and outdoor locations (approximately 40%). Indoor locations are within a military installation, a school setting, or a child development center controlled by the DOD. Outdoor locations frequently involve traversing uneven grassy, gravel, or dirt areas, and exposure to the weather.

Licensure Portability. transmissão. Under the recent National Defense Authorization Act, licensed Military and Family Life Counselors may provide non‑medical counseling services to military families at any U.S. state, District of Columbia, or territory, regardless of the counselor’s license location. Within the scope of the MFLC program, a counselor may hold any independent and clinical license…