Military Family Life Counselor - Fort Wainwright AK

Overview

Leidos is hiring licensed behavioral health professionals to join our Adult Military and Family Life Counseling (MFLC) team to support Fort Wainwright in Alaska. Join the mission to support U.S. military service members and their families as they work through important military life adjustments while serving their country. The Adult Military and Family Life Counselor (Adult-MFLC) position offers a non-medical counseling role that includes counseling, consultation, and outreach to service members, military family members and eligible staff.

Non-medical counseling is preventive in nature and aims to address issues with solution-focused approaches before they become greater challenges.

Service members, spouses and family members face unique emotional and environmental challenges due to the stress of military life. This is an opportunity to reach them where and when you are most needed.

• Face-to-face counseling to military service members and their families (individuals, couples, and families).
• Observe, participate, and engage in activities with service members, military spouses and families; 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-connect events.
• Promote creativity and positivity through approved materials.
• Build rapport with parents and families by attending installation and community events.
• Help with transition adjustments, such as a new school and a new home.
• Participate in regular in-service training or other contract activities as assigned.
• Communicate information regarding trends and issues at assigned installation to Team Leads.

• No insurance to file.
• No progress notes required.
• No treatment plans to develop.
• iPad provided for easy 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 401K retirement plan.
• Centralized support through a Counseling Center of Excellence that provides best practices, expert speakers, and state-of-the-art resources.

• Responding to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation.
• Traversing long distances to both indoor and outdoor locations, to maneuver through rugged, outdoor, or uneven locations (ascend/descend), and work in outdoor weather.
• Traveling to locations outside of a military base in a variety of physical environments.
• Due to the nature of working on military installations or related worksites, counselors may need to comply with various site-specific requirements to work at designated locations.

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 in a school setting controlled by the state and/or Department of Defense Education Activity. Outdoor locations may involve traversing over uneven surfaces, stairs, and exposure to weather.

Under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), licensed Military and Family Life Counselors may provide non-medical counseling services to military families at any location in a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession, regardless of the state of licensure. Counselors may hold any independent and clinical license recognized by the Secretary of Defense as appropriate for non-medical counseling services.

• A Master’s degree or higher in the Behavioral Health Professions (MS/MSW/MA/PhD).
• Active independent license in the mental health field from any US state or territory (LCSW, MHC, MFT, LPCC, Psychologist).
• U.S. citizen.
• Ability to pass a basic background check for employment, a Child National Agency Check, and Inquiries (NACI/CNACI) clearance (Public Trust).

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable laws.