Licensed Counselor On-Call

Description

Job Description:

The primary responsibility of the Military Family Life Counseling (MFLC) program is to provide a full scope of Adult Behavioral Health services to military service members and their families throughout the U.S. and at select installations in Europe and Asia.

MFLC Adult counselors provide non-medical counseling services to military service members and their families. Non-medical counseling is supportive in nature and addresses: living conditions; life skills; improving relationships at home and at work; stress management; adjustment issues, such as those related to returning from deployment; marital problems; parenting, fear, grief and loss.

Counseling modalities consist of individual, family, couples and groups. MFLC may be based out of an installation’s family center, a National Guard and Reserve Joint Force HQ or other facilities and will provide proactive outreach to service members and their families via walk-around counseling.

This posting is for our Mission Ready Reserve, or On-Call Counselors. We are seeking Counselors with the flexibility to pick up shifts both locally and possibly to travel for surge coverage as well. These roles would be as-needed and the duration of the work will vary from 1 day to 90 Days in length.

Responsibilities:

• Provides face-to-face non-medical counseling to military service members and their families.
• Makes appropriate referrals and handoffs to military and community resources according to the needs of military service members and their families.
• Develops and/or uses approved training and education programs and materials.
• Advises on new or revised presentations by military leadership, when requested.
• Provides tracking of services performed and referrals made using the appropriate reporting system.
• Communicates information regarding trends and issues at assigned installation to supervisors.
• Participates in regular in-service training, quality improvement committees, or other contract activities as assigned.
• May participate in surge and on demand events.

Minimum Requirements:

• A Master’s degree in the Behavioral Health Professions (MS/MSW/MA)
• Minimum 5 years of post-master’s supervised clinical experience
• *Licensure to practice at the independent practice level (LCSW, LMFT, LPC LCPC, LMHC)
• Per Government Contract U.S. citizenship is required
• Must be able to obtain NACI clearance

Desired Experience:

• Prior military service/military family member and/or strong familiarity with the military culture
• Bilingual capabilities

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.