Short Term or As Needed Coverage - MFLC Counselor - Fairchild AFB, Washington

Make a difference 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 moments notice.

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.

What is Mission Ready Reserve (MRR) 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 by administrative burdens. Mission Ready Reserve counselors are assignment ready and taking an assignment is at the discretion of the Mission Ready Reserve counselor.

The Mission Ready Reserve Team has a position serving Oak Harbor Washington. This short-term counseling position provides an opportunity to impact those who serve our Nation. At Oak Harbor the MFLC will work with military children and families in a unique setting; meeting with children consulting with educators and support staff; supporting military families with military adjustment related challenges. The MFLC will provide counseling services to meet their needs.

With additional opportunities to support other short-term assignments throughout the program year.

MRR MFLC Service Oriented Model:

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

MRR MFLC will also benefit from:

• Unlimited and free CEUs through a Leidos affiliate.
• Reimbursement for job-related license renewal fees.
• 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.

MRR MFLC responsibilities include:

• 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 (DOD) duties are performed in multiple indoor locations (approximately 60%) and outdoor locations (approximately 40%). The indoor locations are located within a military installation a school setting or a child development center (CDC) setting controlled by the DOD. The outdoor locations frequently involve traversing over uneven grassy gravel and/or dirt areas ascending/descending stairs and exposure to the weather. CDC settings frequently involve sitting on the floor to interact with children for up to two hours at a time. As a Mission Ready Reserve MFLC you may experience various environments depending on the assignment.

Minimum Requirements:

• A masters degree or higher in the Behavioral Health Professions (MS/MSW/MA/PhD).
• The candidate must hold a valid independent license in the mental health field from any US state or territory (LCSW MFT LPCC Psychologist).
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must be able to pass a basic background check for employment a Child National Agency Check and Inquiries (NACI/CNACI) clearance commonly called a Public Trust clearance.

**Full time work on a part time basis

How to make an impact

Pay Range:

Pay Range $28/hr. - $50/hr.

At Leidos we dont want someone who fits the moldwe want someone who melts it down and builds something better. This is a role for the restless the over-caffeinated the ones who ask whats next before the dust settles on whats now.

If youre already scheming step 20 while everyone else is still debating step 2 good. Youll fit right in.

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Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.