# Adult Military and Family Life Counselor (Adult-MFLC)

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Fort Wainwright, AK
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $59,150.00 - $106,925.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a licensed behavioral health professional to join our Adult Military and Family Life Counseling (MFLC) team to support Fort Wainwright, AK.

As an Adult Military and Family Life Counselor (Adult-MFLC), you will play a vital role in providing non-medical support, including counseling, consultation, and outreach, to service members, military family members, and eligible staff.

Responsibilities:

- Provide 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

Benefits:

- 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

Additional Job Duties May Include:

- 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

- Travelling 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

Environment:

- Duties are performed in multiple indoor locations (approximately 60%) and outdoor locations (approximately 40%)

- The indoor locations are located within a school setting controlled by the state and/or Department of Defense Education Activity

- The outdoor locations frequently involve traversing over uneven grassy, gravel, and/or dirt areas, ascending/descending stairs, and exposure to the weather

Requirements:

- A Master's degree or higher in the Behavioral Health Professions (MS/MSW/MA/PhD)

- A valid independent license in the mental health field from any US state or territory (LCSW, MHC, 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

## Skills

### Required
- Master's degree in Behavioral Health Professions
- Valid independent license in mental health field
- U.S. citizenship
- Basic background check clearance

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