# Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC) Child and Youth Behavioral

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: China Lake, CA
**Job type**: contract
**Salary**: $59,150.00 - $106,925.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Leidos is seeking licensed behavioural health professionals to join our Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC) Child and Youth Behavioural team. You will support a school assignment at China Lake in California for the 2026-2027 academic year.

As a Child and Youth Behavioural Military and Family Life Counselor (CYB-MFLC), you will provide non-medical support, including counselling, consultation, and outreach, to eligible faculty, staff, parents, children, and youth.

**Responsibilities:**

- Work at schools populated by military youth and teens

- Observe, participate, and engage in activities with youth and teens; provide coaching, guidance, and support to staff and parents; and model behaviour management techniques

- Offer presentations to address social skills development and social emotional learning

- 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

- Paid federal holidays

- Free and unlimited behavioural healthcare training

- Reimbursement for job-related license renewal fees

- Eligibility to participate in 401K retirement plan

- Centralised support through a Counselling Centre of Excellence

**Additional Job Duties:**

- Responding to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation

- Travelling to locations outside of a military base in a variety of physical environments

- Complying 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%)

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

**Requirements:**

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

- Licensure to practice at the independent practice level (LCSW, MFT, LPCC, Psychologist) in the state where you provide services

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- Behavioural Health
- Counselling
- Psychology
- Social Work

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