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

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Kadena, Okinawa
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $59,150.00 - $106,925.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Leidos is seeking licensed behavioral health professionals to join our Child and Youth Behavioral, Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC) team in Kadena, Okinawa, Japan. The successful candidate will support U.S. military service members and their families as they navigate important military life adjustments.

The Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Counselor (CYB-MFLC) position offers a unique opportunity to provide non-medical support, including counseling, consultation, and outreach, to eligible faculty, staff, parents, children, and youth.

Responsibilities include:

- Working at installation Child Development Centers (CDCs) with children aged 0-5, before or after-school care centers for school-aged children, youth, and teens on educational activities and developmental focus.

- Visually observing, participating, and engaging in activities with children and youth; providing coaching, guidance, and support to staff and parents; and modeling behavior management techniques for staff and parents.

- Offering presentations to address social skills development and social-emotional learning crucial for childhood early development.

- Promoting creativity and positivity through approved materials.

- Building rapport with parents and families by attending installation and community events.

- Helping children with transition adjustments, such as a new school and a new home.

- Participating in regular in-service training or other contract activities as assigned.

- Communicating information regarding trends and issues at assigned installation to Team Leads.

The CYB-MFLC will also benefit from:

- 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.

- Complying with various site-specific requirements to work at designated locations.

The work environment involves performing duties in multiple indoor locations (approximately 60%) and outdoor locations (approximately 40%). The indoor locations are located within a child development center (CDC) controlled by the Department of Defense. The outdoor locations frequently involve traversing over uneven grassy, gravel, and/or dirt areas, ascending/descending stairs, and exposure to the weather.

**Licensure Portability**

Under the recent 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 of the United States, regardless of which state the counselor is licensed in.

**Minimum 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.

The salary range for this position is $59,150.00 - $106,925.00 per year.

## Skills

### Required
- Behavioral Health
- Counseling
- Mental Health
- Social Work
- Psychology

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