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

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Tacoma, WA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: contract
**Salary**: $55,250.00 - $99,875.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Leidos is seeking a licensed behavioral health professional to join our Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC) Child and Youth Behavioral team to support JBLM near Tacoma, WA.

This is a 9-month school calendar position that will reflect the school calendar that you would support. The position will support Yelm Middle School and Southworth Elementary School.

As a CYB-MFLC, you will provide non-medical support, including counseling, consultation, and outreach, to eligible faculty, staff, parents, children, and youth. The goal is to address and provide solution-focused approaches to issues before they become greater challenges.

Responsibilities:

- Work at schools populated by military youth and teens

- Visually observe, participate, and engage in activities with youth and/or teens; provide coaching, guidance, and support to staff and parents; and model behavior management techniques for staff and parents

- 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, 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

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

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

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

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

Licensure Portability:

- 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

## Skills

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

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