Description
We are seeking a licensed behavioural health professional to join our Adult Military and Family Life Counseling (MFLC) team in Misawa, Japan.
As an Adult-MFLC, you will provide non-medical support, including counseling, consultation, and outreach, to US military service members and their families as they navigate military life adjustments.
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 behaviour 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 behavioural healthcare training
- Reimbursement for job-related license renewal fees
- Eligibility to participate in 401K retirement plan
- Centralised support through a Counseling Centre of Excellence that provides best practices, expert speakers, and state-of-the-art resources
Additional Job Duties:
- Responding to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation
- Traversing long distances to both indoor and outdoor locations, to manoeuvre 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
Environment:
- Duties are performed in multiple indoor locations (approximately 60%) and outdoor locations (approximately 40%)
- Indoor locations are located within a military installation controlled by the Department of Defense
- 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 US 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 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 US 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