Military and Family Life Counselor (Embedded)

Military And Family Life Counselor (Embedded)

Job Category : Behavioral Health Counseling Services

Requisition Number : MILIT004884

Location : Goodfellow AFB, TX 76908, USA

Job Details

Job Title : Military Family Life Counselor (Embedded)

Summary

MFLC Counselors provide assessment, short-term, solution-focused counseling services and non-traditional walk around participant outreach to eligible individuals, marital or intimate partners, families, and groups. MFLC services shall be provided by licensed clinicians with specialized credentials, experience, and uniquely tailored skills to address the specific needs associated with adult military members, caregivers, and spouses. MFLC services shall enhance participants' ability to cope with the many challenges associated with the complex dynamics unique to the military service environment.

This position focuses on Adult and / or Embedded MFLCs : Adult MFLCs for an expected 12-month assignment term, with a possible 12-month extension.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Works in partnership with installation and uniformed Points of Contact (POC) to ensure needs of service-members, families, and program requirements are met.
• MFLC Counselors provide assessment and short-term, solution-focused counseling services to eligible individuals, marital or intimate partners, families, and groups.
• Ability to perform accurate assessment of the client's presenting problem and to plan effective treatment for that problem. Knowledge of preventative models that strengthen service members' and their families' readiness and resilience by reducing the stresses / stressors of military life cycle.
• MFLCs have extensive knowledge of the military chain of command and feel comfortable interacting with all ranks within a military structure.
• Establish strong relationships with those having significant influence within the command structure.
• Ability to attend and brief at brigade and battalion staff meetings.
• Supporting installation events, fairs and ceremonies to establish trust and build relationships.
• Responds to critical incidents, surge, and on-demand events, and special requests directed by the POC and approved by the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) program manager.
• Manages duty to warn and restricted reporting situations according to Department of Defense (DoD) protocol.
• Conducts government approved presentations as requested.
• Enters counselor activity reporting daily through issued equipment while assuring accurate reporting and maintaining confidentiality of participants.

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Other Skills And Abilities

Competencies

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies :

Physical Demands : Works in office areas. Sits, stands, bends, lifts, and moves intermittently during working hours. Uses personal computer, telephones, copiers, printers and other office equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment : The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here represent those encountered while performing the essential functions of this job. Zeiders may make reasonable accommodations to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Note : When working on military installations or related worksites, MFLC may be subject to site-specific requirements to work at designated locations. Specific assignments may require MFLC to have immunizations or vaccinations and current records of receiving them.

Zeiders Enterprises, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Pay Range : $25.96 - $40.87 hourly

PLEASE NOTE : The Zeiders pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) geographic location, responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.