On-Demand Military & Family Life Counselor

Magellan Federal; Key West (FL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Magellan Federal is seeking an Assignment Ready Counselor (ARC) to provide on-demand, surge, and short-term behavioral health counseling to military service members and families at NAS Key West or nearby locations.

The position requires a Master’s degree in a mental health field or social work, US citizenship, and fluency in English, with assignments varying from weekends to weeks and potentially longer based on program needs.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree from an accredited graduate program in a mental health related field, or social work.
• With short notice, willing to accept assignments of undefined periods to include weekends.
• Can cover, on a full-time basis, assignments of varying length from a weekend to two weeks.
• Quickly builds rapport with service personnel clients, family members, students, parents and co-workers.
• Adaptable to new working conditions, varying location rules, etc.; adjusts working style to align with each work environment.
• Able to work effectively with minimal instruction and guidance.
• Listens carefully to instructions provided.
• With minimal notice, participates in regular in-services/training, Quality Improvement committees or other contract activities as assigned.
• Requires ability to quickly engage and communicate with military members, spouses or children as assigned, in order to accomplish job functions, and to respond quickly to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation and/or within a school setting, which includes the need to traverse short and/or long distances within the base to both indoor and outdoor locations, to maneuver through rugged, outdoor or uneven locations (e.g., steep inclines, stairs, grass), and work in outdoor weather and other military base conditions. Due to the nature of working on military installations or related worksites, counselors may need to comply with various site-specific requirements to work at designated locations. For example, for some assignments, counselors will need to have certain current immunizations or vaccinations and provide record of receipt.
• Ability to prove US Citizenship and must be fluent in English.
• Advanced knowledge of brief therapy and solution-focused counseling methods.
• Prior military service/military family member and/or strong family support.

Responsibilities

• Master's Degree from an accredited graduate program in a mental health related field, or social work.
• With short notice, willing to accept assignments of undefined periods to include weekends.
• Can cover, on a full-time basis, assignments of varying length from a weekend to two weeks.
• Quickly builds rapport with service personnel clients, family members, students, parents and co-workers.
• Adaptable to new working conditions, varying location rules, etc.; adjusts working style to align with each work environment.
• Able to work effectively with minimal instruction and guidance.
• Listens carefully to instructions provided.
• With minimal notice, participates in regular in-services/training, Quality Improvement committees or other contract activities as assigned.
• Requires ability to quickly engage and communicate with military members, spouses or children as assigned, in order to accomplish job functions, and to respond quickly to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation and/or within a school setting, which includes the need to traverse short and/or long distances within the base to both indoor and outdoor locations, to maneuver through rugged, outdoor or uneven locations (e.g., steep inclines, stairs, grass), and work in outdoor weather and other military base conditions. Due to the nature of working on military installations or related worksites, counselors may need to comply with various site-specific requirements to work at designated locations. For example, for some assignments, counselors will need to have certain current immunizations or vaccinations and provide record of receipt.
• Ability to prove US Citizenship and must be fluent in English.
• Advanced knowledge of brief therapy and solution-focused counseling methods.
• Prior military service/military family member and/or strong family support.

Skills

Rapport building

Brief therapy

Solution-focused counseling

English fluency

Education

Master's degree in mental health or social work

Job description

Magellan Federal is seeking an Assignment Ready Counselor (ARC) to provide on-demand, surge, and short-term behavioral health counseling to military service members and families at NAS Key West or nearby locations.

The position requires a Master’s degree in a mental health field or social work, US citizenship, and fluency in English, with assignments varying from weekends to weeks and potentially longer based on program needs.