Counselor Adult

About the Job

11th Hour Service has immediate openings for licensed mental health professionals, licensed professional counselors, clinical social workers and marriage and family therapists to work with the Department of Defense's largest mental health program, the Military & Family Life Counselor (MFLC) program. This exciting and extremely important opportunity provides flexible, walk-around counseling to military service members and their families. This population makes sacrifices every day, and the MFLC program gives mental health professionals the opportunity to give back to those willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. If you are as excited about your future as we are, join our team here at 11th Hour Service.

Licensure at the independent practice level (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LCPC, LMHC) - Independent Clinical Licensure outside the state of Nevada is accepted.

Job Overview:

MFLCs provide non-medical counseling services to military service members and their families. Non-medical counseling is supportive in nature and addresses: living conditions; life skills; improving relationships at home and at work; stress management; adjustment issues, such as those related to returning from deployment; marital problems; parenting, fear, grief, and loss. Counseling modalities consist of individual, family, couples, and groups. MFLCs may be based out of an installation's family center, a National Guard and Reserve Joint Force HQ or other facilities and will provide proactive outreach to service members and their families via walk-around counseling. Locations are military installations in Nevada.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Provides face-to-face, non-medical counseling to military service members and their families and makes appropriate referrals and transfers to military and community resources according to the needs of military service members and their families.
• Services include assessment, brief counseling and consultation, action planning, referral to resources (assuring linkage as appropriate), and follow-up as indicated. Delivers training and health and wellness presentations and activities as requested/directed.
• Cultivates and maintains direct, high-level relationships with high-level commanders and personnel within the assigned military unit, utilizing superior senior relationship management skills and recognizing the unique structure and mission of the assigned military unit.
• Delivers training and health and wellness presentations, participates in health fairs and other base/installation activities as requested/ directed.
• Creates a presence within the brigade/regiment in which service and family members feel comfortable approaching the counselor, recognizing the program as confidential. Establish and maintain working relationships with community resources and provide appropriate linkages for service members and their families.
• Tracks services performed and referrals made using the appropriate reporting system.
• Responds to critical incidents, surge and on-demand events, and special requests as directed by the POC and approved by the OSD program manager.
• Communicates with supervisors to share information regarding trends and issues at their assigned installation.
• Participates in regular in-service/training, Quality Improvement committees, or other contract activities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Master's degree (MS/MSW/MA) from an accredited graduate program in a mental health related field such as social work, psychology, marriage/family therapy, or counseling.
• Licensure at the independent practice level (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LCPC, LMHC) (any current Independent Clinical Licensure outside the state of Nevada is accepted)
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and must speak fluent English.
• Must be able to obtain NACI clearance.
• Understanding, sensitivity, and empathy for military service members and their families.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person.

About the Company

Our Talent Management Center (TMC) is a fully equipped headhunting, search, and recruitment service that serves external industry clients as well as the Federal Advisory practice of 11th Hour Service. The expertise of the TMC delivers permanent placement of full-time professionals from junior resources to C-Suite executives in the following industries: Clinical Healthcare - Healthcare & Clinical RecruitmentHospitals, Clinics, Outpatient, and In-Home Care: • Clinical Leadership • Physicians• Advanced Practitioners• Nursing • Medical Imaging & Radiology• Medical Assistants• Behavioral Health Finance & Accounting - Audit, Operations & CFO (Assurance, Advisory, M&A, Tax)Salesforce, ServiceNow, Cloud Platform integrations (AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, SAP)Federal Government Contracting - Defense, Civilian, and Intelligence Enterprise Resource Planning Integration- Functional and Technical Software Development, IT, & Cyber Security Logistics & Supply Chain Management Sales & Marketing Executives