Military and Family Life Counselor Adult, Child Youth and School

Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia, at NAS Oceana; candidates must be local to the military installation and work at military installation and school locations.

Salary: $59,922–$100,280 annually, with actual pay varying by location, qualifications, education, experience, and other permitted factors.

Company

hirify.global provides behavioral health and related healthcare services.

What you will do

• Provide non-medical, short-term, solution-focused walk-around counseling, assessment, action planning, referrals, and follow-up for eligible service members and families.
• Deliver training, health and wellness presentations, and participate in health fairs and installation activities.
• Build working relationships with installation points of contact, military units, community resources, and program supervisors.
• Respond to critical incidents, surge and on-demand events, and urgent special requests.
• Manage duty-to-warn and restricted-reporting situations according to Department of Defense protocols.
• Document counselor activity, participate in supervision and quality-improvement activities, and support pilot programs and required training.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in behavioral health or a related field, such as social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or counseling.
• Current unrestricted independent licensure is required, such as LMHC, LMFT, LCSW, or equivalent authorization to practice independently.
• Less than two years of post-licensure clinical experience.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, fluent in English, and local to the assigned military installation.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Suite, internet navigation, smartphones/tablets, applications, and videoconferencing platforms.
• Must pass NACI, Installation Records Check, criminal background, and FBI fingerprint checks; a valid U.S. state driver’s license is required.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly with military members and families from diverse backgrounds in installation and school settings.
• Participate in regular individual and group supervision, in-service training, and quality-improvement activities.
• Comprehensive health, life, voluntary, and other benefits and wellbeing-focused perks may be available.
• The workplace is tobacco-free and operates as an equal-opportunity employer.