Military Family Life Counselor (Behavioral Health)

Location: United States; on-site positions at military installations in the US and overseas, including Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa. Stateside candidates must be local.

Salary: $59,922–$100,280 per year, with the actual amount varying by location, skills, experience, education, and other job-related factors.

Company

hirify.global provides health and behavioral health services, including support for military service members and their families.

What you will do

• Provide non-medical, short-term, solution-focused walk-around counseling, assessment, action planning, referrals, and follow-up.
• Deliver behavioral health, training, and wellness presentations and participate in health fairs and installation activities.
• Consult with installation command and military branch points of contact on behavioral health needs and program delivery.
• Respond to critical incidents, surge and on-demand events, and special requests, including schedule flexibility for urgent needs.
• Maintain confidential daily activity records and build relationships with community resources, service members, families, and installation contacts.
• Manage duty-to-warn and restricted-reporting situations according to Department of Defense protocols and participate in supervision, training, quality improvement, and pilot programs.

Requirements

• Master’s degree from an accredited graduate program in behavioral health or a related field, such as social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy, or counseling.
• Current unrestricted independent counseling licensure as an LCSW, LISW, LMFT, LMHC, LCMHC, LPC, or equivalent in a US state, District of Columbia, territory, or commonwealth.
• Less than two years of post-licensure clinical experience.
• US citizenship and fluent English are required.
• Pass NACI, Installation Records Check, criminal background, and FBI fingerprint checks.
• Hold a valid US state driver’s license; a US military vehicle operator’s permit may also be required for some temporary-duty assignments.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly within military installations and school settings, supporting diverse service members, children, and families.
• Comprehensive health, life, voluntary, and other benefits may be available.
• Short-term incentive eligibility may apply.
• Work includes regular individual and group supervision, in-service training, and quality improvement activities.
• Assignments may require immunizations or vaccinations and work across indoor, outdoor, rugged, and varied military-base environments.