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About the Role

The Assignment Ready Counselor (ARC) provides short-term, on-demand counseling services to military service members and their families, covering absences and surge needs. This role may involve non-medical counseling, training, and consultation in various settings including schools, youth programs, and readiness centers.

Responsibilities

Provide non-medical, short-term, solution-focused counseling to adults, children, and youth of service members.
Conduct assessments, brief counseling, consultation, action planning, and referrals.
Provide parent training and guidance.
Deliver training and health and wellness presentations.
Participate in health fairs and other base activities.
Enter counselor activity data daily, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.
Build rapport with service personnel, family members, students, parents, and co-workers.
Adapt to new working conditions and varying location rules.
Work effectively with minimal instruction and guidance.
Listen carefully to instructions.
Participate in in-services, training, and Quality Improvement committees with minimal notice.
Quickly engage and communicate with military members, spouses, or children.
Respond quickly to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation or within a school setting.
Traverse short and/or long distances within the base to both indoor and outdoor locations.
Maneuver through rugged, outdoor or uneven locations.
Work in outdoor weather and other military base conditions.
Comply with various site-specific requirements, including potential immunization or vaccination records.
Create a comfortable and confidential presence on the installation for service and family members.
Establish and maintain working relationships with community resources and provide appropriate linkages.
Partner with POC to provide Adult and CYB services addressing installation/facility needs.
Develop an excellent working relationship with the installation/facility POC.
Manage duty to warn and restricted reporting situations according to DoD protocol.
Staff cases with Regional Supervisor/Regional Director.
Communicate with Regional Supervisors and participate in regular individual and group supervision.
Share information regarding trends and issues on installations and facilities.
Respond to critical incidents and special requests as directed by the POC and approved by the OSD program manager.

Requirements

Willing to accept assignments of undefined periods, including weekends, with short notice.
Able to cover assignments of varying length, from a weekend to two weeks, on a full-time basis.
Ability to prove US Citizenship.
Must be fluent in English.
Advanced knowledge of brief therapy and solution-focused counseling methods.
For CYB positions, must meet Magellan MFLC CYB criteria for experience with children and youth and specialty in child and adolescent development/psychology.
When working with children, counselor must abide by line of site protocol.

Skills

Brief therapy
Solution-focused counseling

Location

Military installations
DoDEA schools
Community schools
Youth programs
Summer camps
Military community and readiness centers

Work Type

Short-term
Surge
On demand
Full-time

Experience Level

Clinical

Education Level

Master's Degree from an accredited graduate program in a mental health related field, or social work.
Master's - Behavioral Health
Master's - Social Work

About the Company

Magellan Health, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Tobacco-free workplace.

Equal Opportunity

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled.