Assignment Readiness Counselor – Short Term or On Demand

Magellan Health

Assignment Readiness Counselor providing short-term, surge, and on-demand behavioral health counseling services for military service members and their families. Must be capable of covering various assignments and working with minimum guidance.

Posted 6/24/2026part-timeNorfolk • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide coverage in short-term, surge and on demand situations resulting from the Military needs.
Provide the full breadth of Adult or Child and Youth Behavioral (CYB) counseling services.
Provide non-medical counseling, training/health and wellness presentations, consultation with parents, personnel at child daycare centers and schools, and installation command.
Enter counselor activity data daily through smart phone or web application.
Manage duty to warn and restricted reporting situations according to DoD protocol.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Benefits

Comp & perks

None specified in the job description

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Hard Skills & Tools

counselingbehavioral healthnon-medical counselingtraining presentationsconsultationdata entryDoD protocolquality improvement

Soft Skills

rapport buildingadaptabilityeffective communicationlistening skillsindependenceteam collaboration

Certifications

Master's Degree in mental healthMaster's Degree in social work