Assignment Ready Counselor

Magellan Health

MFLC Assignment Ready Counselor providing mental health support on military installations in New York. Covering various assignments with military service members and their families.

Posted 7/16/2026part-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in providing non-medical counseling services to military service members and their families, with a focus on brief therapy and solution-focused methods. Capable of engaging effectively with diverse populations in various military and school settings while maintaining confidentiality and adhering to site-specific requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Master’s Degree In Mental HealthSolution-Focused CounselingChild And Adolescent DevelopmentMilitary Culture FamiliarityUS Citizenship

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Hard Skills

Brief TherapyAssessmentAction PlanningReferral To ResourcesCounseling Services

Soft Skills

Rapport BuildingAdaptabilityEffective CommunicationListening SkillsMinimal Guidance

Tools & Technologies

Smartphone ApplicationsWeb Applications

Industry Keywords

Military InstallationsChild And Youth Behavioral CounselingNon-Medical CounselingHealth And Wellness PresentationsQuality Improvement Committees

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide coverage in short-term, surge and on demand situations resulting from the Military needs such as a post-deployment event or to cover an existing assignment for counselors who are absent.
Provides the full breadth of Adult or Child and Youth Behavioral (CYB) counseling services to military service members and their families at military installations.
Services include non-medical counseling, training/health and wellness presentations, consultation with parents, personnel at child daycare centers and schools, and consultation to installation command regarding behavioral health issues affecting military personnel and their family members.
Counselors work closely with the installation and military branch Points of Contact (POC) to assure that the program is provided within scope and meets the needs of the installation.
Provides non-medical, short term, solution focused, counseling directly to adults, children, and youth of service members.
Services include assessment, brief counseling and consultation, action planning, referral to resources (assuring linkage as appropriate), and follow-up as indicated.
CYB counselors will also have a focus on supporting the staff and personnel of CDCs, DoDEA and community schools, youth programs and summer camps as well as providing parent training and guidance.
Participates in health fairs and other base/installation activities. Enters counselor activity data daily through smart phone or web application assure that reporting is accurate from assigned installation while maintaining confidentiality and anonymity of service / family member.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s Degree from an accredited graduate program in a mental health related field, or social work.
With short notice, 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.
With minimal notice, 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, which includes the need to traverse short and/or long distances within the base to both indoor and outdoor locations, to maneuver through rugged, outdoor or uneven locations (e.g., steep inclines, stairs, grass), and work in outdoor weather and other military base conditions.
Due to the nature of working on military installations or related worksites, counselors may need to comply with various site-specific requirements to work at designated locations. For example, for some assignments, counselors will need to have certain current immunizations or vaccinations and provide record of receipt.
Ability to prove US Citizenship and must be fluent in English.
Advanced knowledge of brief therapy and solution-focused counseling methods.
Prior military service/military family member and/or strong familiarity with military culture desired.
For CYB positions must meet the Magellan MFLC CYB criteria for experience with children and youth and specialty in child and adolescent development/psychology.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Flexible working hours
Professional development opportunities