Child Military and Family Life Counselor - Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA
Company: Leidos
Location: Tacoma
Posted on: May 3, 2024
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Job Description:
DescriptionLeidos is hiring licensed behavioral health
professionals to join our Military and Family Life Counseling
(MFLC) HealthySteps initiative to support Joint Base Lewis McChord
near Tacoma, WA.Join the mission to support U.S. military service
members and their families as they work through important military
life adjustments while serving their country. The HealthySteps
Specialist position offers a unique opportunity to serve a vital
role, in providing non-medical support, which includes counseling,
consultation, and outreach, to eligible faculty, staff, parents,
children, and youth. Non-medical counseling is preventive in nature
and aims to address and provide solution focused approaches to
issues before they become greater challenges. The HealthySteps
Specialist (HSS) is an early child development expert who will join
the MFLC team and pediatric primary care team at the installations
pediatric clinic.Military families face unique emotional and
environmental challenges due to the stress of military life. This
is an opportunity for you to reach them where and when you are most
needed.HealthySteps Specialists Responsibilities Include:Promotes
HealthySteps within the practice to families and providers.Conducts
team-based well-child visits before, during, or following the
primary care provider.Focus on monitoring development,
social-emotional functioning, and relational health, and providing
anticipatory guidance.Conducts consultations on a short-term basis
for needs regarding development and/or behavioral concerns such as
sleep, positive parenting, picky eating, etc.Maintains a child
development support line and responds to and tracks call requests
within the designated response time.Participates in reflective
supervision meetings.May conduct home visits and may accompany
families to key medical, specialty, and community agency
appointments as needed.May facilitate parent/caregiver
groups.Creates and maintains community resource directory/database.
Provides referrals and tracks follow-up, as appropriate, to help
families make successful connections to key resources within the
community.Reaches out to community providers to share about
HealthySteps, their role, and receive information to support
referrals, warm handoffs, and ensure appropriate referral criteria
is met.Participates (when appropriate) in community-wide early
childhood and/or mental health meetings.Is an active member of the
HS Implementation Team and attends regular team meetings.Works with
the front office administrative staff to ensure scheduling of the
HS Specialists time in coordination with provider visits (i.e.,
well-child visits).Engages in Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
initiatives to ensure the HealthySteps model is delivered with
fidelity.Collaborates with HealthySteps implementation team to
implement all eight Core Components including universal screenings,
making positive parenting and early learning guidance information
available, and adjusting workflows for optimal efficiency.Maintains
open communication with all members of the primary care team.Works
closely with pediatric primary providers around care coordination,
goal setting, coaching, and education about key aspects of a childs
development.Provides consultation and/or facilitates training to
medical professionals and all practice staff re: early childhood
development, early relational health/infant early childhood mental
health, and trauma- informed practice.Maintains extensive databases
required to meet HealthySteps fidelity metrics including both
internal and external referrals.Collaborates with HealthySteps
Implementation Team to complete required annual site reporting to
the HealthySteps National Office at ZERO TO THREE, which may
include analysis of both external database files and EHR data
reports.Documents all patient clinical activity and care
coordination in EHR.Tracks caseload to ensure capacity to deliver
the HS services within the risk stratified service delivery model.
This includes ensuring exit criteria is met and that families and
children are elevated to higher levels of care or referred to
community providers if needed.HealthySteps Specialists will also
benefit from:No insurance to file.No progress notes required.No
treatment plans to develop.iPad provided for easy digital
reporting, with no PII or PHI.Paid federal holidays.Free and
unlimited behavioral healthcare training.Reimbursement for
job-related license renewal fees.Eligibility to participate in 401K
retirement plan.Centralized support through a Counseling Center of
Excellence that provides best practices, expert speakers, and
state-of-the-art resources.Additional Job Duties May
Include:Participating in HealthySteps trainingParticipating in
administrative and clinical/reflective supervision
meetingsResponding to emergent situations in any physical location
on a military installationTraversing long distances to both indoor
and outdoor locations, to maneuver through rugged, outdoor, or
uneven locations (ascend/descend), and work in outdoor
weather.Travelling to locations outside of a military base in a
variety of physical environments.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.Minimum Requirements:A masters degree or
higher in the Behavioral Health Professions
(MS/MSW/MA/PhD).Licensure to practice at the independent practice
level (LICSW, LMFT, LMHC or Licensed Psychologist) in
Washington.Accepted licenses include Licensed Independent Clinical
Social Worker, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed
Mental Health Counselor, Licensed PsychologistsMust be a U.S.
citizen.Must be able to pass a basic background check for
employment, a Child National Agency Check, and Inquiries
(NACI/CNACI) clearance, commonly called a Public Trust
clearance.Pay Range $55,250.00 - $99,875.00The Leidos pay range for
this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of
compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending
an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the
job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as
well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable
bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.Original Posting
Date:2024-03-21While subject to change based on business needs,
Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain
open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no
earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed
above.Pay Range:Pay Range -The Leidos pay range for this job level
is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or
salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include
(but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education,
experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal
equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement
(if any), or other law.by Jobble
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