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Adult and Family Military Family Life Counselor (LCSW, LMFT, LPC, or PsyD) Hartford, CT
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Company: Health Net (see all of this employer's jobs)
Phone: 8009093447
Fax: 8009093447
 Apply by eMail:do_not_reply@invalidemail.com
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Job Reference ID:
5171399
Category:
Public Service/Government
Duration:
Fulltime, Permanent
City, ST:
Hartford, Connecticut
Country:
United States |
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Description:
Health Net, Inc. (NYSE: HNT) is among the nation's largest publicly traded managed health care companies. Health Net's mission is to help people be healthy, secure and comfortable. The company's POS, HMO, insured PPO, behavioral health and government contracts subsidiaries provide health benefits to more than 7 million individuals. For more information on Health Net, Inc., please visit the company's Web site at www.healthnet.com
JOB SUMMARY:
The Counselor works as part of a mobile team to provide family services to military members and families who are geographically isolated from military installations. The Counselor is a licensed mental health professional and provides information, coaching, training, and education to military families and service members.
The counselor provides on-site, mobile, telephonic and/or direct short-term, non-medical, solution-focused counseling services to individuals, couples, families and groups for situations resulting from commonly occurring life circumstances such as parenting, relationship conflicts, stress, personal loss, and deployments and reunions.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Partners with and augments activities of Service Family Centers, Guard and Reserve programs (including Inter-Service Family Assistance Committees), unit family support staff officers, and other programs and services to build coalitions and connect Federal, state, and local resources and non-profit organizations to support Active Duty, Guard and Reserve families
Identifies family needs
Catalogues existing family programs and supports; determines how well those efforts are meeting family needs
Identifies problems and/or gaps in service
Determines methods to fill the gaps and enhance existing support systems' efforts
Plans and implements a comprehensive, integrated, mobile service delivery system
Provides on-site, mobile, and/or telephonic non-medical problem solving counseling to families when other resources are not available and makes appropriate referrals and warm transfers to military and community resources according to the needs of families and service members
Travels throughout the state as appropriate to meet with families and unit family support staff to assess needs and provide or arrange for counseling services
Consults with and trains military commands and service providers as requested
Sponsors and trains volunteers and family support professionals
Builds coalitions, coordinates with and connects Federal, state, and local resources and non-profit organizations to support Active Duty, Guard and Reserve families. Coordinates and plans service delivery under direction of the National Guard Joint Force Headquarters Command (JFHQ) J-1 and the State Family Program Director (SFPD).
Develops and/or uses MHN-approved training and education programs and materials as well as researches and adopts current materials available through military and national civilian sources
Travels on demand to provide services to families and/or support to Family Assistance Centers, Family Readiness Groups, Commanders, Child & Youth Mobilization Specialists, Family Readiness Assistants, State Benefit Advisors and Personnel Support Specialists
Provides feedback on outreach efforts in support of families and service members
Provides client tracking of services performed and referrals made using appropriate reporting system
Apply by eMail:do_not_reply@invalidemail.com
Job Created:
Wed Nov 04 2009 07:22:40 AM
Last Modified: Sat Nov 21 2009 07:29:19 AM
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