Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Counselor (CYBC-MFLC) - NORTH CAROLINA

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Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Counselor (CYBC-MFLC) - NORTH CAROLINA At KBR, we deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 37,000 people worldwide with customers in more than 85 countries and operations in over 28 countries. KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results.

Trinzic is the future independent company to be created through the planned spin-off of KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business, expected in January 2027. Our people work at the frontier of what is possible, delivering solutions in challenging environments and advancing some of the world's highest-priority national security and space missions.

Backed by decades of mission success, deep expertise, and trusted partnerships, Trinzic will launch as a global organization with more than 18,000 employees supporting customers around the world. Join us at a defining moment and help shape the future of a company built to tackle complex challenges and make a meaningful impact.

*Candidates who join KBR's Mission Technology Solutions business before the spin-off will transition to Trinzic when the separation is complete and will not need to reapply for employment.  *

Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Counselor (CYBC-MFLC)

Contingent upon Contract Award and successful completion of program required background check.

Position Summary

The Child and Youth Behavioral Military and Family Life Counselor (CYBC-MFLC) provides non-medical counseling, consultation, prevention, education, and outreach services to military-connected children, parents, caregivers, and staff within a Child Development Center (CDC) located on a military installation. The CYBC-MFLC promotes healthy social-emotional development, resilience, and adjustment by helping children and families successfully navigate the unique challenges associated with military life. The CYBC-MFLC delivers services through a visible, embedded, relationship-based model within the Child Development Center, engaging children, parents, caregivers, and staff in daily activities and natural settings to promote resilience and early identification of concerns.

Using a short-term, solution-focused, strengths-based approach, the CYBC-MFLC supports children in developing age-appropriate coping skills, emotional regulation, social skills, and resilience. Services are preventive in nature and delivered in accordance with Department of War (DoW) Military and Family Life Counseling Program requirements.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Child and Youth Counseling Services

• Provide confidential, non-medical, short-term counseling and support services to military children in a Child Development Center setting.

• Deliver services through both structured counseling interactions and informal engagement opportunities within classrooms, activity areas, and other approved childcare settings to increase accessibility and early intervention.

• Utilize developmentally appropriate techniques, including:

• Play-based interventions

• Social-emotional skill building

• Behavioral coaching

• Resilience and coping-skills development

• Classroom observations and support

• Assist children in addressing concerns related to:

• Separation from parents due to deployment, TDY, training, or operational requirements

• Adjustment to relocation and school transitions

• Friendship and peer relationship challenges

• Behavioral concerns and emotional regulation

• Anxiety, stress, and life changes

• Grief and loss

• Family transitions and reintegration

• Deployment-related stress

• Parent absence due to military duties

• Frequent relocation and transition challenges

• Adjustment to military lifestyle demands

• Building resilience during military family transition

• Facilitate structured group activities, classroom-based interventions, and resiliency programming that strengthen social-emotional development, problem-solving skills, coping abilities, and positive peer interactions

Consultation and Collaboration

• Serve as a consultant to CDC leadership, caregivers, teachers, and parents regarding child development and social-emotional well-being.
• Provide coaching, consultation, and resilience-focused support to caregivers and CDC personnel to address military-family stressors and support healthy child development
• Partner with parents and caregivers to reinforce age-appropriate coping and behavioral strategies in home and childcare settings.
• Educate parents and caregivers regarding age-appropriate emotional and behavioral responses to deployment, separation, relocation, reintegration, and other military life transitions.
• Coordinate with installation support agencies, military family programs, school liaisons, and community resources, as appropriate.

Outreach and Prevention

• Deliver DoW approved psychoeducational presentations, workshops, and training on topics such as:

• Child development

• Positive parenting practices

• Emotional regulation

• Building resilience in military children

• Managing transitions and change

• Promote behavioral awareness, emotional regulation, coping strategies, resilience building, and problem-solving skills through developmentally appropriate educational activities and discussions

• Participate in installation outreach events that promote child and family readiness and awareness of CYBC-MFLC services.

• Support prevention-focused initiatives that strengthen protective factors for military-connected children and families.

Documentation and Compliance

• Maintain required CYBC-MFLC program documentation and activity reporting in accordance with MFLC program requirements.
• Adhere to DoW policies, ethical standards, confidentiality requirements, and contract performance expectations.
• Complete all required training, credentialing, and installation access requirements.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Master’s or doctoral degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or a related behavioral health field.

Licensure

Current, unrestricted independent clinical licensure in a U.S. state, territory, or the District of Columbia, such as:

• LCSW
• LPC/LCPC/LPCC
• LMFT
• Licensed Psychologist

Experience

• Experience providing counseling or behavioral health services to children and adolescents.
• Experience working in school, childcare, pediatric, family services, or youth-development settings preferred.
• Knowledge of child development principles and evidence-based behavioral interventions.
• Knowledge of military culture and military family systems preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong child-focused counseling and behavioral intervention skills.
• Knowledge of developmental milestones and social-emotional learning practices.
• Ability to engage young children using age-appropriate therapeutic techniques.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with parents, CDC staff, and military stakeholders.
• Strong presentation and consultation skills.
• Ability to work independently within a decentralized service-delivery model.
• Commitment to confidentiality, ethical practice, and child safety.

Mission Impact

The CYBC-MFLC serves as a trusted resource within the Child Development Center, helping military-connected children develop resilience, strengthen social-emotional skills, successfully navigate military life transitions, and maintain healthy developmental progress. Through consultation, prevention, and early intervention services, the CYBC-MFLC contributes to family readiness and the overall well-being of the military community.

Belong, Connect and Grow at KBR

At KBR, we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture.  These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company.  That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

KBR is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.