School Military and Family Life Counselor - NAS New Orleans
Listed compensation
$59k-$107k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join Leidos as a School Military and Family Life Counselor – No Weekends, 9-Month in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Leidos is hiring licensed behavioral health professionals to join our Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC) Child and Youth Behavioral team to support NAS New Orleans. This is a 9 month school calendar position that will reflect the school calendar that you would support.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $59K - $107K
- No insurance to file
- No progress notes required
- No treatment plans to develop
- iPad provided
- 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
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No weekends required.
This position offers weekends off. Work with Leidos in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Key Responsibilities
The counselor provides non-medical counseling, consultation, and outreach services to military service members and their families at a school setting. Responsibilities include coaching staff and parents, modeling behavior management techniques, and facilitating social-emotional learning for youth.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a master's degree or higher in a behavioral health profession and possess a valid independent clinical license. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and able to pass a background check for a Public Trust clearance.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Clinical Psychology — Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 68% are remote, 24% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$83k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $94k in an average-cost state. 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates School Military and Family Life Counselor - NAS New Orleans at Leidos a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Clinical Psychology counselor listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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