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Minot, North Dakota

Licensed Counselor or Licensed Social Worker

CounselorFull-Time

Listed compensation

$40-$44/hr

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Job Description

Military Family Life Counselor (MFLC): Adult, Child, and Youth Behavioral Counselors

Venesco LLC is looking for Military Family Licensed Counselors (MFLC) to support military members and families at/around Minot AFB in Minot, ND. We have immediate openings for year-round Counselors to work with either adults or school-based children on the Air Force base. We are currently offering an $800 sign-on bonus for new hires.

As a Military Family Life Counselor, MFLC, you will help children and families with the added stresses of military life. You will provide a wide range of problem-solving skills to address areas such as deployment, frequent relocations, isolation from extended family members, children coping with the absence of a parent, child education, and spousal employment.

This position requires an independent license in any state. Eligible license types include: LCSW/LICSW, LMFT, LPC, LCPC, and LMHC. If you are working on your independent license, let's start the conversation!

Our team of mental healthcare professionals ensures that our active-duty service members and their families receive the exceptional care they deserve. The MFLC counselor is an independently licensed mental health professional who exercises discretion and independent judgement to provide appropriate resource information in the form of non-medical counseling, coaching, training and education to military service members and their families.

Non-medical counseling is supportive in nature and addresses: living conditions; life skills; improving relationships at home and at work; stress management; adjustment issues, such as those related to returning from deployment; marital problems; parenting, fear, grief and loss.

School counselors and Child Development Center Counselors are assigned to DoDEA schools, military childcare centers, and in some cases, local community schools. Counselors should have experience working in a school setting to qualify for CYB positions.

CYB counselors are also assigned to youth programs, summer camps, and for on demand assignments. CYB counselors are responsible for working closely with military branch Points of Contact (POCs) to assure that the program is provided within the scope of the contract and meets the needs of assigned installation.

It is an honor to provide non-medical services to active-duty service members and their families, and we are grateful to support such a valued customer and important mission.

Venesco, LLC, is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

Venesco is committed to administering all employment and personnel actions on the basis of merit and free of discrimination based on race, ethnicity, religious affiliation, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability.

Consistent with this commitment, we are dedicated to the employment and advancement of qualified minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans, persons of all ethnic backgrounds and religions according to their abilities. lpc, licensed professional counselor, social worker, lcsw, licensed clinical social worker, marriage and family counselor, licensed counselor, school counselor

For more information on Venesco, LLC., visit venesco.com.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

  • A Master’s degree in the Behavioral Health Professions
  • Minimum 2 years of post-master’s supervised clinical experience
  • Mental Health Licensure at the Independent Practice level
  • School Counselors must demonstrate past experience working in a school setting or other Child/Youth Services setting.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen and be able to obtain a NACI level government security clearance

Desired

Prior military service/military family member and/or strong familiarity with the military culture

Key Responsibilities

Provide non-medical counseling, coaching, and education to military service members and their families to address life stressors. Work within military installations, schools, or childcare centers to support deployment, relationship, and adjustment issues.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Mental health counselingCrisis interventionRelationship counselingParenting supportGrief counselingAdjustment counselingClinical documentationMilitary culture familiaritySchool-based counselingChild development support

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 72% are remote, 32% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for North Dakota is 89.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$87k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $98k in an average-cost state. 58.8% of North Dakota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 10% of Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 561 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Minot

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$274k
Typical market rent
$1,260/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
87.0
State income tax
Up to 2.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Minot, ND metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.