Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Major duties for the Program Manager include (but are not limited to):
Offering a full range of psychodiagnostic services, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients with trauma and stressor-related disorders. Providing a full range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions to patients, family members, and significant others in group and individual formats, including brief interventions, motivational interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy, evidence based psychotherapies and psychoeducational interventions; Providing consultation to professional staff within the medical center and to community providers; Planning, implementing, and reporting the results of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects that are designed to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical program; Providing leadership, giving advice, counsel, and instruction to employees on both clinical and administrative matters; effecting minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious cases in consultation with employees' disciplinary supervisor of record; Planning, implementing and reporting the results of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects that are designed to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical program. Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday from 7:
30AM to 4:
00PM (Some evening and/or weekend duties may be required) Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements:
United States Citizenship:
Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education. Must possess a master's or doctoral degree in:
Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; or a related field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Examples of related mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the date when graduates are considered to have graduated from a CACREP accredited program. Additional information may be obtained from http:
//www.cacrep.org/directory/. NOTE:
Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualification standards as Traditional Rehabilitation counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilitation counseling. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0101 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation). Preferred
Experience:
Experience working in a residential setting; Experience in provision of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD; Experience in program management, including data-based performance improvement; Experience in providing supervision to others. Grade Determinations:
GS-12 In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must have been in a major specialty treatment program area such as, but not limited to, Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), mental health intensive case management (MHICM), or other areas of equivalent scope and complexity. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. In depth knowledge of the program coordinated, and demonstrated knowledge and ability to write policies procedures and or practice guidelines for the program. Ability to make key decisions in the hiring and identification of top candidates. Ability to provide leadership in facilitating the process of coordinating program consults, assessments, admissions, care assignments and discharges. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to other colleagues and trainees within the field of counseling working on an interdisciplinary team. References:
April 3, 2018 VA Handbook 5005/106 Part II Appendix G43 Physical Requirements:
Position requires performing activities including sitting, standing, walking, bending, carrying items such as books, papers, and files
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Offering a full range of psychodiagnostic services, particularly for complex or unusually difficult patients with trauma and stressor-related disorders. Providing a full range of evidence-based therapeutic interventions to patients, family members, and significant others in group and individual formats, including brief interventions, motivational interventions, cognitive behavioral therapy, evidence based psychotherapies and psychoeducational interventions; Providing consultation to professional staff within the medical center and to community providers; Planning, implementing, and reporting the results of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects that are designed to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical program; Providing leadership, giving advice, counsel, and instruction to employees on both clinical and administrative matters; effecting minor disciplinary measures such as warnings and reprimands and recommends action in more serious cases in consultation with employees' disciplinary supervisor of record; Planning, implementing and reporting the results of ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects that are designed to monitor the effectiveness of the clinical program. Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday from 7:
30AM to 4:
00PM (Some evening and/or weekend duties may be required) Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Basic Requirements:
United States Citizenship:
Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education. Must possess a master's or doctoral degree in:
Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; or a related field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Examples of related mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the date when graduates are considered to have graduated from a CACREP accredited program. Additional information may be obtained from http:
//www.cacrep.org/directory/. NOTE:
Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualification standards as Traditional Rehabilitation counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilitation counseling. Licensure. Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0101 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor. May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation). Preferred
Experience:
Experience working in a residential setting; Experience in provision of evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD; Experience in program management, including data-based performance improvement; Experience in providing supervision to others. Grade Determinations:
GS-12 In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Experience must have been in a major specialty treatment program area such as, but not limited to, Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), mental health intensive case management (MHICM), or other areas of equivalent scope and complexity. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. In depth knowledge of the program coordinated, and demonstrated knowledge and ability to write policies procedures and or practice guidelines for the program. Ability to make key decisions in the hiring and identification of top candidates. Ability to provide leadership in facilitating the process of coordinating program consults, assessments, admissions, care assignments and discharges. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to other colleagues and trainees within the field of counseling working on an interdisciplinary team. References:
April 3, 2018 VA Handbook 5005/106 Part II Appendix G43 Physical Requirements:
Position requires performing activities including sitting, standing, walking, bending, carrying items such as books, papers, and files
- Department:
0101 Social Science - Salary Range:
$91,231 to $118,603 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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