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USAJOBS · 6 months ago

Marriage and Family Therapist (Advanced - Substance Use Disorder)

Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$100K/yr - $130K/yr

5+ years exp

USAJOBS is seeking a Marriage and Family Therapist (Advanced) to provide clinical psychosocial and Evidence Based Therapies to eligible Veterans and their family members. The role involves conducting psychosocial assessments, making diagnoses, planning and implementing treatment, and providing therapy to address a broad range of substance use and mental health issues.

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No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Interview Clients and Conduct Psychosocial Assessments

Interview Veterans and their family members to establish facts about the Veteran's situation, presenting problems, their causes, and the impact of such problems on the Veteran's functioning and health as part of a comprehensive psychosocial assessment

Interpret and explain VA's treatment and benefit programs

Review all data and make a clinical assessment identifying needs and strengths

Use advanced clinical training, insight, and experience to interpret data and identify viable treatment options

Assess high risk factors, acuity, and need for services

Make Psychosocial Diagnoses

Evaluate the client's situation, including the Veteran's reaction and ability to cope with his/her life stressors and arrive at a reasoned conclusion

Based on the psychosocial assessment, use professional judgment and advanced practice skills to make a psychosocial diagnosis

Assess at-risk factors and develop a preliminary disposition plan involving the Veteran and family or significant others

Perform insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving psychiatric illness involving psychiatric, catastrophic medical conditions, dementia, and other high-risk diagnoses

Make independent professional decisions and recommendations

Plan Effective Treatment

Develop psychosocial treatment plans in coordination with interdisciplinary team members, including goals for psychosocial clinical treatment

Provide independent consultation and make recommendations to the interdisciplinary team on a course of treatment

Independently conclude the appropriate action, even in instances where actions can have serious impact on the life of the Veteran. This may include long-term institutional or nursing home care or separation from family members. These decisions are based on advanced practice skills, professional judgment, and expertise regarding the Veteran's self-care capability, family support system, and health care needs

Evaluate own practice on an on-going basis through participation in professional peer review, case conferences, research studies, or other organized means

Be active in and accept responsibility for the development and maintenance of professional standards of treatment

Adjust the psychosocial treatment plan and interventions based on changing needs and response to interventions

Implement Treatment

Provide individual and group therapy to patients and their families, on a regularly scheduled basis to engage in activities or discussion designed to improve patients' cognitive, social, emotional, vocational, and behavioral functioning

Give advice, guidance, emotional support, and other assistance

Provide individual and group counseling services, including psychotherapy

Assist and encourage Veterans and significant others in facing problems, thinking them through, evaluating the situation realistically, considering alternative courses of action, and arrive at plans for using resources to resolve problems

Use highly developed professional, clinical, and advanced practice skills to treat Veterans with complex problems, histories of non-compliance with treatment, and inability or unwillingness to participate in treatment

Qualification

MarriageFamily TherapyEvidence Based TherapiesClinical AssessmentCrisis InterventionPsychosocial Treatment PlansFamily Systems TheoryClinical SupervisionCommunication SkillsProblem SolvingTeam Collaboration

Required

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job

Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959

Must be proficient in written and spoken English

You may be required to serve a trial period

Subject to background/security investigation

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements

Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

Be a citizen of the United States

Candidates must meet one of the following: (1) Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). OR (2) Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a MFT program from a regionally accredited institution. OR (3) Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in a comparable mental health degree (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Social Work, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology, and Psychiatry) that meets the current VA qualification standard of that profession

Persons hired or reassigned to MFT positions in the GS-0182 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted MFT license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State

MFTs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. § 7402(d)

Candidate must have successfully completed evidence based training in family therapy and must have graduated from a COAMFTE accredited program OR have passed the Association of Marital and Family Therapy Regulatory Board Examination (AMFTRBE)

Candidate must have at least five years of post-licensed clinical experience in delivery of family systems therapy including one-year equivalent to the GS-11 grade level

Assignments requiring responsibility for providing clinical supervision must have an AAMFT Approved Supervisor credential

Ability to provide specialized consultation for complex cases involving individuals, families and/or couples utilizing evidenced-based family systems theory/therapy

Ability to provide crisis intervention which includes assessment, safety planning and complex treatment planning using independent clinical judgment utilizing family systems theory/therapy

Ability to provide family systems therapy, which seeks to address Veterans and their family members on an individual level and deals with interpersonal interactions

Ability to provide unlicensed MFT staff/trainees with systemic clinical supervision towards licensure from a family systems theory/therapy perspective

The physical demands of this position require light lifting and carrying (under 15 pounds); use of fingers; both hands required; both eyes required; hearing (aid may be permitted); and emotional and mental stability

Work may be performed outside and inside; prolonged sitting; and you must be able to work alone and closely with others