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USAJOBS · 2 hours ago

Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - HUD VA Supportive Housing

Huntington, West Virginia, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$92K/yr - $120K/yr

5+ years exp

USAJOBS is seeking a Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor to work at the Huntington VA Medical Center. This role involves coordinating and providing intensive case management services to assist Veterans and their families in overcoming homelessness, while also delivering clinical psychosocial support and treatment.

ConsultingGovernmentHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologyInternetStaffing Agency

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Works closely with the VA Medical Center's homeless programs, residential and community care programs and transitional living facilities to ensure that coordination between these entities is facilitated and Veteran's direct care, referral and follow-up is contiguous and based on a continuum of services

Independently provides clinical psychosocial and case management services at an advanced practice level for eligible Veterans and their family members in the program

Continuous coordination with the community's homeless providers and coalitions as well as with other local, state and federal agencies

Provides supportive treatment through clinical assessment, supportive therapeutic supervision, clinical case management, medical consultation, bio-psychosocial treatment and rehabilitation, supportive group and or milieu therapy, psycho-education services, occasional vocational counseling and rehabilitation, substance abuse counseling, and socialization within an outreach treatment format

Data collection, administrative record keeping, monitoring patient or program clinical indicators and performance measurements

Develops working relationships and agreements with other organizations and directly coordinates with the designated public housing authority regarding housing voucher application and award process

Regularly conducts and participates in outreach activities including field interviews, assessment and referrals for homeless Veterans contacted in the community, shelters and "on the streets" as well as those who are referred by VA residential programs, medical centers or outpatient clinics

All other duties as assigned, pertaining to this occupation, to meet the needs of the Agency, Department, Facility, and/or Service

Qualification

Licensed Professional Mental Health CounselorClinical Mental Health CounselingAdvanced Counseling SkillsCrisis InterventionPsychosocial AssessmentSubstance Abuse CounselingCommunication SkillsTeam CollaborationMentoring

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

Subject to background/security investigation

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

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

Complete all application requirements detailed in the 'Required Documents' section of this announcement

United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy

English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English

Education - Master's or doctoral degree in one of the following: 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)

Licensure - Must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and treatment

A minimum of 5 years of post-licensed experience (with at least 1 year equivalent to the GS-11 grade level) that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressive professional competency and expertise and be licensed to provide clinical supervision to trainees or unlicensed LPMHCs

Experience that Demonstrates the following GS-11 Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Ability to make professional evaluations, decisions, and recommendation for treatment planning and implementation

Advanced knowledge and mastery of the fundamentals of the counseling process which includes defining patient/family problems and maintaining an effective counseling relationship

Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and trainees on the counseling process within various specialty areas, build on the foundation of competence through regular meetings and discussions to explain assignments, review progress of cases and confer about the counseling perspectives and orientation

Ability to provide complex crisis intervention and stabilization to patients who are in psychological distress. Requires independent judgment and skill

Ability to establish goals/treatment through a collaborative process with the patient utilizing advanced counseling skills, including evidenced- based practices, screening, and psychosocial assessment

Ability to use a wide variety of individual, group, or family counseling interventions

Ability to fully utilize the current DSM in making diagnoses and formulation of treatment goals and application of appropriate clinical intervention using professional counseling practices

Ability to develop and facilitate psychotherapy and psycho- education groups that include life skills, family support, and community integration

Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex mental illness

Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice

Ability to determine priority of services needed and provide specialized treatment

Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities for Veterans with complex needs

Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs

Ability to design system changes based on data

Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and trainees on the psychosocial treatment of patients, rendering professional opinions based on experience, expertise and role modeling effective clinical skills

Ability to teach, mentor staff and trainees, and provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications

Ability to engage in written and oral communication with leadership/staff and community stakeholders regarding policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and issues pertaining to the practice of the profession

Preferred

Homeless Program experience

Mental Health experience

Benefits

The Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program

Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.