Licensed Prof. Mental Health Counselor - Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs Counselor
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only sections that have real specific content. The posting includes: Summary (EDRP eligibility), Qualifications (basic requirements, education, licensure, etc.), Duties (list of duties), Work Schedule (Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm), maybe Pay? Not mentioned. Benefits? Not mentioned except EDRP (Education Debt Reduction Program) which is a benefit? Could be considered Benefits. The posting mentions EDRP authorized, contact, etc. Also mentions Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. That's schedule/telework info. Also mentions Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May Be Authorized, PCS: Not Authorized. Those could be benefits? But we should only include sections with real content. We have: About the role? Not explicitly but we could treat Summary as About the role. Responsibilities could be Duties. Requirements could be Qualifications (basic requirements). Skills could be KSAs (knowledge, skills, abilities). Benefits could include EDRP, relocation incentives, etc. Pay not present, so omit. Schedule present: Work Schedule.
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for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting includes some boilerplate like "NOTE: Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs..." that's part of qualifications, keep. Also "Exception VHA may waive..." keep.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience" etc. Not present.
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About the role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
Responsibilities
- Identifies problems/needs from the assessment to be treated and develops the individual treatment plan
- Provides individual professional input and addressing the social aspect of the patient's situation with the treatment team
- Assists Veterans and the treatment team in navigating problems in the residential milieu
- Ensures all case management as assigned for the duration of the Veteran's admission through post-discharge follow-up
- Conducts therapeutic counseling in accordance with specific guidelines and handles crises regularly with minimal supervision
- Serves as therapist/counselor with individuals and groups
- Observes and documents behavior and reaction patterns of patients to be utilized by the multidisciplinary treatment team - and final disposition for follow-up
- Develops and conducts lectures and educational presentations for patients related to various specialty aspects of general mental health - substance use disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - or Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
- Educates the veteran - their families - and the team on all the options available to them and will collaborate with the veteran and family on the preferred option
- Develops - organizes - and implements a wide variety of outpatient aftercare treatment for patients and their collaterals
- Develops and implements methods to motivate veterans to attend aftercare and/or participate in the outpatient program
- Transports veterans to assist them in assessing resources or taking care of essential business
- Government vehicle will be used as well as all processes - trainings - and requirements related to Government vehicle use
- Collaborates with other service providers in reassessing the Veteran's needs
- Educates the veteran and/or caregiver about the available services and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on the veteran's preference or that of the surrogate decision-maker
- Serves as a field instructor - preceptor - and/or mentor to interns - new/unlicensed - or newly licensed clinicians and peers as needed
- Enters all veteran/family contacts in the electronic record using appropriate/approved formats and templates
- Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with employees - volunteers - consumers - and stakeholders within the VA and outside community agencies
- Attends all appropriate staff meetings - team meetings - committee meetings - or group meetings and perform other duties as required
- Collaborates in the performance improvement process and complies with performance measures as required by the appropriate program offices and local policies
- Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assists in their formulation of the psychological characteristics and appropriate treatment
- Offers consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in specialty areas - rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise - and role modeling effective clinical practice skills
- Demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications
Requirements
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: Hold 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-0183 series in VHA must hold a full - current - and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - which includes diagnosis and treatment. NOTE: It is VHA policy that a LPMHC who does not yet have a license that allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record. Exception VHA may waive the licensure requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified - pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure. This exception only applies up to the full performance level. For grade levels at or above the full performance level - the candidate must be licensed.
We also have qualifications for GS-9 and GS-11. Could be part of Requirements or Qualifications. Since we already have Requirements section, we could include details about grade levels.
Maybe better to have a Qualifications section covering education, licensure, grade-specific requirements, KSAs. But we already used Requirements for basic. Could rename to Qualifications and include all. However instructions: Use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to decide which sections to include. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (basic), Qualifications (maybe grade-specific), Skills (KSAs), Benefits (EDRP, relocation incentives), Schedule.
We must not repeat info. Let's allocate:
- About the role: EDRP summary (maybe also mention it's not virtual? but that's schedule)
- Responsibilities: duties list.
- Requirements: basic citizenship, education, licensure.
- Qualifications: grade-specific requirements (GS-9 entry level, GS-11 full performance) plus maybe preferred experience.
- Skills: KSAs (knowledge, skills, abilities) for GS-9 and GS-11.
- Benefits: EDRP details (already in About role? maybe move EDRP to Benefits). But we already used About role for EDRP; we could keep About role as general overview, and Benefits for EDRP and relocation incentives.
- Schedule: Work schedule Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm, note not virtual, telework ad-hoc.
We must avoid duplication. Let's craft.
About the role: brief overview: This position is eligible for EDRP etc. Could also mention that it's a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor position (GS-9 to GS-11). But that's more qualifications.
Let's keep About role short: EDRP eligibility.
Responsibilities: duties list.
Requirements: basic citizenship, education, licensure.
Qualifications: grade-specific details (GS-9 entry level, GS-11 full performance) plus preferred experience.
Skills: KSAs (list for GS-9 and GS-11). Could combine.
Benefits: EDRP details (award amount, eligibility period, application timeline, contact), relocation/recruitment incentives may be authorized, PCS not authorized.
Schedule: Work schedule Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm, note not virtual, telework ad-hoc.
We must ensure not to include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML.
We need to wrap lists in - . For prose use
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Let's craft.
Be careful to preserve all substantive information: include details like "up to $200,000", "one to five years", "submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment", contact email, etc.
Include details about GS-9: entry grade level for LPMHCs with less than one year of experience (post-master's degree) or for LPMHCs at the master's or doctoral level) who are graduates not yet licensed at the independent practice level. Unlicensed LPMHCs at GS-9 have completed required education and are working toward completion of prerequisites for licensure; must demonstrate KSAs in subparagraph (c). Also include GS-11: at least one year of post-master's or post-doctoral degree mental health counseling experience, must be licensed to practice at independent practice level, demonstrate KSAs in subparagraph (c). Also mention LPMHCs may provide clinical supervision over unlicensed LPMHC or trainee, note state license specifics, grandfathering provision, grade determinations, preferred experience (extensive experience in individual and group therapies working with PTSD and SUD, training in evidence-based practices such as CBT, ACT, DBT, MI, other EBPs, skilled in interdisciplinary teams, proficient in suicide prevention, capable in mental health crisis care, capable in providing episodic treatment). Also mention that full performance level is GS-11, actual grade range GS-9 to GS-11.
Include KSAs for GS-9 (1-9) and GS-11 (1-8 plus additional). Let's list them.
We need to ensure we don't miss any duty items: there are many. We'll include all as list items.
Let's extract duties from the text:
- Identifies problems/needs from the assessment to be treated and develops the individual treatment plan
- Provides individual professional input and addressing the social aspect of the patient's situation with the treatment team
- Assists Veterans and the treatment team in navigating problems in the residential milieu
- Ensures all case management as assigned for the duration of the Veteran's admission through post-discharge follow-up
- Conducts therapeutic
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The posting includes some boilerplate like "NOTE: Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs..." that's part of qualifications, keep. Also "Exception VHA may waive..." keep. We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience" etc. Not present. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's structure:
About the role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
Responsibilities
- Identifies problems/needs from the assessment to be treated and develops the individual treatment plan
- Provides individual professional input and addressing the social aspect of the patient's situation with the treatment team
- Assists Veterans and the treatment team in navigating problems in the residential milieu
- Ensures all case management as assigned for the duration of the Veteran's admission through post-discharge follow-up
- Conducts therapeutic counseling in accordance with specific guidelines and handles crises regularly with minimal supervision
- Serves as therapist/counselor with individuals and groups
- Observes and documents behavior and reaction patterns of patients to be utilized by the multidisciplinary treatment team - and final disposition for follow-up
- Develops and conducts lectures and educational presentations for patients related to various specialty aspects of general mental health - substance use disorder - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - or Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
- Educates the veteran - their families - and the team on all the options available to them and will collaborate with the veteran and family on the preferred option
- Develops - organizes - and implements a wide variety of outpatient aftercare treatment for patients and their collaterals
- Develops and implements methods to motivate veterans to attend aftercare and/or participate in the outpatient program
- Transports veterans to assist them in assessing resources or taking care of essential business
- Government vehicle will be used as well as all processes - trainings - and requirements related to Government vehicle use
- Collaborates with other service providers in reassessing the Veteran's needs
- Educates the veteran and/or caregiver about the available services and assisting them in establishing the appropriate referrals based on the veteran's preference or that of the surrogate decision-maker
- Serves as a field instructor - preceptor - and/or mentor to interns - new/unlicensed - or newly licensed clinicians and peers as needed
- Enters all veteran/family contacts in the electronic record using appropriate/approved formats and templates
- Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with employees - volunteers - consumers - and stakeholders within the VA and outside community agencies
- Attends all appropriate staff meetings - team meetings - committee meetings - or group meetings and perform other duties as required
- Collaborates in the performance improvement process and complies with performance measures as required by the appropriate program offices and local policies
- Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assists in their formulation of the psychological characteristics and appropriate treatment
- Offers consultation to colleagues and students on the psychosocial treatment of patients treated in specialty areas - rendering professional opinions based on experience and expertise - and role modeling effective clinical practice skills
- Demonstrates the ability to teach and mentor staff and students in the special area of practice and to provide supervision for licensure or specialty certifications
Requirements
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: Hold 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-0183 series in VHA must hold a full - current - and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - which includes diagnosis and treatment. NOTE: It is VHA policy that a LPMHC who does not yet have a license that allows independent practice must be supervised by a licensed independent practitioner of the same discipline who is a VA staff member and who has access to the electronic health record. Exception VHA may waive the licensure requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified - pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure. This exception only applies up to the full performance level. For grade levels at or above the full performance level - the candidate must be licensed.
We also have qualifications for GS-9 and GS-11. Could be part of Requirements or Qualifications. Since we already have Requirements section, we could include details about grade levels. Maybe better to have a Qualifications section covering education, licensure, grade-specific requirements, KSAs. But we already used Requirements for basic. Could rename to Qualifications and include all. However instructions: Use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to decide which sections to include. We have content for About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (basic), Qualifications (maybe grade-specific), Skills (KSAs), Benefits (EDRP, relocation incentives), Schedule. We must not repeat info. Let's allocate: - About the role: EDRP summary (maybe also mention it's not virtual? but that's schedule) - Responsibilities: duties list. - Requirements: basic citizenship, education, licensure. - Qualifications: grade-specific requirements (GS-9 entry level, GS-11 full performance) plus maybe preferred experience. - Skills: KSAs (knowledge, skills, abilities) for GS-9 and GS-11. - Benefits: EDRP details (already in About role? maybe move EDRP to Benefits). But we already used About role for EDRP; we could keep About role as general overview, and Benefits for EDRP and relocation incentives. - Schedule: Work schedule Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm, note not virtual, telework ad-hoc. We must avoid duplication. Let's craft. About the role: brief overview: This position is eligible for EDRP etc. Could also mention that it's a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor position (GS-9 to GS-11). But that's more qualifications. Let's keep About role short: EDRP eligibility. Responsibilities: duties list. Requirements: basic citizenship, education, licensure. Qualifications: grade-specific details (GS-9 entry level, GS-11 full performance) plus preferred experience. Skills: KSAs (list for GS-9 and GS-11). Could combine. Benefits: EDRP details (award amount, eligibility period, application timeline, contact), relocation/recruitment incentives may be authorized, PCS not authorized. Schedule: Work schedule Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm, note not virtual, telework ad-hoc. We must ensure not to include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now produce HTML. We need to wrap lists in- . For prose use
. Let's craft. Be careful to preserve all substantive information: include details like "up to $200,000", "one to five years", "submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment", contact email, etc. Include details about GS-9: entry grade level for LPMHCs with less than one year of experience (post-master's degree) or for LPMHCs at the master's or doctoral level) who are graduates not yet licensed at the independent practice level. Unlicensed LPMHCs at GS-9 have completed required education and are working toward completion of prerequisites for licensure; must demonstrate KSAs in subparagraph (c). Also include GS-11: at least one year of post-master's or post-doctoral degree mental health counseling experience, must be licensed to practice at independent practice level, demonstrate KSAs in subparagraph (c). Also mention LPMHCs may provide clinical supervision over unlicensed LPMHC or trainee, note state license specifics, grandfathering provision, grade determinations, preferred experience (extensive experience in individual and group therapies working with PTSD and SUD, training in evidence-based practices such as CBT, ACT, DBT, MI, other EBPs, skilled in interdisciplinary teams, proficient in suicide prevention, capable in mental health crisis care, capable in providing episodic treatment). Also mention that full performance level is GS-11, actual grade range GS-9 to GS-11. Include KSAs for GS-9 (1-9) and GS-11 (1-8 plus additional). Let's list them. We need to ensure we don't miss any duty items: there are many. We'll include all as list items. Let's extract duties from the text: - Identifies problems/needs from the assessment to be treated and develops the individual treatment plan - Provides individual professional input and addressing the social aspect of the patient's situation with the treatment team - Assists Veterans and the treatment team in navigating problems in the residential milieu - Ensures all case management as assigned for the duration of the Veteran's admission through post-discharge follow-up - Conducts therapeutic