Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Manager) - Vet Center Director

Qualifications

• Education and Licensure: 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 CACREP-accredited program.
• Licensure: Full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and treatment.

Basic Requirements

• United States Citizenship
• English Language Proficiency: Proficient in spoken and written English.

Experience

• One year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level, demonstrating advanced practice skills and judgment.
• Manage the daily operations of multiple programs, develop and implement program policies and procedures, or serve as chief or principal counselor to a number of LPMHCs.
• Prepare reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national leadership.
• Monitor program outcomes using data-driven quality assurance processes.
• Develop productivity standards appropriate to each service provided.
• Manage a wide range of programs which include the operation and management of key clinical, training, or administrative programs.

Duties

• Serves as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Program Manager - RCS Vet Center Director (VCD).
• Supervise professional and nonprofessional staff including a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals, social workers, other hybrid titles, readjustment counselors, outreach workers, and office managers.
• Oversee fiscal, contractual, and operational obligations of the community-based Vet Center.
• Coordinate and brief during meetings with Congressional representatives and their staff.
• Plan, establish, and implement Vet Center policies and procedures.
• Lead the development of staff goals and objectives, monitor, coordinate, and evaluate the work of all Vet Center staff.
• Provide direct readjustment counseling services within and outside of the Vet Center, including in-person and virtual services.

Physical Requirements

• The work does not inherently include physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with a workplace accommodation.

Work Schedule

• Mon-Fri 8:00am - 4:30pm, some nights and weekends may be required.

Telework

• Available

Virtual

• This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #

• 50586A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives

• Not Authorized

EDRP Authorized

• Yes

Former EDRP Participants Ineligible

• Ineligible to apply for incentive