Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

Quick Facts

• Role: Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

• Setting: Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Center (PRRC)

• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00am–4:30pm

• Telework: Ad-hoc; not a virtual position

Description

The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor is assigned to the PRRC and provides contemporary psychiatric programs and services through clinical assessment, counseling, and recovery-focused treatment planning. You will review clinical and psychosocial data, conduct interviews, make psychosocial determinations, provide crisis intervention as needed, and deliver individual, group, and family counseling. You will document services independently in the electronic medical record and coordinate referrals to VA and community resources.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive psychosocial assessments using subjective and objective data

• Conduct clinical interviews and analyze strengths, needs, and support systems

• Develop preliminary disposition plans and make recommendations for treatment

• Assess serious/complex cases involving psychiatric illness and substance use

• Conduct suicide risk assessments as appropriate

• Provide counseling and supportive interventions using therapeutic relationship skills

• Deliver individual, group, and family counseling for diverse patient backgrounds

• Participate in interdisciplinary treatment team recovery plan development and implementation

• Provide consultation/referrals for community resources, advance directives, and VA benefits

• Document admission assessments, treatment plans, case management notes, group notes, discharge and hand-off notes, and treatment plan updates in the electronic medical record

Benefits

A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available; eligibility depends on position type.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship; selective service registration for eligible males

• Proficiency in spoken and written English

• Master’s or doctoral degree from a CACREP-accredited program in an approved counseling field

• Full, current, unrestricted licensure to independently practice as an LPMHC (or be supervised if not independently licensed)

• Subject to background/security investigation and required onboarding steps

• Pass pre-employment physical exam; complete required seasonal influenza vaccination

• At least one year of post-master’s or post-doctoral health counseling experience for GS-11 level

• Ability to use the current DSM to make diagnoses and formulate treatment goals