Senior LPMHC - ICMHR Case Manager

The Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - ICMHR Case Manager delivers intensive, community-based case management to Veterans with serious mental illness, providing individualized recovery services, therapy, assessments, and crisis intervention.

Working independently, the Case Manager collaborates with VA and community partners to promote health, independence, and community integration for Veterans with complex needs.

Major duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to: Provide individual, group, and family counseling to patients and families with complex emotional, medical, and social issues. Independently address and resolve complex patient and family problems.

Assess psychosocial functioning and needs; formulate and implement treatment plans identifying strengths, weaknesses, coping skills, and assistance required. Apply various treatment modalities to achieve goals with individuals, families, and groups.

Utilize supportive, problem-solving, and crisis intervention techniques; independently manage mental health crises and support others. Conduct screening and assessment of Veteran referrals; determine clinical need and present findings to the ICMHR treatment team.

Deliver intensive case management in homes and the community, focusing on rehabilitation, crisis management, skill building, and increased independence. Provide specialized treatment and advanced case management for Veterans with serious mental illness and co-occurring psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial conditions.

Partner and collaborate with VA and community agencies to ensure continuity of care; act as a resource and liaison. Address Veteran needs or concerns collaboratively. Operate government vehicles for home and community visits and to transport Veterans related to care plans.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 4:30 PM Compressed/Flexible: May be available at supervisory discretion. Telework: Ad-hoc telework may be available at supervisory discretion. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 54708-A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Rita.Owens@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Basic Requirements: Citizenship. Be a citizen of the United States. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, paragraph 3.g.). English Language Proficiency.

LPMHCs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3. 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/. 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.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria). Grade Determinations: Grade Determinations.

In addition to the basic requirements for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade of candidates. Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, GS-12 Experience, Education, and Licensure.

In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex LPMHC experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level.

Senior LPMHCs must have five years of post-licensed experience 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 Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.

In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-11 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below: 1. 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. 2.

Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities for Veterans with complex needs. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling, or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial, and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of Veterans. 3.

Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on data. 4.

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. 5. Ability to teach, mentor staff and trainees, and provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications. 6.

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.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://department.va.gov/employees/va-qualifications-standards/ This vacancy is being announced above the full performance level at a GS-12. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019