Marriage & Family Therapist (Advanced) PCMHI

This position is eligible for 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 your start date. Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (1 to 5 years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.

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THE 2-PAGE RESUME REQUIREMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS OCCUPATIONAL SERIES. FOR MORE INFORMATION - REFER TO REQUIRED DOCUMENTS BELOW. To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

• United States 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 chapter 3 - section A - paragraph 3g - this part. English Language Proficiency: MFTs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005 - Part II - Chapter 3 - Section A - paragraph 3j
• Education:
  
  Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program approved by COAMFTE; hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a MFT program from a regionally accredited institution – OR hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in a comparable mental health degree (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Social Work, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology, and Psychiatry) that meets the current VA qualification standard of that profession
• Licensure:
  Persons hired or reassigned to MFT positions in the GS-0182 series in VHA must hold a full-current-and-unrestricted MFT license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State
• Loss of Licensure:
  Once licensed – MFTs must maintain a full-current-and-unrestricted license to remain qualified for employment. Loss of licensure will result in removal from the GS-0182 MFT series and may result in termination of employment
• Grade Determinations:
  Marriage and Family Therapist – GS-12 (Advanced). Education – Experience and Licensure:
  Candidate must have successfully completed evidence based training in family therapy and must have graduated from a COAMFTE accredited program OR have passed the AMFTRE
• Candidate must have at least five years of post-licensed clinical experience in delivery of family systems therapy including one-year equivalent to the GS-11 grade level
• This experience must demonstrate the use of an evidence based family therapy model while exhibiting progressive professional competency and expertise
• Assignments requiring responsibility for providing clinical supervision must have an AAMFT Approved Supervisor credential
• In addition – the candidate must demonstrate the professional KSAs listed below
• Ability to provide specialized consultation for complex cases involving individuals, families and/or couples utilizing evidenced-based family systems theory/therapy
• Ability to provide crisis intervention which includes assessment – safety planning and complex treatment planning using independent clinical judgment utilizing family systems theory/therapy
• Ability to provide family systems therapy – which seeks to address Veterans and their family members on an individual level and deals with interpersonal interactions
• Ability to provide unlicensed MFT staff/trainees with systemic clinical supervision towards licensure from a family systems theory/therapy perspective
• Assignments:
  For all assignments above the full performance level – the higher-level duties must consist of significant scope, complexity (difficulty) and variety…