Marriage and Family Therapist

Provides mental health services and case management services or Veterans with mental health diagnoses as an integral part of the outpatient Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team. As a member of a Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program team (BHIP) - conducts psychosocial assessments - provide crisis intervention - clinical case management - and evidence-based psychotherapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) etc.

Provides mental health services and case management services or Veterans with mental health diagnoses as an integral part of the outpatient Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) team. As a member of a Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program team (BHIP) - conducts psychosocial assessments - provide crisis intervention - clinical case management - and evidence-based psychotherapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) - Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) etc.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education:
  
  Candidates must meet one of the following:
  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:
  Must hold full - current - and unrestricted Marriage and Family Therapy license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a state
• 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:
  Marriage and Family Therapist - GS-11 (Full Performance Level) Experience
  - Education and Licensure
• In addition to the basic requirements - the GS-11 full performance level requires completion of a minimum of one year of post-master's degree experience in the field of marriage and family therapy work (VA or non-VA experience) and licensure in a State at the independent practice level
• In addition - the candidate must demonstrate the KSAs in subparagraph below
• OR
  - In addition to the basic requirements - a doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy or comparable degree in mental health that meets the current VA qualification standard of that profession (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
  - Social Work
  - Psychiatric Nursing
  - Psychology - and Psychiatry) may be substituted for the required one year of marriage and family therapy experience in a clinical setting
• AND the candidate must be licensed to practice at the independent practice level and they must demonstrate the following KSA
• Demonstrated KSAs:
  In addition to meeting the KSAs for GS-11 grade level - the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below:
  Skill to independently assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members
• Ability to provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services to individuals - groups - couples and families in a culturally competent manner that facilitates change through restructuring and reorganizing the client system
• Abili…