Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor-Mental Health Patient

Summary

The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) position is assigned to the St. Cloud VA (Health Care System) HCS Mental Health Integrated Clinical Community (MH ICC). The LPMHC provides comprehensive psychotherapy - assessment - care coordination and consult management services to Veterans for issues related to mental health - behavior issues - substance use disorders - and other complex and diverse psychosocial problems.

The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) position is assigned to the St. Cloud VA (Health Care System) HCS Mental Health Integrated Clinical Community (MH ICC). The LPMHC provides comprehensive psychotherapy - assessment - care coordination and consult management services to Veterans for issues related to mental health - behavior issues - substance use disorders - and other complex and diverse psychosocial problems.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship:
  Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• English Language Proficiency
• In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) - no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English
• Education
  - Master's or doctoral degree in one of the following:
  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
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• NOTE:
  
  Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP do not meet the Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) qualification standards as Traditional Rehabilitation counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilitation counseling
• Licensure
  - Must hold a full - current - and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - which includes diagnosis and treatment
• Grandfather Provision:
  An LPMHC employed in VHA on the effective date of the qualification standard (4/3/2018) who did not meet all the basic requirements in this standard may not be promoted beyond the full performance level (GS-11) or be newly placed in supervisory or managerial positions until meeting the full qualification requirements
• Grade Determinations:
  In addition to the basic requirements stated above - the following qualification criteria must be met for each grade
• The candidate's qualifications must clearly demonstrate the level of competence required for the grade
• GS-11 LPMHC (Full Performance Level) Requirements:
  In addition to meeting the basic requirements and the GS-9 KSAs - to qualify for the GS-11 you must have at least one year of post-master's or post-doctoral degree mental health counseling experience (VA or non-VA experience) that demonstrates the following Knowledge
  - Skills - and Abilities: GS-09 LPMHC Knowledge
  - Skills - and Abilities:
  Ability to engage in intake and assessment - problem identification - diagnosis - treatment planning and implementation - continuum of care - evaluation and follow-up
• Knowledge of current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders in formulation of treatment goals and application of appropriate clinical interventions using professional counseling practices
• Basic knowledge of professional counseling practice with emphasis on human development principles through cognitive - affective - behavioral or systemic interventions - and strategies that address high risk behaviors - wellness - personal growth - and career development across the life span
• Ability to use a wide variety of individual - group - or family counseling interventions
• Ability to serve on an interdisciplinary team with focus on the intrapersonal - interpersonal - and relational functioning of individuals - groups and families and on the counseling approaches - strategies - and techniques that will best help patients function effectively
• Basic skill in the use of computer software applications for drafting documents - data management -…