Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor – RCS Vet Center Readjustment Counselor Position Available In Suffolk, New York

Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

• RCS Vet Center Readjustment Counselor Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administrion Readjustment Counseling Service (RCS) Summary The incumbent serves as an RCS Vet Center Readjustment Counselor, providing counseling services, outreach, referral, and follow up care coordinion to eligible individuals, couples, and family members.

In this capacity, the incumbent functions as a member of a small multi-disciplinary team of 4 or more staff members. This entails the incumbent contributing proactively to internal coordinion of care and collaborive planning and problem solving among all staff. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/06/2025 to 06/16/2025 Salary $72,017

• $113,268 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9
• 11 Locion Babylon, NY 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBZY-12740464-25-BJL

Control number 838331600 This job is open to The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees

• Excepted service Current federal employees whose agencies have their own hiring rules, pay scales and evaluion criteria.

Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Clarificion from the agency This job is open to current permanent Department of Veteran Affairs employees, current permanent Federal employees of other agencies and US Citizens. Videos Duties Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)

Authorized:

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 applicion within four months of your start de. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP Participants are ineligible to apply for the program. Contact for questions/assistance.

NOTE:

Readjustment Counselors are multi-disciplinary and can be filled by: Social Worker, Psychologist, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, and Marriage & Family Therapist. Each discipline is announced separely, and applicants must apply to the announcement for which they are qualified . Duties include, but are not limited to:

Screening and Assessment:

Will work directly with eligible individuals to establish a therapeutic relionship sufficient for completing all required readjustment counseling intake procedures to include an assessment of risk for self-harm and psychosocial functioning. This informion used as the foundion for identifying the presenting clinical focus areas and for developing the readjustment counseling service plan.

Counseling Planning/Goal Setting:

Develop and periodically upde an individualized readjustment counseling service plan th reflects a course of therapeutic and psychosocial interventions, including identificion of achievable goals and measurable outcomes.

Direct Counseling Service Provision:

Will implement the individualized counseling plan through an approprie course of individual, group, couple and/or family readjustment counseling. Will maintain an effective therapeutic relionship with eligible clients fully guided by professional ethics throughout the course of readjustment counseling.

Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention:

Will apply risk assessment procedures during the initial assessment and periodically throughout the planned course of readjustment counseling as required and approprie. For individuals identified from intermedie to high risk, the incumbent will work with the individual to develop a safety plan th identifies the precipiting life stressors and safety procedures identified by the client. Will provide crisis case management services inclusive of coordining services with the individual’s family members.

Care Coordinion:

Will establish and maintain a network of community care relionships, internal and external to VA, to coordine access to readjustment counseling through community referrals to the Vet Center, and to ensure th eligible individuals and/or family members receive the full spectrum of services to support the veteran’s readjustment th are outside the scope of readjustment counseling. In support of client care coordinion, the incumbent maintains a general knowledge and understanding of the military experience and available VA benefits and services such as VA health care and VBA service-connected benefits.

Outreach:

Will maintain active coordinion with Vet Center outreach workers to ensure seamless referral to Vet Center services for those individuals and family members engaged in the community outreach events th may require follow-up readjustment counseling.

Team Cohesion and Coordinion:

Will actively participe in Vet Center staff meetings designed to promote team building and staff development through cojoint planning and problem solving, staff discussion of problemic cases, coaching and mentoring new hires.

Documention/Consultion:

Will document all clinical interactions with eligible individuals and episodes of care coordinion on their behalf as required by RCS policy. Will provide consultion services to other staff inclusive of other community partners. Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule:

Typically Monday

• Friday 8:00am
• 4:30pm; some evenings and weekends may be required based on operional need of the facility.

Compressed/Flexible:

Not Authorized Telework:

Not available.

Virtual:

This is not a virtual position. Functional Stement #: PD43860-0 and

PD47394-0

Relocion/Recruitment Incentives:

Not Authorized Permanent Change of Stion (PCS):

Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report:

Not required Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job. Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. You may be required to serve a probionary period. Subject to background/security investigion. Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). This position requires occasional travel away from the duty stion in support of direct client care, outreach events, and/or training.

Physical Requirements:

The work does not inherently include physical requirements essential for successful job performance th could not otherwise be performed with a workplace accommodion. Qualificions

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

The basic requirements for employment as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) are prescribed by stute in 38 U.S.C. § 7402(b)(11). To qualify for appointment as an LPMHC in VHA, all applicants must meet the following:

Citizenship:

Be a citizen of the United Stes. (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g.)

Educion:

Hold a master’s or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; or a reled field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accredition of Counseling and Reled Educional Programs (CACREP). CACREP defines the de when gradues are considered to have gradued from a CACREP accredited program. Additional informion may be obtained from . Examples of reled mental health counseling fields include but are not limited to: Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. •

NOTE:

Traditional Rehabilition counseling programs th are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualificion standards as Traditional Rehabilition counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilition counseling.

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 trement.

Exception:

VHA may waive the licensure requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified, pending completion of ste prerequisites for licensure for a period not to exceed 3 years for a LPMHC th provides care under the clinical supervision of a licensed LPMHC who is or above the full performance level. This exception only applies the entry level (GS-09).

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 3j.

Grandfhering Provision:

All persons employed in VHA as a LPMHC on the effective de of this qualificion standard are considered to have met all qualificion requirements for the grade held. For employees who do not meet all the basic requirements in this standard, but who met the qualificions applicable to the position the time they were appointed to it, the following provisions apply: Such employees may be reassigned, promoted up to and including the full performance (journey) level, demoted, but may not be promoted beyond the journeyman level or placed in supervisory or managerial positions. Employees who are appointed on a temporary basis prior to the effective de of the qualificion standard may not have their temporary appointment extended or be reappointed, until they fully meet the basic requirements of the standard.

Grade Determinions:

In addition to the basic requirements above for employment, the following criteria must be met when determining the grade level for each candide.

LPMHC, GS-09

( Entry Level ):

Experience, Educion and Licensure:

The GS-9 grade level is the entry grade level for LPMHCs with less than one year of experience (post-master’s degree) or for LPMHCs the master’s or doctoral level) who are gradues not yet licensed the independent practice level. Unlicensed LPMHCs the GS-9 grade level have completed the required educion and are working toward completion of prerequisites for licensure. ~AND~ Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): In addition, candides must demonstre the KSAs below: Ability to engage in intake and assessment, problem identificion, diagnosis, trement planning and implemention, continuum of care, evaluion and follow-up. Knowledge of current Diagnostic and Stistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders in formulion of trement goals and applicion of approprie 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 stregies th 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; demonstres sensitivity to diversity and possesses multicultural counseling skills. Ability to serve on an interdisciplinary team with focus on the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and relional functioning of individuals, groups and families and on the counseling approaches, stregies, and techniques th st help pients function effectively. Basic skill in the use of computer software applicions for drafting documents, da management, maintaining accure, timely and thorough clinical documention and delivery of services, such as Telehealth. Ability to learn and utilize software programs in use by VHA. Knowledge and understanding of existing relevant stutes, case laws, ethical codes, and regulions affecting professional practice of counseling. Ability to communice effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.

LPMHC, GS-11

( Full Performance Level ):

Experience, Educion and Licensure:

In addition to the basic requirements, candides must have least one year of post-master’s or post

• doctoral degree mental health counseling experience (VA or non-VA experience) and must be licensed to practice the independent practice level.

~AND~ Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): In addition to the GS-11 experience, educion and licensure grade requirements, candides must demonstre all the KSAs below: Ability to make professional evaluions, decisions, and recommendion for trement planning and implemention. Advanced knowledge and mastery of the fundamentals of the counseling process which includes defining pient/family problems and maintaining an effective counseling relionship. Ability to provide subject mter consultion to colleagues and trainees on the counseling process within various specialty areas, build on the foundion of competence through regular meetings and discussions to explain assignments, review progress of cases and confer about the counseling perspectives and oriention. Ability to provide complex crisis intervention and stabilizion to pients who are in psychological distress. Requires independent judgment and skill. Ability to establish goals/trement through a collaborive process with the pient utilizing advanced counseling skills, including evidenced

• based practices, screening, and psychosocial assessment.

Ability to use a wide variety of individual, group, or familial counseling interventions; demonstres sensitivity to and possesses multicultural counseling skills. Ability to fully utilize the current DSM in making diagnoses and formulion of trement goals and applicion of approprie clinical intervention using professional counseling practices. Ability to develop and facilite psychotherapy and psycho

• educion groups th include life skills, family support, and community integrion.

This may include evidence-based psychotherapy.

Preferred Experience:

Working with comb veterans in providing family counseling services; working with veterans who were sexually traumized/harassed while in the military; conducting psycho-social assessments and the provision of processing psychotherapy for trauma reled conditions; and implementing trement plans for comb Veterans/and their families.

References:

Educion

IMPORTANT

A transcript must be submitted with your applicion.

Note:

Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : . Additional informion Receiving Service Credit or Earning Annual (Vacion)

Leave:

Federal Employees earn annual leave a re (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the re which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment de and is not guaranteed. The full Performance level of the GS-0183 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor job series is GS-11. The actual grade which a candide may be selected for this vacancy is either the GS-09 or the GS-11 grade level. During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant’s criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, . Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How You Will Be Evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.

Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide’s abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position. It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

Veterans and Transitioning Service Members :

Please the site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members. Area of Considerion

• Eligible applicions reviewed and referred in the following order: 1.

Current permanent VA employees of the facility. 2. All other VA employees. 3. All other applicants. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required Documents As a new or existing federal employee, you and your family may have access to a range of benefits. Your benefits depend on the type of position you have

• whether you’re a permanent, part-time, temporary or an intermittent employee.

You may be eligible for the following benefits, however, check with your agency to make sure you’re eligible under their policies. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: License Resume Transcript The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume SF-15 SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/16/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion VHA Nional Recruitment Center Phone Address Readjustment Counseling Service 120 SE 6th Avenue, Ste. 102 Topeka, KS 66603 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair and Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Required Documents To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes: License Resume Transcript The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50’s (current/former Federal employees), etc. Cover Letter DD-214/ Stement of Service Disability Letter (VA) License Other (1) Performance Appraisal Professional Certificion Resume SF-15 SF-50/

Notificion of Personnel Action Transcript Veterans’ Preference:

When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows des and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documention reled to your active duty service which reflects the des of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and des of impending separion. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 “Applicion for 10 Point Veteran Preference” with required proof as sted on the form. Documention is required to award preference. For more informion on Veterans’ Preference, please . Veterans’ preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees. How to Apply All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 06/16/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click . To begin, click Apply Online to cree a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your

USA JOBS

resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupional questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.

NOTE:

It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de. Agency contact informion VHA Nional Recruitment Center Phone Address Readjustment Counseling Service 120 SE 6th Avenue, Ste. 102 Topeka, KS 66603 US Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. After we receive applicion packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applicions to ensure qualificion and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certifice(s) is issued and applicants notified of their stus by email. Referred applicants notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notificion once a selection decision has been made. You may check the stus of your applicion any time by logging into your USA Jobs account and clicking on Applicions. Informion regarding your applicion stus can be found in the .

NOTE:

Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full

• and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities.

HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities. Fair & Transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Overview Accepting applicions Open & closing des 06/06/2025 to 06/16/2025 Salary $72,017

• $113,268 per year Pay scale & grade GS 9
• 11 Locion Babylon, NY 1 vacancy Remote job No Telework eligible No Travel Required 25% or less
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Relocion expenses reimbursed No Appointment type Permanent Work schedule Full-time Service Excepted Promotion potential None Job family (Series) Supervisory stus No Security clearance Drug test No Position sensitivity and risk Trust determinion process Financial disclosure Bargaining unit stus Announcement number

CBZY-12740464-25-BJL

Control number 838331600 ., .