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Marriage and Family Therapist-Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs Counselor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 2 days ago
Hybrid Sheridan, WY $62K – $97K Apply by Aug 6, 2026 Marriage and Family Therapist ENFJESFJINFJINFP Healthcare
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This clinical position include the delivery of evidence-based psychosocial and environmental interventions for reducing behavioral and psychological symptoms, such as various mental health conditions, dementia, and other neuropsychiatric conditions. Delivers clinical case management and specialized, complex, highly professional services that are important program components of the Sheridan VA HCS and VISN 19's compendium of mental health services.
What You'll Do
- →Identifies problems/needs from the assessment to be treated and develops the individual treatment plan.
- →Provides individual professional input and addressing the social aspect of the patient's situation with the treatment team.
- →Assists Veterans and the treatment team in navigating problems in the residential milieu.
- →Ensures all case management as assigned for the duration of the Veteran's admission through post-discharge follow-up.
- →Conducts therapeutic counseling in accordance with specific guidelines and handles crises regularly with minimal supervision.
- →Serves as therapist/counselor with individuals and groups.
- →Observes and documents behavior and reaction patterns of patients to be utilized by the multidisciplinary treatment team, and final disposition for follow-up.
- →Develops and conducts lectures and educational presentations for patients related to various specialty aspects of general mental health, substance use disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or Serious Mental Illness (SMI).
- →Educates the veteran, their families, and the team on all the options available to them and will collaborate with the veteran and family on the preferred option.
- →Develops, organizes, and implements a wide variety of outpatient aftercare treatment for patients and their collaterals.
- →Develops and implements methods to motivate veterans to attend aftercare and/or participate in the outpatient program.
- →Transports veterans to assist them in assessing resources or taking care of essential business.
- →Government vehicle will be used as well as all processes, trainings, and requirements related to Government vehicle use.
- →Collaborates with other service providers in reassessing the Veteran's needs.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 0a69d0ea-9ce1-496d-9f4a-fbec02ff1f61
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