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Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor-Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
Hybrid Winter Park, FL $90K – $116K Apply by Sep 11, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ENFJESFJINFJINFP
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This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →Provide ongoing comprehensive psychosocial services to Veterans and their families who have complex medical or psychiatric problems when needed for coverage or times of increased workload.
- →Incumbent ensures that programs provide integrated and highly coordinated services (resource information, linkages, consultative, crisis intervention, discharge planning, etc.).
- →The incumbent provides referral to VA medical and mental health treatment and to other VA services including VA benefits, as well as community-based social services and other non-VA entitlement programs.
- →The Substance Use Disorders Senior LPMHC independently evaluates the client's situation, including the Veteran's reaction and ability to deal with it, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion.
- →Based on psychosocial assessment, professional judgment and advanced practice skills to make a psychosocial diagnosis.
- →Assesses at risk factors and develops a preliminary disposition plan involving the Veteran and family or significant others.
- →Performs insightful assessment of serious and complicated cases involving substance use/use disorders involving psychiatric, catastrophic medical conditions, dementia and other high-risk diagnoses.
- →Makes independent professional decisions and recommendations for agency action.
- →Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 08:00am - 04:30pm Telework: Ad-hoc/Situational-Occasional, Non-routine Virtual: This is not a virtual position Functional Statement #: 82727F EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →Contact VISN8CCOE@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.
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
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