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Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 31 days ago
On-site Richmond, IN $90K – $117K Apply by Jun 25, 2026 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ENFJENFPESFJINFJ
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This incumbent functions as a Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) in the Mental Health Clinic's Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP). The Senior LPMHC serves as the Team Lead for the BHIP and is responsible for overseeing the BHIP policies and procedures as well as ensuring Veterans timely access to care within the BHIP Team.
What You'll Do
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Independently conducts psychosocial assessments.
- →Develops treatment plans in collaboration with the veteran/family and with the interdisciplinary treatment team.
- →Possesses the skills to offer psychosocial interventions and measures outcomes to interventions.
- →Coordinates community-based services, including information and referral for additional services from other VA programs, other government programs and community agency programs.
- →Participates in scheduling, triaging, and monitoring the flow of patients in the MHC and assisting with admissions of MHC patients to inpatient psychiatry unit when indicated.
- →Recognizes emergency situations, summons appropriate help and responds appropriately including provision of case management services, liaison to family members and crisis intervention services.
- →Establishes and maintains effective therapeutic relationships with veterans and their families. independently work with patients and families who are experiencing a variety of psychiatric, medical and social problems utilizing individual, group and family counseling and therapy skills.
- →Contributes to interdisciplinary care planning conferences, BHIP huddles and Team Meetings.
- →Possesses general knowledge of Veterans' benefits and services relating to special programs, service-connected compensation and non-service-connected pension.
- →Facilitates referrals based upon veterans needs and eligibility.
- →Provides concrete social work services such as resource allocation, referrals for food, housing, and /or transportation, and may assist Veteran clients with local, State and Federal benefits applications.
- →Assists Veterans with Advance Directives.
- →Provides consultation services to other staff and students regarding the psychosocial needs of Veterans and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plan.
- →Develops and implements methods for measuring effectiveness of counseling practice and services in specialty areas, utilizing outcome evaluations to improve Performs other duties as assigned.
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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