- Job Title: Marriage & Family Therapist – Program Director – Intensive Case Management Programs
- Department: Department of Veteran Affairs
- Agency: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
- Job Announcement Number: VHACO-PCS-12-553660
| OPEN PERIOD: | Tuesday, December 27, 2011 to Tuesday, January 31, 2012 |
| SERIES & GRADE: | GS-0101-00/00 |
| POSITION INFORMATION: | Part Time Excepted Service Permanent |
| DUTY LOCATIONS: | 1 vacancy – Location Negotiable After Selection, US |
| WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED: | US Citizens and Status Candidates |
- JOB SUMMARY:
| Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 553660
To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise – “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s Veterans.
How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?
As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.
The primary goal of this position is to advance the quality and access of mental health-related Intensive Case Management program services for Veterans throughout the system. Under the direction of the National Mental Health Director for Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery Services and OMHS, responsibilities include developing guidance to the field for the delivery of those services and monitoring the effectiveness of those services. The incumbent promulgates evidence-based and emerging best practices in the area of assertive community treatment for Veterans with serious mental illness and ensures fidelity to VHA policy and other appropriate national standards. In keeping with VHA’s focus on Veteran-centric, recovery-oriented care, the incumbent recommends modifications to VHA policy in a manner that advances that philosophy. |
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- Duties
- Additional Duty Location Info:
- 1 vacancy – Location Negotiable After Selection, US
- In collaboration with the Director of Inpatient and Outpatient Recovery Services and the National Mental Health Director for PSR&R services, the incumbent provides technical assistance and support to all existing mental health-related ICM programs within VHA and consultation to facilities developing ICM programs. The incumbent works with the VHA program evaluation center that is responsible for ICM data collection and monitoring (NEPEC), other VHA offices and programs, and relevant community organizations and agencies.
- WORK SCHEDULE: Part-Time, Twenty (20) Hours per week.
- SALARY RANGE: Salary will be recommended by a Professional Standards Board and will conform to the locality pay in effect at the host facility for the individual selected.
- ***RELOCATION EXPENSES AND/OR INCENTIVES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED***
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- Qualifications and Evaluations
- QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
- BASIC REQUIREMENTS:
- U.S. citizenship.
- 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. You must be proficient in basic written and spoken English in order to meet the requirements of this position. The English Language proficiency statement appears on the Assessment Questionnaire.
- EDUCATION:
- Hold a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy from a program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE) or have graduated from a nationally accredited program conferring a comparable mental health degree as specified in the qualification standards of those disciplines (Social Work, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology, and Psychiatry). All additional course work taken to be accepted for MFT licensure must come from a nationally accredited program in one of the above areas.
- LICENSURE:
- Must hold full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State.
- CREDITABLE EXPERIENCE:
- Experience must have required the use of knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with current professional marriage and family therapy practice. The experience must be post-master’s degree or above. Experience satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice, which is paid/non-paid employment as a professional MFT, as defined by the appropriate state licensing board.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
- The incumbent must demonstrate the following professional KSAs and demonstrate the potential to acquire the assignment specific KSAs designated by an asterisk (*):
- *Knowledge of, and ability to effectively communicate, existing policies and regulations, specifically about VA’s intensive case management programs.
- * Ability to develop and recommend new or revised policies that are consistent with organizational goals and objectives.
- * Skill in leading senior management officials in policy development.
- *Ability to influence high level officials in adoption of, and conformance to, performance measures, monitors, and other policy guidelines.
- Knowledge of, and ability to utilize, resource materials and to develop new materials when needed, including training materials for intensive case management teams.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with a diverse group of professional staff and management officials who are often at the highest management levels.
- IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
- References : Input applicable reference and links. For example: VA Handbook 5005/41, Part II, Appendix G44, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST QUALIFICATIONS STANDARD GS-101, and OPM Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/IORs/GS0100/0101.htm ( or you may use the following generic citation) VA Handbook 5005 at http://www.va.gov/ohrm/joblistings/VAQualStds.doc (also available in the local Human Resources Office) and OPM Group Coverage Qualification Standard for Professional and Scientific Positions at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/IORs/GS0100/0101.htm. ]
- APPLICANTS PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Applicants must, therefore, only report attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html. All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. *** If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. ***
- Veterans’ Preference:
- When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on their application or résumé. Applicants claiming preference based on service-connected disability, or based on being the spouse or mother of a disabled or deceased Veteran, must complete an SF 15, Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference. Veterans who are still in the service may be granted tentative preference on the basis of information contained in their applications, but they must produce a DD Form 214 or other proof prior to appointment to document entitlement to preference. For more information on Veterans’ Preference, please visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/veterans.aspx.
- HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
- Your application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment. You may also be evaluated based upon the question responses you provide during a structured interview. In responding to structured interview questions you should be sure to cite specific examples of experience, explain exactly what you did, and the outcome.
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- Benefits and Other Information
- BENEFITS:
- Working for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life insurance, health benefits, thrift savings plan, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. In addition to traditional “dollars and cents” benefits, we offer a range of benefits to help balance work and life. For more information please visit us at http://www4.va.gov/JOBS/Job_Benefits/benefits.asp .
- OTHER INFORMATION:
- This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
- Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave.
