The position is located in the Reentry Sanctions Center (RSC), a 24-hour, 7-day per week Residential Facility. Shift Work is required to include weekends and overnight for this position. The incumbent conducts intakes, completes evaluations, facilitates evidence-based groups, and provides the full range of assessment and counseling services to offenders/defendants with behavioral health disorders.

Duties

The individual performs the duties of the Senior Mental Health Counselor in support of the Re-entry and Sanctions Center program. This person will be assigned to work on the Co-Occurring Disorder Units. Because the offenders and defendants reached have extensive substance abuse histories and criminogenic risk factors, the Re-entry and Sanctions Center provides evaluation, counseling, treatment readiness, and referral services to treatment facilities. Under the general direction of the Unit Manager, the Senior Mental Health Counselor facilitates the Mental Health Counselors delivery of services and reintegration programming for high-risk offenders and defendants. Assists the Unit Manager in preparing and managing weekly staff schedules and work assignments. Reviews the work of the counselors assigned to the unit and recommends actions to improve the quality of the work product. Tracks the work progress of the counseling staff. Oversees the initial intake and screening process for offenders/defendants and ensures that accurate information about the offender/defendant's substance abuse history is obtained. Implements policies and procedures to ensure uniformity and consistency in the delivery of quality client services provided by each Mental Health Counselor. Ensures that Mental Health Counselors have a comprehensive understanding of the Re-Entry and Sanctions Center's program model and the implementation of this model on the Mental Health unit. Assures that Mental Health Counselors and Social Services Assistants/Counselors effectively utilize the tools and materials provided in leading didactic and other groups. Participates in developing procedural manuals and instructional materials. Collaborates with other unit staff to ensure the completion of assessments that determine the offender's need for assistance, such as psychological counseling, substance abuse treatment, skills training and education, and medical treatment. Provides ongoing training and guidance to Mental Health Counselors and Social Services Assistants/Counselors. Actively participates as a member of a multidisciplinary treatment team. Maintains accurate unit records and logs and provides them upon request to the Unit Manager for review. Assists in maintaining unit security and facilitating offenders'/defendant's escorted movement within and outside of the facility. Assists in physically controlling violent and/or combative offenders/defendants and crisis intervention. Ensures the development of quality substance abuse education seminars and workshops. Participates in clinical data collection for research activities. Provides all necessary forms and documentation to appropriate staff. Performs preliminary fact-finding and data collection to support case manager efforts in obtaining recent information on participants' activities. Writes reports, referral/assessment documents, and other technical materials for review and final approval by the supervisor.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable
• Background security investigation, drug test, and favorable adjudication
• May be required to successfully complete a one year probationary period (unless already completed).
• Time-in-grade requirements must be met within 30 calendar day of the closing date of this announcement
• CSOSA uses E-Verify, if you are selected for this position, the documentation that you present for purposes of completing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Form I-9 will be verified through the DHS "E-Verify" System.
• Bargaining Unit Status: This position is represented by American Federation of Government Employees, Local 0727
• All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments directly deposited into a financial institution of their choosing.
• This is not a virtual or remote position; you must live within or be willing to relocate within a commutable distance of the duty location which is Washington D.C. (District of Columbia).

Qualifications

Time-in-Grade: Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement. Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-9 or higher grade in Federal Service. You may qualify at the GS-11 level if you fulfill the following qualification requirements: BASIC REQUIREMENTS A. Successful completion of a full four-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in the behavioral or social sciences, or in a related discipline that included at least 24 semester/36 quarter hours in the behavioral or social sciences. OR B. Combination of education and experience that provided the applicant with knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. OR C. Four years of appropriate experience that demonstrated the applicant has acquired knowledge of one or more of the behavioral or social sciences equivalent to a major in the field. ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS In addition to meeting the basic entry qualification requirements, applicants must have had either specialized experience and/or directly related education in the amounts shown below. Education and experience may be combined to meet the total experience requirements. 1. The applicant must have completed three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree when it provided the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR 2. The applicant must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-9. Specialized experience is experience which is in or related to the line of work of the position to be filled and which has equipped the applicant with the specific knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience at the GS-9 level is experience which includes performing work to present psycho-educational modules to offenders/defendants with confirmed mental illnesses, perform other tasks that support the offenders/defendants' mental and emotional stability, maintain accurate progress notes that detail offender/defendants' observed behaviors, and monitor participation and progress in Center programs and activities. Specialized work also include work providing guidance, directions, consultation, and leadership to Mental Health Counselors and Substance Abuse Counselors. Preferred Experience: - No less than one year of clinical experience providing clinical services. - Clear documentation of experience providing evidenced-based clinical practices (i.e., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for SUD, Motivational Interviewing, Motivational Enhancement Therapy, CPT, PE, etc.). - No less than one year of clinical experience providing substance use treatment and clinical services. OR 3. Combination of Graduate Education and Professional Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate-level education and specialized experience may be used to meet total experience requirements. Only graduate level education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be combined with experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Applicant must possess current licensure or certification to practice independently in the social services field: Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW), Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) OR comparable certification in a social science discipline such as psychology or social work is required. MUST PROVIDE LICENSURES

Education

ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Contacts

• Address CSOSA 800 North Capitol Street NW Suite 700 Washington DC, DC 20002 US
• Name: Myles Pratt
• Phone: 202-220-5482
• Email: [email protected]