Under the Policy and Oversight Program office the Marriage and Family Therapist Program Manager provides development, clinical effectiveness reviews, clinical crisis consultations, staff development/training, clinical supervision, and guidance, and serves as subject matter expert on the readjustment needs and associated interventions of Veterans, service members, and their families.

Duties

This position is multidisciplinary and maybe filled as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist or a Social Worker at the Program Manager/Coordinator level. The Policy and Oversight Program is responsible for the development of program policies, processes, instructions, and procedures resulting in far reaching and precedent setting effective methods and initiative to improve integration, more effective individual and collective performance, and standardized procedures across RCS operations. As the LPMHC Program Manager you will provide strategic support and broad tactical and technical expertise regarding the implementation and delivery of the full range of readjustment counseling services, mental health care and suicide prevention services and/or may assemble teams of experts and consultants from Vet Centers and lead District clinical experts. Functioning with a high degree of autonomy, independently initiating projects/studies and making judgements and decision associated with program management. Duties will include but are not limited to: Policy Development & Oversight Develops policy guidance and clinical quality control and formulates and ensure successful implementation of clinical service delivery models, standards of care and clinical guidelines and protocols specific to the provision of readjustment counseling in the Nationwide network of community-based Vet Centers and in other programs administered by RCS. Researches, analyzes, interprets, and applies law, regulations, policies and evidence-based guidance to generate policies and protect Veteran and service member information, and improve operations Administers, analyzes and performs work involved in establishing, disseminating, and managing RCS policy within the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and sharing National level directives and policies with the Vet Center personnel. Manages and directs the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives, reporting requirements and the ability to devise ways to adapt work operations to new and changing programs, staffing and budget requirements. Quality Assurance & Oversight: Define clinical and organizational quality within the context of Vet Centers and employ means to oversee and measure those activities. Develops productivity standards appropriate to each service provided. Assess and evaluates organizational clinical strengths and opportunities and develops plans to support organizational strengths and opportunities and develops plans to support organizational strength Oversight of administrative and programmatic resources and monitoring of outcomes. Executes the completion analytical studies involving the substance of key agency programs. Ensures clinical quality assurance utilizing various clinical modalities and evidence-based practices. Develop programs that have specialized, complex, highly professional services that are important program components and significantly impact the health care provided to Veterans, service members, and their families. Oversees the implementation of standards of care and establishes/maintains a system of certification for family counseling specific to military related issues, family bereavement counseling specific to surviving military family members, and military sexual trauma assessment and referral. Coordination/Administrative Functions: Serves as the Designated Federal Official for the legislatively mandated Secretary of Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee on the Readjustment of Veterans and coordinates and approves all activities of this Advisory Committee Provides clinical expertise and personally represents the policy view of the RCS Chief Officer on a wide variety of issues Communicates through written reports and oral briefings about the findings and analyses of assigned subject matter training and consultative projects to the Quality of Oversight Program Manager, and senior leadership Program Consultation/Subject Matter Expertise: Responsible for counseling innovation, policy, and quality practices and interventions. Provides ongoing consultation in the individual's area of expertise to Districts Office and Vet Center facilities related to the delivery of mental health care services Manages studies to optimize quality, safety, effectiveness, &efficiency in RCS by developing and appropriate statistical, graphical, and narrative reports and communicate these studies to the Clinical Oversight leadership, District Directors, and in national or RCS-wide forums. Work Schedule: Mon-Fri; 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible:Not Available Telework: Available Virtual: This is a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 78047A Marriage and Family Therapist (Program Manager), GS-0182-13 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Personnel

Qualifications

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Education: a Master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling; OR a related field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Examples of related mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the date when graduates are considered to have graduated from a CACREP accredited program. Additional information may be obtained from http://www.cacrep.org/directory/. NOTE: Traditional Rehabilitation counseling programs that are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualification standards as Traditional Rehabilitation counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilitation counseling. Licensure: Persons hired or reassigned to LPMHC positions in the GS-0101 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, which includes diagnosis and treatment and be licensed to provide clinical supervision to trainees or unlicensed LPMHCs. Grade Determinations: GS-13 Experience and Education. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level. The experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Skill in assessing qualifications and abilities of current and prospective employees to include staff performance evaluation and may include evaluations of lower level assignments and support staff. Ability to facilitate professional development of other MFTs across programs/or locations (i.e. CBOC, outpatient clinics, etc.) and guide them in current practice guidelines. Ability to collaborate with leaders of other disciplines within facilities, the community, VISN, and VACO. Skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives, reporting requirements and the ability to devise ways to adapt work operations to new and changing programs, staffing and budget requirements. This includes knowledge of VA policy and procedures as well as fair, principled and decisive leadership practices. Ability to analyze organizational and operational problems and to develop and implement solutions that result in sound operation of the program. Ability to clinically supervise in areas related to the provision of marital and family therapy services to accomplish organizational goals and objectives. References: VA Handbook 5005-106, Part II, Appendix G43, dated April 3, 2018. Physical Requirements: The work does not inherently include physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with a workplace accommodation.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. 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. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address Readjustment Counseling Service 120 SE 6th Avenue, Ste. 102 Topeka, KS 66603 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]