Marriage & Family Therapist
This is an open continuous announcement and will remain open until October 16, 2020. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be August 31, 2020, with subsequent biweekly cut-off dates. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred biweekly until the closing date. The incumbent will be responsible for providing services to eligible individuals who are experiencing a variety of military related psychological and psychosocial problems. Incumbents must possess the knowledge and experience to independently employ therapeutic modalities of individual, family, marriage, and group intervention to enhance the readjustment of Veterans, active duty Service members, and their families. Functions and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Intake screening and assessment:
Complete all readjustment counseling intake procedures, including an assessment of risk for self-harm, military history and military related psychosocial stressors, and assess family readjustment stressors and document identified behaviors or symptoms. Readjustment counseling goal setting and service planning:
Develop and periodically update an individualized readjustment counseling service plan that reflects a course of therapeutic and psychosocial interventions, including identification of achievable goals and measurable outcomes. Direct readjustment counseling service provision:
Incorporate complex multiple causation in differential psychosocial assessment and direct service delivery to eligible Veterans, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnostic inferences within the clinical scope of practice. Risk assessment and crisis intervention:
Conduct timely assessment of Veterans in crisis to identify immediate needs, evaluate risk, and initiate safety planning as appropriate. Care coordination:
Links the Veteran with other community services, resources, and opportunities to maximize the Veteran's independence, health, and well-being. Coordinating readjustment counseling and outreach:
Maintain active coordination with Vet Center outreach workers to ensure seamless referral to Vet Center services for those individuals engaged in the community at outreach events that may require follow-up readjustment counseling. Team cohesion and coordination:
Actively participate in staff meetings designed to promote team building and staff development. Documentation/administrative responsibilities/consultation:
Document all clinical interactions with eligible individuals and episodes of care coordination on their behalf as required by policy. Other duties as assigned Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday 8:
00 a.m.- 4:
30 p.m. Some evenings and weekends required Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required NOTE:
Readjustment Counselors are multi-disciplinary and can be filled by:
Social Worker, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, and Psychologist. 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:
Candidates must meet one of the following:
Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE), Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a MFT program from a regionally accredited institution, OR Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in a comparable mental health degree (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Social Work, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology, and Psychiatry) that meets the current VA qualification standard of that profession. Licensure:
Persons hired or reassigned to MFT positions in the GS-0101 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted MFT license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State. Exception:
VHA may waive the licensure requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified, pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure examinations. This exception only applies at the GS-9 grade level. For the GS-11 grade level and above, the candidate must be licensed. Grade Determinations:
GS-09 Experience, Education and Licensure:
None beyond the basic requirements. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must demonstrate all of the following Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
Knowledge of human development throughout the lifespan, interventions based on research and family systems theory and therapy, formal diagnostic criteria, risk assessment, evidence-based practice and assessment tools. Ability to assess, with supervision, the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members. Knowledge to formulate, implement, and re-evaluate a treatment plan through continuous assessment identifying the Veteran's challenges, strengths, readiness to change, external influences and current events surrounding the origins and maintenance of the presenting issue, and interactional patterns within the client system. Ability to provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services, under supervision, to individuals, groups, couples and families in a culturally competent manner that facilitates change through restructuring and reorganizing of the client system. Basic knowledge and understanding of existing relevant statutes, case law, ethical codes, and regulations affecting professional practice of marriage and family therapy. Ability to draft documents, manage data, maintain accurate, timely and thorough clinical documentation, and track quality improvements. GS-11 Experience, Education, and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of post-master's degree experience in the field of marriage and family therapy work (VA or non-VA experience) and must be licensed in a State to practice at the independent practice level. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
Skill to independently assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members. Ability to provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services to individuals, groups, couples and families in a culturally competent manner that facilitates change through restructuring and reorganizing the client system. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Veterans and their families, colleagues, and other professionals in collaboration throughout treatment regarding clinical, ethical and legal issues and concerns. Knowledge and understanding of existing relevant statutes, case law, ethical codes, regulations and VA policies affecting the practice of marriage and family therapy. This includes the ability to assist Veterans and their families in making informed decisions relevant to treatment to include limits of confidentiality. Ability to provide orientation, training and consultation to new MFTs including clinical oversight of MFT graduate students, and/or provide clinical supervision to pre-licensure MFTs. Skill in the use of computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, maintaining accurate, timely and thorough clinical documentation, and tracking quality improvements. References:
VA Handbook 5005/101, Part II, Appendix G44, dated April 18, 2018. Physical Requirements:
Moderate lifting and carrying 15-44 pounds, Use of fingers, operation of motor vehicle, hearing (aid permitted); environmental factors:
outside and inside, electrical energy, working alone, protracted or irregular hours of work, and repetitive computer use.
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
Intake screening and assessment:
Complete all readjustment counseling intake procedures, including an assessment of risk for self-harm, military history and military related psychosocial stressors, and assess family readjustment stressors and document identified behaviors or symptoms. Readjustment counseling goal setting and service planning:
Develop and periodically update an individualized readjustment counseling service plan that reflects a course of therapeutic and psychosocial interventions, including identification of achievable goals and measurable outcomes. Direct readjustment counseling service provision:
Incorporate complex multiple causation in differential psychosocial assessment and direct service delivery to eligible Veterans, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnostic inferences within the clinical scope of practice. Risk assessment and crisis intervention:
Conduct timely assessment of Veterans in crisis to identify immediate needs, evaluate risk, and initiate safety planning as appropriate. Care coordination:
Links the Veteran with other community services, resources, and opportunities to maximize the Veteran's independence, health, and well-being. Coordinating readjustment counseling and outreach:
Maintain active coordination with Vet Center outreach workers to ensure seamless referral to Vet Center services for those individuals engaged in the community at outreach events that may require follow-up readjustment counseling. Team cohesion and coordination:
Actively participate in staff meetings designed to promote team building and staff development. Documentation/administrative responsibilities/consultation:
Document all clinical interactions with eligible individuals and episodes of care coordination on their behalf as required by policy. Other duties as assigned Work Schedule:
Monday - Friday 8:
00 a.m.- 4:
30 p.m. Some evenings and weekends required Financial Disclosure Report:
Not required NOTE:
Readjustment Counselors are multi-disciplinary and can be filled by:
Social Worker, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, and Psychologist. 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:
Candidates must meet one of the following:
Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE), Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a MFT program from a regionally accredited institution, OR Hold a master's degree or doctoral degree in a comparable mental health degree (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Social Work, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology, and Psychiatry) that meets the current VA qualification standard of that profession. Licensure:
Persons hired or reassigned to MFT positions in the GS-0101 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted MFT license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State. Exception:
VHA may waive the licensure requirement for persons who are otherwise qualified, pending completion of state prerequisites for licensure examinations. This exception only applies at the GS-9 grade level. For the GS-11 grade level and above, the candidate must be licensed. Grade Determinations:
GS-09 Experience, Education and Licensure:
None beyond the basic requirements. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must demonstrate all of the following Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
Knowledge of human development throughout the lifespan, interventions based on research and family systems theory and therapy, formal diagnostic criteria, risk assessment, evidence-based practice and assessment tools. Ability to assess, with supervision, the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members. Knowledge to formulate, implement, and re-evaluate a treatment plan through continuous assessment identifying the Veteran's challenges, strengths, readiness to change, external influences and current events surrounding the origins and maintenance of the presenting issue, and interactional patterns within the client system. Ability to provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services, under supervision, to individuals, groups, couples and families in a culturally competent manner that facilitates change through restructuring and reorganizing of the client system. Basic knowledge and understanding of existing relevant statutes, case law, ethical codes, and regulations affecting professional practice of marriage and family therapy. Ability to draft documents, manage data, maintain accurate, timely and thorough clinical documentation, and track quality improvements. GS-11 Experience, Education, and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of post-master's degree experience in the field of marriage and family therapy work (VA or non-VA experience) and must be licensed in a State to practice at the independent practice level. In addition to the experience above, candidates must demonstrate all of the following Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
Skill to independently assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of Veterans and their family members. Ability to provide counseling and/or psychotherapy services to individuals, groups, couples and families in a culturally competent manner that facilitates change through restructuring and reorganizing the client system. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Veterans and their families, colleagues, and other professionals in collaboration throughout treatment regarding clinical, ethical and legal issues and concerns. Knowledge and understanding of existing relevant statutes, case law, ethical codes, regulations and VA policies affecting the practice of marriage and family therapy. This includes the ability to assist Veterans and their families in making informed decisions relevant to treatment to include limits of confidentiality. Ability to provide orientation, training and consultation to new MFTs including clinical oversight of MFT graduate students, and/or provide clinical supervision to pre-licensure MFTs. Skill in the use of computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, maintaining accurate, timely and thorough clinical documentation, and tracking quality improvements. References:
VA Handbook 5005/101, Part II, Appendix G44, dated April 18, 2018. Physical Requirements:
Moderate lifting and carrying 15-44 pounds, Use of fingers, operation of motor vehicle, hearing (aid permitted); environmental factors:
outside and inside, electrical energy, working alone, protracted or irregular hours of work, and repetitive computer use.
- Department:
0101 Social Science - Salary Range:
$52,905 to $83,210 per year
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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