Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - Tribal HUD-VASH Case Manager

Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor - Tribal HUD-VASH Case Manager

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Spokane, Washington

Salary Range: $90862 - $118126 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located at the VA Medical Center, Homeless Veterans Outreach Clinic in Spokane Washington. Incumbent functions as the Tribal Case Manager for MannGrandstaff VAMC's Housing and Urban Development vouchers assigned to local tribes. The incumbent is responsible for program oversight, monitoring, and administration. The Tribal HUD-VASH Program falls within the Homeless Programs section of the Behavioral Health Services Care Line located in Spokane, Washington.

Major Duties:

• NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below. Program Administration and Organization Implements and maintains referral and screening procedures for potential Homeless Program Veteran participants that meet national policy as well as the needs of medical center behavioral health services. Works closely with the VA medical center's homeless programs, residential and community care programs. Works independently in a rural and remote environment as the "systems expert", providing intensive case management services that focus on areas of readjustment and re-entry counseling, housing, mental health and psychosocial needs, barriers to treatment and mitigating risk factors related to incarceration and readjustment back to the local community. Veterans eligible for Homeless Programs come from a wide geographic area. Homeless Programs requires continuous coordination with the community's homeless providers and coalitions as well as with other local, state, and federal, and tribal agencies. Clinical Assessment Interviews the Veteran and/or their family members to establish facts about the Veteran's situation, presenting problems and their causes, and the impact of such problems on the Veteran's functioning and health. Evaluates each Veteran's situation, abilities, and capabilities, and arrives at a reasoned conclusion. Comprehensive Case Management Provides case management for a complex caseload of chronically homeless Veterans (who must also be an enrolled member of a federally recognized Tribe) in the HUD-VASH programs in rural and remote regions of Eastern Washington, often on reservations. This role differs from traditional HUD-VASH case management in that Veteran family cases are complex, involve multiple causes of impairment at different levels, multiple systems in the community and require extensive knowledge of and collaboration with tribal resources. Develops psychosocial treatment plans, actively involving the Veteran and/or their family or significant others, in coordination with interdisciplinary team members, based on the psychosocial assessments, including goals for clinical treatment. Refers Veterans to appropriate VA and other government/community services. Understands disparate values and reaches Veterans and their families from different social and ethnic groups while communicating confidence in the Veteran's ability and worth, helping the Veteran address problems utilizing larger support systems as appropriate. Implements the Housing First model within the Homeless Program. Generates the initial documentation to tracks homeless Veterans and services they receive while assigned to care. Explains Veteran's treatment and progress to third parties as appropriate and manages the quality control and evaluation of the professional services provided. Provides psychosocial services and is accountable for the overall effectiveness of those services. Modifies services to best meet the treatment needs of Veterans and to promote efficient practice and coordinates with other services offered in the treatment program. Outreach Provides direct outreach services to areas where people experiencing homelessness congregate; including the street, remote campsites, and homeless camps under the freeway, most of which are often not suitable for human habitation. Total Rewards of a Allied Health Professional Work Schedule: 8AM - 4:30PM, Monday - Friday Compressed: Available (subject to supervisory approval) Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Functional Statement #: 00000 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VHAEDRPProgramSupport@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. 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. English Language Proficiency. LPMHCs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3.j. Education. Hold 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 3 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-0183 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. Grade Determinations: Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, GS-12 Experience, Education, and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have: At least one year of progressively complex LPMHC experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. Senior LPMHCs must have five years of post-licensed experience that demonstrates possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressive professional competency and expertise. Be licensed to provide clinical supervision to trainees or unlicensed LPMHCs. Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs). In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-11 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below: 1. Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized treatment of complex mental illness. Ability to incorporate complex multiple causation in differential diagnosis and treatment of veteran patients, including making psychosocial and psychiatric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Ability to determine priority of services needed and provide specialized treatment. 2. Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and treatment modalities for Veterans with complex needs. This includes individual, group, and/or family counseling, or psychotherapy and advanced level psychosocial, and/or case management interventions used in the treatment of Veterans. 3. Ability to coordinate the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on data. 4. Ability to provide subject matter consultation to colleagues and trainees on the psychosocial treatment of patients, rendering professional opinions based on experience, expertise and role modeling effective clinical skills. 5. Ability to teach, mentor staff and trainees, and provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certifications. 6. Ability to engage in written and oral communication with leadership/staff and community stakeholders regarding policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and issues pertaining to the practice of the profession. Preferred Experience: Experience working with Native American Tribes and working with people experiencing homelessness. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. The full performance level of this vacancy is GS-12. Physical Requirements: Physical Requirements: Day-to-day work involves sitting, walking, standing and light and moderate carrying and lifting objects. The position requires the ability to drive a government vehicle and travel in the service area and local community to perform duties, with some overnight travel to remote parts of the catchment area required. The work requires the use of a computer. Work may require assisting physically disabled Veterans. The work typically occurs at an office-based workstation in the Homeless Program Outreach Clinic in downtown Spokane, with adequate lighting and heat. Work is also conducted in the community, including but not limited to various shelters, soup kitchens, churches and public and private agencies where the working conditions are not overseen by the VA.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 12/22/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12847478. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date.

Application Deadline: 2025-12-22