Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
- Readjustment Counseling Service
- Anchorage, Alaska
- Full Time
Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Readjustment Counseling Services, District 3
Summary
This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
Summary
This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/14/2025 to 08/25/2025
Salary
$88,621 to - $115,213 per year
Salary is based on the "rest of U.S." pay table and adjusted as applicable based on the duty locion.
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Locions
Anchorage, AK
1 vacancy
Soldotna, AK
1 vacancy
Mesa, AZ
1 vacancy
Phoenix, AZ
1 vacancy
Show more fewer locions (48)
Prescott, AZ
1 vacancy
Yuma, AZ
1 vacancy
Chico, CA
1 vacancy
Citrus Heights, CA
1 vacancy
Concord, CA
1 vacancy
Corona, CA
1 vacancy
Culver City, CA
1 vacancy
Eureka, CA
1 vacancy
Fresno, CA
1 vacancy
Manteca, CA
1 vacancy
Menlo Park, CA
1 vacancy
Mission Viejo, CA
1 vacancy
Oakland, CA
1 vacancy
Palmdale, CA
1 vacancy
Sacramento, CA
1 vacancy
San Bernardino, CA
1 vacancy
San Diego, CA
1 vacancy
San Jose, CA
1 vacancy
San Luis Obispo, CA
1 vacancy
San Marcos, CA
1 vacancy
Santa Cruz, CA
1 vacancy
Solano County, CA
1 vacancy
Temecula, CA
1 vacancy
Victorville, CA
1 vacancy
Guam, GU
1 vacancy
Hilo, HI
1 vacancy
Honolulu, HI
1 vacancy
Oahu Island, HI
1 vacancy
Boise, ID
1 vacancy
Idaho Falls, ID
1 vacancy
Albuquerque, NM
1 vacancy
Las Cruces, NM
1 vacancy
Henderson, NV
1 vacancy
Las Vegas, NV
1 vacancy
Reno, NV
1 vacancy
Bend, OR
1 vacancy
Eugene, OR
1 vacancy
Grants Pass, OR
1 vacancy
Portland, OR
1 vacancy
Salem, OR
1 vacancy
Bellingham, WA
1 vacancy
Everett, WA
1 vacancy
Federal Way, WA
1 vacancy
Lacey, WA
1 vacancy
Setle, WA
1 vacancy
Spokane, WA
1 vacancy
Tacoma, WA
1 vacancy
Yakima, WA
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0183 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Suitability/Fitness
Credentialing
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
CBZY-12782102-25-SJB
Control number
843420100
This job is open to
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Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
This position is open only to current permanent District 3 Vet Center employees of the locions listed. Applicants will only receive considerion for the vacancy their current locion.
Duties
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The Vet Center Senior Counselor provides direct counseling services, outreach, referral, and follow-up care coordinion to eligible individuals, couples, and family members. The Senior Counselor plays a key role in the coordinion of client care and staff professional development, providing expert clinical consultion to other clinicians on complex psychosocial conditions, relional and readjustment stress utilizing evidence-based family systems theory/therapy.Responsible for the following domains of service for providing direct readjustment counseling to eligible clients and for developing staff performance through training and clinical supervision.
Direct Service Provision: Independently implement professional clinical practice applicions in the provision of readjustment counseling to individuals, couples, families, and groups.
Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention : Provides consultion and associed support for staff developing crisis intervention stregies, which includes assessment, safety planning, and complex trement planning using independent clinical judgment using family systems theory/therapy.
Care Coordinion: Communices routinely with inter-professional team members and leadership to communice about program and pient issues for in-depth problem solving, while consistently modeling ethical and professional behaviors and standards to include multicultural awareness. Serves on committees, work groups, and task forces the facility, Medical Center and Zone, District, or nional level, or in the community as deemed approprie by the Vet Center Director.
Outreach: Acts as clinical consultant to the Vet Center outreach workers to improve their sensitivity to clinical indicors and basic interviewing questions to expedite the transition of prospective clients contacted on outreach to actual Vet Center readjustment counseling clients. Actively Coordines with Vet Center Outreach Specialists to ensure seamless referral of individuals engaged in the community outreach events.
Documention/Administrive Responsibilities/Consultion: Actively participe in one-to-one clinical and administrive oversight during administrive and clinical staff meetings as directed by the Vet Center Director. Documents clinical interactions and services delivered as required by policy.
Screening and Assessment: Works directly with eligible individuals to establish a therapeutic relionship sufficient for completing all required readjustment counseling intake procedures to include an assessment of risk for self-harm and psychosocial stressors.
Counseling Planning/Goal Setting: Based on the outcome of the intake, will develop and periodically upde an individualized readjustment counseling service plan th reflects a course of therapeutic and psychosocial interventions, inclusive of outcome measurements.
Clinical Supervision, Consultion, Training, Review and Evaluion : Provides clinical consultion services to other staff members with clinical service responsibilities under the supervision of the Vet Center Director. The scope of clinical consultion services will include all aspects of direct readjustment counseling service such as advising on the clinical assessment, service planning, and case coordinion with community providers when the individual's needs are beyond the scope of services available a Vet Center.
Will provide clinical consultion and supervision to meet the requirements for independent licensure with special tention to providing to unlicensed staff/trainees systemic clinical supervision towards licensure.
Will provide clinical oversight (chart auditing, etc) as outlined by policy.
Team cohesion and coordinion: Actively participe in staff meetings designed to promote team building and staff development.
Other Duties: May perform other duties as assigned as approprie for the grade and assignment and which are within the scope of practice
Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; some nights and weekends required
Telework : Ad-hoc only
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 822630
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact ... , the EDRP Coordinor for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
Requirements
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
You may be required to serve a trial period.
Subject to background/security investigion.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment..
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Qualificions
Basic Requirements :
United Stes Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
English Language Proficiency. MFTs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, paragraph 3j.
Educion: You must have a master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; or a reled field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accredition of Counseling and Reled Educional Programs (CACREP).
Examples of reled mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the de when gradues are considered to have gradued from a CACREP accredited program. Additional informion may be obtained from
NOTE: Traditional Rehabilition counseling programs th are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualificion standards as Traditional Rehabilition counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilition 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 trement.
Grade Determinions : Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC), GS-12:
Experience, Educion and Licensure: In addition to the basic requirements, candides must have 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 th demonstres possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstring progressive professional competency and expertise and be licensed to provide clinical supervision to trainees or unlicensed LPMHCs.
Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-11 grade level, the candide must demonstre all of the KSAs below:
Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized trement of complex mental illness. Ability to incorpore complex multiple causion in differential diagnosis and trement of veteran pients, including making psychosocial and psychiric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Ability to determine priority of services needed and provide specialized trement.
Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and trement 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 trement of Veterans.
Ability to coordine the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on da.
Ability to provide subject mter consultion to colleagues and trainees on the psychosocial trement of pients, rendering professional opinions based on experience, expertise and role modeling effective clinical skills.
Ability to teach, mentor staff and trainees, and provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certificions.
Ability to engage in written and oral communicion with leadership/staff and community stakeholders regarding policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and issues pertaining to the practice of the profession
Reference: VA HANDBOOK 5005/101, PART II, APPENDIX G43, Ded April 3, 2018. For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
Physical Requirements: The work does not inherently include physical requirements essential for successful job performance th could not otherwise be performed with a workplace accommodion.
NOTE: Readjustment Counselors are multi-disciplinary and can be filled by: Social Worker, Psychologist, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, and Marriage & Family Therapist. Each discipline is announced separely, and applicants must apply to the announcement for which they are qualified.
Educion
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
Additional informion
During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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How you evalued
You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
Benefits
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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits .
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Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered.
Required documents
Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
License
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
License
Other (1)
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/25/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree 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 occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
Agency contact informion
VHA Nional Recruitment Center
Phone
...
...
Address
Readjustment Counseling Service
120 SE 6th Avenue, Ste. 102
Topeka, KS 66603
US
Next steps
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
License
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
License
Other (1)
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/25/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree 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 occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Agency contact informion
VHA Nional Recruitment Center
Phone
...
...
Address
Readjustment Counseling Service
120 SE 6th Avenue, Ste. 102
Topeka, KS 66603
US
Next steps
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Additional locions
Prescott, AZ
1 vacancy
Yuma, AZ
1 vacancy
Chico, CA
1 vacancy
Citrus Heights, CA
1 vacancy
Concord, CA
1 vacancy
Corona, CA
1 vacancy
Culver City, CA
1 vacancy
Eureka, CA
1 vacancy
Fresno, CA
1 vacancy
Manteca, CA
1 vacancy
Menlo Park, CA
1 vacancy
Mission Viejo, CA
1 vacancy
Oakland, CA
1 vacancy
Palmdale, CA
1 vacancy
Sacramento, CA
1 vacancy
San Bernardino, CA
1 vacancy
San Diego, CA
1 vacancy
San Jose, CA
1 vacancy
San Luis Obispo, CA
1 vacancy
San Marcos, CA
1 vacancy
Santa Cruz, CA
1 vacancy
Solano County, CA
1 vacancy
Temecula, CA
1 vacancy
Victorville, CA
1 vacancy
Guam, GU
1 vacancy
Hilo, HI
1 vacancy
Honolulu, HI
1 vacancy
Oahu Island, HI
1 vacancy
Boise, ID
1 vacancy
Idaho Falls, ID
1 vacancy
Albuquerque, NM
1 vacancy
Las Cruces, NM
1 vacancy
Henderson, NV
1 vacancy
Las Vegas, NV
1 vacancy
Reno, NV
1 vacancy
Bend, OR
1 vacancy
Eugene, OR
1 vacancy
Grants Pass, OR
1 vacancy
Portland, OR
1 vacancy
Salem, OR
1 vacancy
Bellingham, WA
1 vacancy
Everett, WA
1 vacancy
Federal Way, WA
1 vacancy
Lacey, WA
1 vacancy
Setle, WA
1 vacancy
Spokane, WA
1 vacancy
Tacoma, WA
1 vacancy
Yakima, WA
1 vacancy
Overview Help Accepting applicions Open & closing des 08/14/2025 to 08/25/2025 Salary $88,621 to - $115,213 per year Salary is based on the "rest of U.S." pay table and adjusted as applicable based on the duty locion. Pay scale & grade GS 12 Locions Anchorage, AK 1 vacancy Soldotna, AK 1 vacancy Mesa, AZ 1 vacancy Phoenix, AZ 1 vacancy Show more fewer locions (48) Prescott, AZ 1 vacancy Yuma, AZ 1 vacancy Chico, CA 1 vacancy Citrus Heights, CA 1 vacancy Concord, CA 1 vacancy Corona, CA 1 vacancy Culver City, CA 1 vacancy Eureka, CA 1 vacancy Fresno, CA 1 vacancy Manteca, CA 1 vacancy Menlo Park, CA 1 vacancy Mission Viejo, CA 1 vacancy Oakland, CA 1 vacancy Palmdale, CA 1 vacancy Sacramento, CA 1 vacancy San Bernardino, CA 1 vacancy San Diego, CA 1 vacancy San Jose, CA 1...
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administrion
Readjustment Counseling Services, District 3
Summary
This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
Summary
This position is eligible for the Educion Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP applicion within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Educion Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP applicion. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
Overview
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Accepting applicions
Open & closing des
08/14/2025 to 08/25/2025
Salary
$88,621 to - $115,213 per year
Salary is based on the "rest of U.S." pay table and adjusted as applicable based on the duty locion.
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Locions
Anchorage, AK
1 vacancy
Soldotna, AK
1 vacancy
Mesa, AZ
1 vacancy
Phoenix, AZ
1 vacancy
Show more fewer locions (48)
Prescott, AZ
1 vacancy
Yuma, AZ
1 vacancy
Chico, CA
1 vacancy
Citrus Heights, CA
1 vacancy
Concord, CA
1 vacancy
Corona, CA
1 vacancy
Culver City, CA
1 vacancy
Eureka, CA
1 vacancy
Fresno, CA
1 vacancy
Manteca, CA
1 vacancy
Menlo Park, CA
1 vacancy
Mission Viejo, CA
1 vacancy
Oakland, CA
1 vacancy
Palmdale, CA
1 vacancy
Sacramento, CA
1 vacancy
San Bernardino, CA
1 vacancy
San Diego, CA
1 vacancy
San Jose, CA
1 vacancy
San Luis Obispo, CA
1 vacancy
San Marcos, CA
1 vacancy
Santa Cruz, CA
1 vacancy
Solano County, CA
1 vacancy
Temecula, CA
1 vacancy
Victorville, CA
1 vacancy
Guam, GU
1 vacancy
Hilo, HI
1 vacancy
Honolulu, HI
1 vacancy
Oahu Island, HI
1 vacancy
Boise, ID
1 vacancy
Idaho Falls, ID
1 vacancy
Albuquerque, NM
1 vacancy
Las Cruces, NM
1 vacancy
Henderson, NV
1 vacancy
Las Vegas, NV
1 vacancy
Reno, NV
1 vacancy
Bend, OR
1 vacancy
Eugene, OR
1 vacancy
Grants Pass, OR
1 vacancy
Portland, OR
1 vacancy
Salem, OR
1 vacancy
Bellingham, WA
1 vacancy
Everett, WA
1 vacancy
Federal Way, WA
1 vacancy
Lacey, WA
1 vacancy
Setle, WA
1 vacancy
Spokane, WA
1 vacancy
Tacoma, WA
1 vacancy
Yakima, WA
1 vacancy
Remote job
No
Telework eligible
Yesas determined by the agency policy.
Travel Required
25% or less - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocion expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Permanent
Work schedule
Full-time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
0183 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Supervisory stus
No
Security clearance
Other
Drug test
No
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determinion process
Suitability/Fitness
Credentialing
Financial disclosure
No
Bargaining unit stus
No
Announcement number
CBZY-12782102-25-SJB
Control number
843420100
This job is open to
Help
Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement.
Clarificion from the agency
This position is open only to current permanent District 3 Vet Center employees of the locions listed. Applicants will only receive considerion for the vacancy their current locion.
Duties
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The Vet Center Senior Counselor provides direct counseling services, outreach, referral, and follow-up care coordinion to eligible individuals, couples, and family members. The Senior Counselor plays a key role in the coordinion of client care and staff professional development, providing expert clinical consultion to other clinicians on complex psychosocial conditions, relional and readjustment stress utilizing evidence-based family systems theory/therapy.Responsible for the following domains of service for providing direct readjustment counseling to eligible clients and for developing staff performance through training and clinical supervision.
Direct Service Provision: Independently implement professional clinical practice applicions in the provision of readjustment counseling to individuals, couples, families, and groups.
Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention : Provides consultion and associed support for staff developing crisis intervention stregies, which includes assessment, safety planning, and complex trement planning using independent clinical judgment using family systems theory/therapy.
Care Coordinion: Communices routinely with inter-professional team members and leadership to communice about program and pient issues for in-depth problem solving, while consistently modeling ethical and professional behaviors and standards to include multicultural awareness. Serves on committees, work groups, and task forces the facility, Medical Center and Zone, District, or nional level, or in the community as deemed approprie by the Vet Center Director.
Outreach: Acts as clinical consultant to the Vet Center outreach workers to improve their sensitivity to clinical indicors and basic interviewing questions to expedite the transition of prospective clients contacted on outreach to actual Vet Center readjustment counseling clients. Actively Coordines with Vet Center Outreach Specialists to ensure seamless referral of individuals engaged in the community outreach events.
Documention/Administrive Responsibilities/Consultion: Actively participe in one-to-one clinical and administrive oversight during administrive and clinical staff meetings as directed by the Vet Center Director. Documents clinical interactions and services delivered as required by policy.
Screening and Assessment: Works directly with eligible individuals to establish a therapeutic relionship sufficient for completing all required readjustment counseling intake procedures to include an assessment of risk for self-harm and psychosocial stressors.
Counseling Planning/Goal Setting: Based on the outcome of the intake, will develop and periodically upde an individualized readjustment counseling service plan th reflects a course of therapeutic and psychosocial interventions, inclusive of outcome measurements.
Clinical Supervision, Consultion, Training, Review and Evaluion : Provides clinical consultion services to other staff members with clinical service responsibilities under the supervision of the Vet Center Director. The scope of clinical consultion services will include all aspects of direct readjustment counseling service such as advising on the clinical assessment, service planning, and case coordinion with community providers when the individual's needs are beyond the scope of services available a Vet Center.
Will provide clinical consultion and supervision to meet the requirements for independent licensure with special tention to providing to unlicensed staff/trainees systemic clinical supervision towards licensure.
Will provide clinical oversight (chart auditing, etc) as outlined by policy.
Team cohesion and coordinion: Actively participe in staff meetings designed to promote team building and staff development.
Other Duties: May perform other duties as assigned as approprie for the grade and assignment and which are within the scope of practice
Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; some nights and weekends required
Telework : Ad-hoc only
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Stement # : 822630
Relocion/Recruitment Incentives : Not Authorized
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Permanent Change of Stion (PCS): Not Authorized
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Conditions of employment
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
Selective Service Registrion is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
You may be required to serve a trial period.
Subject to background/security investigion.
Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identificion required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or ste-issued dentificion cards th are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identificion for employment..
Participion in the seasonal influenza vaccinion program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
Qualificions
Basic Requirements :
United Stes Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
English Language Proficiency. MFTs must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, paragraph 3j.
Educion: You must have a master's or doctoral degree in: Clinical Mental Health Counseling; Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Clinical Rehabilition Counseling; or a reled field, from a program accredited by the Council on Accredition of Counseling and Reled Educional Programs (CACREP).
Examples of reled mental health counseling fields include, but are not limited to Addiction Counseling; Community Counseling; Gerontology Counseling; Marital, Couple, and Family Counseling. CACREP defines the de when gradues are considered to have gradued from a CACREP accredited program. Additional informion may be obtained from
NOTE: Traditional Rehabilition counseling programs th are accredited by CACREP do not meet the LPMHC qualificion standards as Traditional Rehabilition counseling differs from Clinical Rehabilition 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 trement.
Grade Determinions : Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC), GS-12:
Experience, Educion and Licensure: In addition to the basic requirements, candides must have 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 th demonstres possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstring progressive professional competency and expertise and be licensed to provide clinical supervision to trainees or unlicensed LPMHCs.
Demonstred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-11 grade level, the candide must demonstre all of the KSAs below:
Advanced knowledge of and mastery of theories and modalities used in the specialized trement of complex mental illness. Ability to incorpore complex multiple causion in differential diagnosis and trement of veteran pients, including making psychosocial and psychiric diagnoses within approved clinical privileges or scope of practice. Ability to determine priority of services needed and provide specialized trement.
Advanced and expert skill in a range of specialized interventions and trement 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 trement of Veterans.
Ability to coordine the delivery of specialized psychosocial services and programs. Ability to design system changes based on da.
Ability to provide subject mter consultion to colleagues and trainees on the psychosocial trement of pients, rendering professional opinions based on experience, expertise and role modeling effective clinical skills.
Ability to teach, mentor staff and trainees, and provide supervision for licensure or for specialty certificions.
Ability to engage in written and oral communicion with leadership/staff and community stakeholders regarding policies, procedures, practice guidelines, and issues pertaining to the practice of the profession
Reference: VA HANDBOOK 5005/101, PART II, APPENDIX G43, Ded April 3, 2018. For more informion on this qualificion standard, please .
Physical Requirements: The work does not inherently include physical requirements essential for successful job performance th could not otherwise be performed with a workplace accommodion.
NOTE: Readjustment Counselors are multi-disciplinary and can be filled by: Social Worker, Psychologist, Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, and Marriage & Family Therapist. Each discipline is announced separely, and applicants must apply to the announcement for which they are qualified.
Educion
IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your applicion if you are basing all or part of your qualificions on educion.
Note: Only educion or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your educion here: . If you are using foreign educion to meet qualificion requirements, you must send a Certifice of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for th educion. For further informion, : .
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During the applicion process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your applicion for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further considerion for additional positions.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive stus.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-reled positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alterne method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentive job offer. For more informion about the Act and the complaint process, Human Resources and Administrion/Operions, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) The Fair Chance Act .
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Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution.
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IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your applicion, resume, C.V., and/or supporting documention verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect considerion for employment.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience th transles directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
The Department of Veterans Affairs performs pre-employment reference checks as an assessment method used in the hiring process to verify informion provided by a candide (e.g., on resume or during interview or hiring process); gain additional knowledge regarding a candide's abilities; and assist a hiring manager with making a final selection for a position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those th have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members : Please the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegrion support for military service members.
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Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
License
Other (1)
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/25/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree 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 occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
Agency contact informion
VHA Nional Recruitment Center
Phone
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Address
Readjustment Counseling Service
120 SE 6th Avenue, Ste. 102
Topeka, KS 66603
US
Next steps
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
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New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
Required Documents
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To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Applicion Package which includes:
License
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualificions for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your applicion, such as a copy of your transcript (if using educion to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
Cover Letter
License
Other (1)
Professional Certificion
Resume
SF-50/ Notificion of Personnel Action
Transcript
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements:
Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion .
Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.
How to Apply
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All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 08/25/2025 to receive considerion. To preview the questionnaire click .
To begin, click Apply Online to cree 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 occupional questionnaire.
Click Submit My Answers to submit your applicion package.
NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and approprie documention is submitted prior to the closing de.
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Agency contact informion
VHA Nional Recruitment Center
Phone
...
...
Address
Readjustment Counseling Service
120 SE 6th Avenue, Ste. 102
Topeka, KS 66603
US
Next steps
NOTE: Participion in the seasonal influenza program is a condition of employment and a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). It is a requirement th all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccinion or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccinion has been granted. HCP in violion of this directive may face disciplinary action up to and including removal from federal service. HCP are individuals who, during the influenza season, work in VHA locions or who come into contact with VA pients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locions include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associed clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrive, remote and onsite, paid and without compension, full- and part-time employees, intermittent employees, fee basis employees, VA contractors, researchers, volunteers and health professions trainees (HPTs) who are expected to perform any or all of their work these facilities. HPTs may be paid or unpaid and include residents, interns, fellows and students. HCP also includes VHA personnel providing home-based care to Veterans and drivers and other personnel whose duties put them in contact with pients outside VA medical facilities.
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Fair and transparent
The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance.
Criminal history inquiries
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy
Financial suitability
New employee probionary period
Privacy Act
Reasonable accommodion policy
Selective Service
Signure and false stements
Social security number request
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Originally Posted on: 8/16/2025
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