Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

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Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members.
• Conduct intake substance use disorder assessments for patients to determine appropriate VA program needs.
• Active participant in the treatment planning process with other disciplines.
• Participate in transition/discharge planning with other disciplines and will be responsible for ensuring that transitions plans are executed in a manner that is timely and appropriate.
• Provide individual, family and group counseling as appropriate. Individual and group services will be focused on substance use disorder treatment.
• Provide consultation/education to veterans and families on community resources, advance directives and VA benefits.
• Act as a consultant to other team/staff members.
• Provide consultation/education to students of all disciplines on clinical practice and VA policy and procedure.
• Provide case management to veterans and families, as needed, throughout the continuum of care.
• Provide a full range of social services within commonly accepted standards of their profession, which includes case work, individual, family and group counseling, discharge planning, case management and other services as appropriate.
• Provide wellness/prevention education and facilitate patient/family support groups as appropriate.
• Coordinate treatment and communicate with the care lines to facilitate continuity of care for veterans.
• Other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-4:30pm, and 1 evening a week 10:00am-6:30pm

Telework: Ad-hoc may be available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Functional Statement #: 000000

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized