Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor Job in Canandaigua, NY

Summary

This job is open to

• The public

  U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Duties

The incumbent of this position serves as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) providing clinical services within the Community Recovery Programs for the Mental Health Intensive Case Management Team (MHICM) for Canandaigua and Rochester.

• Performs assessment, evaluation, and treatment for patients individually, in group and/or in family therapy with problems of personality, emotional adjustment, or mental illness. Uses therapeutic techniques within their clinical privileges or scopes of practice to assess lethality.
• Provides crisis intervention, case management, education on Advance Directives, grief counseling, guidance, advocacy, supportive counseling, and recovery focused counseling and other treatment approaches that may be necessary. He/she must have knowledge of family dynamics, developmental theory and interpersonal relationships and system approach to care.
• Through clinical interviews and observation, assesses patient's apparent level of intelligence, behavior, and personality variable. Responsible for selection of a recovery intervention modality, monitoring the patient's safety and assess progress in all indicated treatment modalities and, with the consultation of the treatment team, termination of services.
• Conducts interviews or observes the patient to assess emotional, functional, or psychological condition. Employs professional maturity in using interview, observation, personal histories, and other measurement devise in the assessment of adverse group of clients.
• Incumbent uses this data for comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment for setting goals and developing treatment plans. Based on data gathered during the assessment, plans an appropriate clinical treatment with individual patients. Develops comprehensive treatment plans specific to the patient. The patients assigned often have multiple complicating factors (i.e., physical disabilities, lack of support or
  resources) or other external or environmental consideration that complicate treatment.
• Acts as a liaison with community hospitals and agencies, as well as individuals providing information and access to VA resources. Coordinating the use of VA, and community resources to meet the Veteran's needs. These resources include, but are not limited to referral to respite, hospice, Hoptel, HECC, Prosthetics, benefits, Lifespan, Eldersource, Social Services, Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, legal, disability, Lifeline and Liftline.
• Incumbent judges' effectiveness of techniques and when indicated seeks advice from the clinical treatment team or adjusts practices if therapies seen ineffective.
• Continually monitors patient's progress. Determines when reassessment is appropriate and adjusts treatment plan accordingly. When appropriate and has a competency may use newly proven therapies.
• In the clinic setting Incumbent(s) have the added obligation to assess and manage psychiatric emergencies in the primary care community setting where there are far fewer immediately available resources to respond to psychiatric emergencies.
• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.
• Functions as the point of contact for assigned patients throughout their treatment program. Meets with patients before each treatment team meeting to ensure that the treatment planning process is ongoing. Reviews assessments/assists patients with the development of recovery goals/needs/interventions.
• Completes discharge/transition and progress notes in a timely manner.
• Serving as a consultant to other disciplines to assist them in identifying those cases in which the Veteran could benefit from mental health case management or intervention.
• When assigned a mental health counseling student form the Mental Health Counseling Stipend Internship Program, incumbent will supervise training activities of the student and will participate in the Mental Health Counseling Student committee as needed.
• The incumbent works with patients from age 18 and above.
• The incumbent develops and maintains appropriate communications, rapport and positive relationships with colleagues and a variety of institutions, organizations and service providers within and outside of the organization.
• The incumbent Independently provides consultation services to other staff members regarding the psychosocial needs of veterans. Provides consultation on the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and adherence to treatment plans. Evaluates his/her own practice through professional peer review, case conferences and other organizational means. Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing, with people from varied backgrounds.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

How You Will Be Evaluated

Required Documents

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 10/23/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12813261.

1. 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.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.

Next steps

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. After we receive application packages (including all required documents) and the vacancy announcement closes, we will review applications to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email. Referred applicants will be notified as such and may be contacted directly by the hiring office for an interview. All referred applicants receive a final notification once a selection decision has been made.

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NOTE: Participation 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 that all HCP to receive annual seasonal influenza vaccination or obtain an exemption for medical or religious reasons. Wearing a face mask is required when an exemption to the influenza vaccination has been granted. HCP in violation 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 locations or who come into contact with VA patients or other HCP as part of their duties. VHA locations include, but are not limited to, VA hospitals and associated clinics, community living centers (CLCs), community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs), domiciliary units, Vet centers and VA-leased medical facilities. HCP include all VA licensed and unlicensed, clinical and administrative, remote and onsite, paid and without compensation, 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 at 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 patients outside VA medical facilities.