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Summary
The Fargo VA Health Care System is recruiting for 1 full-time Coordinator for the Tribal HUD VASH program. This vacancy will be filled with either a Social Worker (Program Coordinator), Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Coordinator), or a Registered Nurse Program Manager. Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselors should apply under this announcement.
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The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.
This position will also serve as an outreach worker and strive to develop positive relationships with community providers. The incumbent is responsible for program oversight, monitoring and administration, serving as the primary contact with local Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) and Public Housing Agencies (PHAs). The incumbent will provide case management-based services (directly or through referral) necessary to ensure that veteran care is coordinated with the VA medical center, Tribal Health Care Systems, community health providers, community mental health providers, and agencies that serve homeless populations.
Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Clinical Assessment & Treatment Planning
  
  • Conduct comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments; analyze subjective and objective data to formulate accurate clinical diagnoses.
  • Identify "at-risk" factors and mitigate risk related to suicide, incarceration, readjustment, stigma, catastrophic medical conditions, dementia, TBI, PTSD, and other mental health concerns.
• Crisis Intervention
  
  • LPMHC is experienced in making rapid assessments and developing crisis management plans to maintain patient in the home, for admission to acute, short term and/or long-term placements.
• Case Management & Care Coordination
  
  • Deliver HUD-VASH case management that maintains Veterans in HUD-approved stable housing, including home/community visits in Turtle Mountain/Belcourt.
  • Serve as an advocate for enrolled tribal Veterans and family members; link and refer to Fargo VAHCS, VA Regional Offices, and tribal/community agencies.
  • Coordinate across multiple systems (e.g., legal, medical, occupational, social, educational), engaging the school system, non-VA employment resources for spouses, law enforcement/domestic violence units, and child protective services when clinically indicated.
• Housing Operations & Compliance
  
  • Review and coordinate agreements between Tribes, Section 8, landlords, Tribal Housing Authorities, and the VA to establish appropriate referral sites for HUD-VASH placements.
• Program Development, Training & Outreach
  
  • Develop targeted programs to reduce risk factors associated with homelessness and mental health conditions; collaborate directly with the Fargo VAHCS Suicide Prevention Coordinator.
  • Serve as the facility subject matter expert on family-based interventions and advocacy for homeless tribal Veterans; mentor and train program/service/hospital staff and CBOC personnel.
  • Provide clinical training to students, interns, and case managers assigned to HUD-VASH, as needed.
  • Coordinate and maintain strong lines of communication between the parent hospital/HCHV at Fargo VAHCS and tribal community resources to ensure continuity of care.
• Documentation, Ethics & Standards
  
  • Document all patient/family contacts and clinical activity in accordance with medical center policy and TJC requirements; ensure timely progress notes that reflect goals and outcomes.
  • Maintain required data/statistical compilations to comply with Joint Commission, CARF, VA, and medical center policies.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. or 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Telework: Ad-hoc only
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
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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 identification 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.
• A valid driver's license is required.

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

• 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.

Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Qualifications
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. 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 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.
• 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.

May qualify based on being covered by the Grandfathering Provision as described in the VA Qualification Standard for this occupation (only applicable to current VHA employees who are in this occupation and meet the criteria).
Creditable Experience:
(1) Knowledge of Current LPMHC Practices. To be creditable, the experience must have demonstrated the knowledge, skills, and abilities associated with current mental health counseling practice. Experience satisfying this requirement must be active professional practice at the post- master's degree level, which is paid/non-paid employment as a professional mental health counselor.
(2) Quality of Experience. Experience is only creditable if it is post- master's degree experience as a mental health counselor directly related to the position to be filled. Qualifying experience must be at a level comparable to LPMHC experience at the next lower grade level. For all assignments above the full performance level, the higher level duties must consist of significant scope, administrative independence, complexity (difficulty) and range of variety as described in this standard at the specified grade level and be performed by the incumbent at least 25% of the time.
(3) Part-Time Experience. Part-time experience as a LPMHC is creditable according to its relationship to the full-time workweek. For example, a LPMHC employed 20 hours a week, or on a 1/2-time basis, would receive one full-time workweek of credit for each two weeks of service.
(4) Fellowships or Post-Graduate Training. Fellowship and post- graduate training programs are typically in a specialized area of clinical practice, i.e., mental health counseling. Training as a fellow or post-graduate may be substituted for creditable experience on a year-for-year basis.
(5) Practicum in a VA Setting. VHA practicum experience may not be substituted for experience, as the practicum (field placement) is completed prior to graduation with a master's degree in mental health counseling or related field.
Grade Determinations:
GS-12 Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (Program Coordinator)
Experience, Education, and Licensure. In addition to the basic requirements, candidates must have at least one year of progressively complex experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level, which is defined as: Making professional evaluations, decisions, and recommendation for treatment planning and implementation; Advanced working knowledge and mastery of the fundamentals of the counseling process which includes defining patient/family problems and maintaining an effective counseling relationship; Providing subject matter consultation to colleagues and trainees on the counseling process within various specialty areas, build on the foundation of competence through regular meetings and discussions to explain assignments, review progress of cases and confer about the counseling perspectives and orientation; Providing complex crisis intervention and stabilization to patients who are in psychological distress. Requires independent judgment and skill; Establishing goals/treatment through a collaborative process with the patient utilizing advanced counseling skills, including evidenced- based practices, screening, and psychosocial assessment; Using a wide variety of individual, group, or family counseling interventions; Fully utilizing the current DSM in making diagnoses and formulation of treatment goals and application of appropriate clinical intervention using professional counseling practices; Developing and facilitating psychotherapy and psycho- education groups that include life skills, family support, and community integration. This may include evidence based psychotherapy.
Experience must have been in a major specialty treatment program area such as, but not limited to, Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), mental health intensive case management (MHICM), or other areas of equivalent scope and complexity. Experience must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressively more professional competency.
Demonstrated Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities. In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-11 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below:

• In depth knowledge of the program coordinated, and demonstrated knowledge and ability to write policies procedures and or practice guidelines for the program.
• Ability to make key decisions in the hiring and identification of top candidates.
• Ability to provide leadership in facilitating the process of coordinating program consults, assessments, admissions, care assignments and discharges.
• Ability to provide subject matter consultation to other colleagues and trainees within the field of counseling working on an interdisciplinary team.

All qualifying experience you possess must be clearly described in your application package. We will not make assumptions when reviewing applications. Failure to demonstrate your experience in your resume may result in disqualification. It is strongly recommended that you write to each KSA in your application package.
Assignments. LPMHC Program Coordinators are administratively responsible for a clinical program and provide treatment to patients in a major specialty. They manage the daily operations of the program, develop policies and procedures, and prepare reports and statistics for facility, VISN, and national use. They may supervise unlicensed graduate LPMHCs and may administratively manage any employees assigned to their program.
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. The actual grade at which an applicant may be selected f