Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor ( Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Ft. Myers)

The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor serves as a member of a multi-disciplinary Vet Center team and is responsible for coordinating and providing family counseling services in the Vet Center. The LPMHC conducts assessment interviews, develops treatment plans and provides treatment to eligible veterans and their families. Treatment modalities may include crisis intervention as well as both short and long-term services. The LPMHC may refer clients to other programs and professionals to include the VA Medical Center or Outpatient Clinic.

Screening/Assessment: The LPMHC interviews veterans and their significant others to determine specific problems. Independently conducts intake and needs assessment of veterans and their significant others and establishes helping relationships with their clients.

Treatment Planning/Goal Setting: The LPMHC is responsible for developing comprehensive and unique goal-directed treatment plans that reflect a course of therapeutic intervention to address the needs identified in the assessment.

Clinical Counseling: The LPMHC provides individual, conjoint, family, and group therapy for veterans and significant others.

Outreach: The LPMHC will conduct outreach specifically to: identify program eligible veterans and their family members, promote the use of the Vet Center services, and present educational programs about combat veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs and Readjustment Counseling Service. The LPMHC will, during the outreach activity, ascertain veterans' service needs and inform or refer them to the Vet Center, VA Medical Center or other appropriate agency.

Crisis Intervention: The LPMHC will provide crisis intervention, stabilization and follow-up for veterans and significant others. Provides follow-up evaluations of clients to determine whether veterans have received all appropriate services and provides additional services or referrals as required.

Work Schedule: Fulltime, tour of duty will be dependent on the need at the location you are selected for. May be required to work some evenings, weekends and holidays.

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