Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

Summary The incumbent is a Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (LPMHC) whose duties and responsibilities relate to the case management of Veterans who are identified as high risk for suicide or suicide behaviors. Responsibilities Duties: The Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor will conduct psychosocial assessments to determine needs of veterans and family members. The incumbent evaluates the need for mental health services and makes appropriate referrals for individual, group marital and family treatment services. The incumbent will conduct crisis management intervention to suicidal patients including conducting suicide risk assessments, referral to the appropriate level of care for continued mental health treatment, means reduction and the development of crisis management safety plans with patient input. The incumbent will assist with coordinating the enhanced care which are required for a ninety-day period or longer for patients on the facility high risk fo...