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Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor (PCMHI) – EDRP Approved
Veterans Health Administration · McAllen, Texas · Closes in 3 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: Federal employees - Competitive service, The public, Federal employees - Excepted service, Internal to an agency.
You must be a U.S. citizen. The job is open to the public, current and permanent federal employees, and current or former VA Health Profession Trainee program participants. Former EDRP participants cannot apply for the EDRP incentive.
Experience: For GS-11, you need at least 1 year of mental health counseling experience after your master's or doctoral degree, at VA or non-VA jobs, that shows the listed skills. For GS-9 (entry level), the announcement does not list a required number of years, but you must show the listed skills.
Education: You need a master's or doctoral degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, or a related mental health counseling field from a program accredited by CACREP. Examples of related fields include addiction, community, gerontology, and marital, couple, and family counseling. Traditional rehabilitation counseling programs do not qualify.
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, current, unrestricted Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor license to practice independently, including diagnosis and treatment
Experience can be paid or unpaid, volunteer work included: if it matches the duties, it counts. The full rules are in the announcement.
2 Resume and documents
Write a federal resume for this job. For each job you held, give the month and year you started and ended, your hours per week and what you did, using the words of the experience the announcement asks for. Many announcements accept resumes of up to 2 pages: check this one.
3 Apply on USAJOBS
Closes in 3 days (November 6, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
The job will close once 50 applications are received, which may happen before the closing date.
You sign in to USAJOBS with a Login.gov account, answer the questionnaire and upload your documents, then you submit. Answer the questionnaire honestly: your resume must show what you claim.
How they rate you: You will be rated on how well you meet the qualifications listed in the announcement, based on your questionnaire and application. Your resume, CV, and supporting documents will be verified, and the agency will not assume anything about your experience. Missing information or errors may lead to an ineligible rating or lower score.
4 After you apply
In USAJOBS, under Applications, you can see where your application stands: received, reviewed, referred to the hiring manager or not, then selected or not. It can take a few weeks.
For the interview, prepare three examples with the STAR method: the Situation, the Task, what you did (Action) and the Result.
If they choose you: a tentative offer, then a background check, then the final offer with your start date.
Tips for this job:
- Use a long-form resume or CV, since the 2-page resume limit does not apply to this job.
- If you use your degree to qualify, include transcripts from CACREP-accredited programs and confirm the program is listed on the CACREP website.
- If you are hired, submit the EDRP application within four months of your appointment date.
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