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Senior Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor
Veterans Health Administration · Shreveport, Louisiana · Closes in 6 days
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1 Check you can apply You are here
Who can apply: The public, Federal employees - Competitive service, Internal to an agency, Federal employees - Excepted service.
The job is open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. It is also open to current permanent VA employees, federal employees of other agencies, and VHA health professions trainees if applicable. Former EDRP participants cannot apply.
Experience: You need at least 1 year of progressively complex licensed mental health counselor experience at the GS-11 level. You also need 5 years of experience after your license that shows advanced skills, and you must be licensed to supervise trainees or unlicensed counselors.
Education: You need a master's or doctoral degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling, or a related field. The program must be accredited by CACREP (Council on Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs).
Licenses and certifications:
- Full, current, unrestricted license to independently practice as a Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, 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 6 days (November 9, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time).
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 are rated on how well you meet the qualifications, based on your questionnaire and documents. Your application and documents will be verified, and missing or unclear information may lead to an ineligible rating or a 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:
- Describe your experience clearly and specifically, because the agency will not assume anything about it.
- If you use education to qualify, include transcripts and make sure your school is accredited by a U.S. Department of Education recognized accreditor.
- Submit your full application package by 11:59 PM ET on 11/09/2026.
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