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Position Title
Marriage and Family Therapist (Program Coordinator)
Agency
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Announcement Number
CBST-10946039-21-AMA Opens in new window
Open Period
Monday, October 26, 2020 to Tuesday, January 12, 2021
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Eligibilities
1. Are you currently employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50).  Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted).  Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
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2. Are you an employee of the facility indicated for this position?
This includes: Career/Career Conditional or Excepted Service (i.e. Canteen, Hybrid, Title 38, etc. and meets interchange agreement requirements). This does not include temporary, term or temporary intermittent.

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your most recent Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50).  Your SF-50 must include enough information to be able to determine that time-in-grade requirements have been met (if applicable) and include your position title, pay plan/series/grade, tenure and the type of appointment (i.e. Competitive or Excepted).  Please be aware that award SF-50's do not always include this pertinent information.
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3. Are you a current permanent Federal employee from an agency other than Department of Veterans Affairs?

To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF-50) or equivalent personnel action form.
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Preferences
1. Which of the following items describes your current or recent (within the last five years) political appointee service?

If you responded yes to any of the items below, you will need to include a SF-50 specifying your prior service.
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Assessment 1
Please select the best response for each question. (limit characters)
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1. LANGUAGE: Are you proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Chapter 3, Section A, paragraph 3.j.?
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2. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Do you possess a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a program approved by COAMFTE, OR a master's degree or doctoral degree in marriage and family therapy from a MFT program from a regionally accredited institution, OR a master's degree or doctoral degree in a comparable mental health degree (Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor, Social Work, Psychiatric Nursing, Psychology, and Psychiatry) that meets the current VA qualification standard of that profession.

NOTE: The MFT Program Manager must have graduated from a COAMFTE approved program OR have passed the AMFTRB examination.
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3. LICENSURE: Persons hired or reassigned to MFT positions in the GS-0101 series in VHA must hold a full, current, and unrestricted MFT license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State. Candidates at the GS-12 grade level must also be able to provide clinical supervision and possess an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Supervisor credential.

Do you possess a full, current, and unrestricted MFT license to independently practice marriage and family therapy in a State? Do you possess an American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT) Approved Supervisor credential?
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4. EXPERIENCE: Do you possess the completion of one year of progressively responsible assignments and experience equivalent to that equivalent to the GS-12 grade level which demonstrates knowledge, skills, and abilities that are directly related to the specific assignment?

In addition to meeting the KSAs for the GS-12 grade level, the candidate must demonstrate all of the KSAs below:
1. Ability to organize work, set priorities, meet multiple deadlines, delegate tasks and facilitate team building.
2. Ability to manage and direct the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives.
3. Ability to devise innovative ways to adapt work operations to new and changing programs, to develop staffing and budget requirements, and to translate management goals and objectives into well- coordinated and controlled work operations and ensure compliance with pertinent VHA policies.
4. Ability to establish and monitor performance priorities according to standards and program evaluation criteria.
5. Knowledge of family systems theory/therapy in coordination of family programs.

NOTE: MFT Program Manager must have five years of post- licensed clinical experience in family systems theory/therapy and must demonstrate possession of advanced practice skills and judgment, demonstrating progressive professional competency and expertise.
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