This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: Serves as Inpatient Behavioral Health (IBH) Psychology Technician in Department of Behavioral Health (BH), providing individualized and group direct and indirect patient care to clients. Position is located at Fort Stewart GA.
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes (1) evaluating mental health patients to determine required services; (2) providing counseling services; and (3) maintaining patient files. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR Education: A half year (i.e., 9 semester hours) of graduate level education in a field directly related to the work of the position, such a Psychology, Human Services, Child & Family Welfare, Counseling (ex. crisis, substance abuse, mental health, chemical dependence), Family and Community Services, Behavioral Science, Human Development, Social Work, Sociology, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling. (MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 9. Add the two percentages. (MUST submit a copy of your transcript with your application package or you will be rated ineligible.)
Provides emergency crisis intervention counseling in person and telephonically as needed.
Prepares written case history and maintains client files that they actively counsel in accordance with directives and Behavioral Health (BH) SOPs.
Performs counseling services for clients with psychological conditions under the direct supervision of a licensed mental health professional assigned to Behavioral Health (BH).
Provides practical, short-term counseling services for an assigned caseload of clients with varying degrees of severity.