[AVAPL Members] Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor

  • From: "Shorter, George Wiley" <George.Shorter@xxxxxx>
  • To: <members1@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 09:54:11 -0400

Colleagues, 

 

As many of you have been awaiting the Qualification Standards for Mental
Health Counselors, we wanted to share these with you when we first
received it. 

 

 

George Shorter, Ph.D.

President, AVAPL

 

 

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any
war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how
they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated
by their country."   -George Washington

 

 

 

 


 

Date:  9/29/10                                                  ID#:
2010-25

Policy Office:  Recruitment & Placement Policy Service (059)
Contact:  Kent A. Wellman (Kent.Wellman2@xxxxxx) 
Policy Subject:  VA Handbook 5005, PT II, Chapter 2, Appendix G43,
Licensed Professional Mental Health Counselor qualification standard.

Handbook Reference: 5005

The attached new VA qualification standard for Licensed Professional
Mental Health Counselor, GS-101 has been signed.  Since this is a new
occupation to VA there will NOT be an initial one-time boarding.
Additional implementation instructions and guidance will be forthcoming
from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).  The new Appendix G43
will be added to the electronic version of VA Handbook 5005, Pt II,
located at http://vaww1.va.gov/ohrm/HRLibrary/Dir-Policy.htm

Questions regarding this Policy Update should be addressed to the Title
38 Staffing Policy Section, mailto:staffingpolicy059/vaco@xxxxxxx 

Status: Policy Process Step 4

Estimated date of release/implementation:  9/29/2010

This policy alert e-mail is part of a notification process that is
intended to alert HR Specialists and other interested parties that a new
policy or change to existing policy is required or being considered. If
you have specific questions regarding this policy alert, please address
them to the contact person named above. Policy update e-mails regarding
this policy subject will be automatically generated according to the
policy communication schedule/timeline. For more information about this
policy alert or the policy communication schedule/timeline please go to 
http://vaww.va.gov/ohrm/ <http://vaww1.va.gov/ohrm/>

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