Mental Health Therapist Provincial

Job title: Mental Health Therapist Provincial

Job description: Your Opportunity:

Reporting to the Manager or designate, the Mental Health Therapist – Wainwright Crisis. Working with the Wainwright Crisis Response team and the addiction and mental health team, and as a member of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide on-call crisis intervention and assessment services to adults and children who present in the Emergency Room with psychiatric disorders (currently on weekends and stat holidays. May expand in future). Utilizing a variety of treatment modalities, you will provide risk assessment and brief therapy services. Additional responsibilities will also include working in partnership with and providing consultation to community agencies, and physicians in the continuum of mental health care. Wainwright, Canada is a unique town in Alberta that has a strong, vibrant & friendly community spirit. Wainwright is located in East Central Alberta at the intersection of Buffalo Trail-Highway 41 and Poundmaker Trail-Highway 14, near the beautiful Battle River Valley. We have a rich history that is highlighted and preserved throughout the area that focuses on our community’s past. Wainwright is a unique town that offers all the amenities of an urban centre, combined with the comfortable characteristics of a rural community. We have been rated the most affordable community in the last 2 Alberta-wide surveys comparing 35 communities (2016 & 2018 Alberta Spatial Price Survey).Living the good life in Wainwright means local full service health service and educational infrastructure, an atmospheric Mainstreet, advanced recreational amenities and culture celebration in our many annual events (Roam to Wainwright, Alberta…We Welcome You!).

Description:

As the Mental Health Therapist, you will be required to use a variety of treatment modalities (individual, family, and group) to persons experiencing significant mental health difficulties. Working both independently and as a member of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you will provide evidence informed and best practices in crisis intervention, assessment, consultation, referral, case management and treatment.

• Classification: Mental Health Therapist Provin
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Mental Health Primary Care Clinics
• Primary Location: Wainwright Addiction Services
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.00
• Posting End Date: 30-AUG-2022
• Employee Class: Casual/Relief
• Date Available: 09-SEP-2022
• Hours per Shift: Varies
• Length of Shift in weeks: Varies
• Shifts per cycle: Varies
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Nights, Weekends, On Call
• Days Off: Other
• Minimum Salary: $39.42
• Maximum Salary: $52.36
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver’s License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

Completion of one of the following programs: master’s degree in Psychology; master’s degree in Social Work (clinical specialization) including education in mental health assessment and psychotherapy; master’s degree in Occupational Therapy including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy; master’s degree in Nursing and Psychiatric Nursing including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable regulatory college. Additional Required Qualifications:

Membership in professional association/college as per The Health Professions Act. Social Worker must be authorized to do psychosocial interventions. Cultural competency in First Nations populations. Knowledge of First nation’s history, trauma, traditions and healing practices. Knowledge of Aboriginal traditional wellness practices that support addiction and mental health prevention, recovery and health promotion. Mental Health assessment and crisis response, addiction counseling and brief therapy. 5 years experience in mental health/addictions. Non-Graduated driver’s license (non-GDL) and access to a reliable personal vehicle. Nonviolent Crisis Intervention. Preferred Qualifications:

2 years’ experience in community mental health settings. Experience working in rural settings.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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