Mental Health Therapist Provincial

Job title: Mental Health Therapist Provincial

Job description: Your Opportunity:

You have a genuine interest in helping clients manage their mental health. Using your empathy, ability to create a safe environment, and your active listening skills, help improve the health of young Albertans during a vulnerable time in their lives. You are passionate about providing therapy for youths and starting them on their journeys to recovery. Reporting to the Care Manager, you will be working within a community residential setting providing care for adolescents with complex mental health presentations. You provide clinical support and guidance for youth who require intensive community-based mental health treatment and support. The therapist collaborates closely with the residential agency, Children’s Services, and an allied health team, as well as with colleagues from addiction and mental health services. You ensure that assessments, interventions, and recommendations are integrated into care. Your services may include psychological screening, assessments, interventions, rehabilitation, prevention, and promotion while adhering to best practice and ethical and professional standards. You may be required to provide input into program, policy, and/or procedure development in addition to participating in formal research initiatives. 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.

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: Youth Complex Needs
• Primary Location: Nexus Business Park
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 0.50
• Posting End Date: 15-AUG-2022
• Employee Class: Regular Part Time
• Date Available: 29-AUG-2022
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 5
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• 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:

First Aid/BLS. Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NVCI), and Suicide Prevention training are all required. Three to five years of recent. Experience in community mental health and/or acute child psychiatric setting required. Preferred Qualifications:

Preference is given to candidates with experience working with Children’s Services and/or community partners. Strong ability in program development and ongoing evaluation. Preference to candidates with experience in Connect Care.

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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