Job Description

Your Opportunity:
Are you interested in joining our community mental health team providing a range of services to support persons living with mental illness? Recovery Alberta Mental Health & Addiction - Brief Community Treatment & Specialized Services is looking for an experienced, skilled, enthusiastic, and dynamic team member to join our team and fill a temporary position of a 1.0 FTE Mental Health Therapist. As a Mental Health Therapist in this program, you will be responsible for providing mental health services to clients aged 18+ who are presenting with a variety of complex and chronic mental illnesses. Working both independently and as a member of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you will provide evidence informed and best practices in assessment, therapeutic intervention, consultation and referral. As a Mental Health Therapist, you will be expected to perform the restricted activity of psychosocial intervention using a variety of treatment modalities (individual, family, group) to persons experiencing complex mental health difficulties. You will also need to be comfortable maintaining accurate, appropriate & timely documentation, facilitating referrals to various treatment/community programs and building relationships with community collaborators. The Mental Health Therapist will also be responsible for liaising, working in partnership with and providing consultation to community agencies, other professionals, and physicians in the continuum of Mental Health & Addiction care. This position reports to manager of the Brief Community Treatment & Specialized Services program. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
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.

Transition Company:

Recovery Alberta

Classification:

Mental Hlth Therapist CH/AS/NL

Union:

HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program:

Mental Health & Addiction - Brief Community Treatment & Specialized Services

Primary Location:

MHA Lethbridge Train Station

Location Details:

As Per Location

Multi-Site:

Not Applicable

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

01-OCT-2025

Temporary Employee Class:

Temporary Full Time

Date Available:

11-OCT-2025

Temporary End Date:

31-MAR-2026

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

2

Shifts per cycle:

10

Shift Pattern:

Days, Evenings

Days Off:

As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary:

$41.12

Maximum Salary:

$54.61

Vehicle Requirement:

Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Master's degree in Psychology; or master's degree in Social Work (clinical specialization) including education in mental health assessment and psychotherapy; or master's or bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy; or master's degree in Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable Alberta regulatory college.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Completion of a master's degree in psychology; a bachelor's degree in social work incorporating education in mental health assessment, brief counseling, and crisis intervention; a master's or bachelor's degree in occupational therapy with similar educational components. Bachelor's degree in nursing with training and experience in mental health assessment, crisis intervention, and brief counseling; or a bachelor's degree in psychiatric nursing. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable Alberta regulatory college.

Preferred Qualifications:

Proficient in understanding and use of Connect Care and the analysis of program data. Excellent communication skills, ability to consistently meet deadlines and triage multiple program demands, demonstrated understanding and experience of mental health and addiction assessment.