Job Description

Your Opportunity:

An exciting opportunity exists to be part of the changing landscape of addiction and mental health services in the South Zone. AAMH South is a single point of contact for AHS Addiction & Mental Health (AMH) services in southern Alberta and supports Albertans who are looking to access services and programs, as well as provides system navigation support and general service information. As a member of the AAMH Intake Team, you will be responding to callers and conducting the tele-triage of addiction and mental health calls. Dependent on the nature of the call, you may be required to conduct a thorough screening and intake assessment to determine appropriate level of service required for the caller, enroll the caller into an AHS AMH service, advise of appropriate external community-based services, provide immediate brief intervention and solution-focused support (if required), and appropriately triage to services where necessary. As part of a virtual team providing expanded intake services for South Zone community clinics in the days and evenings, you will be supporting clients across the age continuum, including clients in rural and remote areas. If you are ready to grow your career by expanding your intake skill sets and having an impact across the South Zone, this could be the opportunity you have been searching for. Applicants from Medicine Hat and Lethbridge are encouraged to apply as the position could be based out of either location.

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: Access Addiction and Mental Health
• Primary Location: Regional Resource Centre
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 09-JAN-2023
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 19-JAN-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 8
• Shifts per cycle: 40
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $40.31
• Maximum Salary: $53.54
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

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:

Equivalent education and experience are defined as: Bachelor\'s degree in social work with Psychosocial Intervention Authorization; Bachelor\'s degree in Occupational Therapy with experience in mental health assessment and intervention; Bachelor of Science in Nursing with experience in mental health assessment and intervention; Diploma or bachelor\'s degree in Psychiatric Nursing. Minimum of three (3) years within the last five (5) years providing mental health support, including conducting intakes and screenings for new or returning clients seeking services. Experience with Microsoft Office programs including MS Teams. Experience providing support to clients regarding both addiction and mental health concerns. Preferred Qualifications:

Experience providing support to clients through a telephony platform. Experience working on a virtual and/or geographically dispersed team. Experience providing crisis intervention. Comprehensive knowledge of addiction and mental health services in southern Alberta.

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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