Job Description

Your Opportunity:

Edmonton Zone Young Adult Services is looking for a Mental Health Therapist (MHT) to join the Access Open Minds Clinic (AOM). In this role you will be working with a group of mental health professionals who are passionate about supporting the young adult demographic (16-25). AOM is a single session, walk-in clinic and the MHT provides clinic-based, recovery-oriented, biopsychosocial support. The MHT must be able to assess needs, plan and provide interventions and evaluate outcomes for individuals from a strength-based, trauma-informed lens. In this role, you will see clients in clinic, and it will be a hybrid of both walk in single session support and therapy. There will also be an opportunity to co-facilitate closed therapy groups in this role. Connecting with the participants virtually and/or in person you will use the Transition to Independence Process model in practice, to facilitate goal setting in the areas of employment, career, living situation, community life functioning, and personal well-being when supporting a small therapy caseload. Through active engagement, you will mentor and guide clients to utilize available community-based resources to support their recovery process and you will collaborate with providers and the young person\'s key support systems to implement strategies to help them achieve their goals. You will have strong organization skills and thrive on being self-directed in your work. You will have adept communication skills and be comfortable navigating different systems and working with complex issues relating to the addiction and mental health of young adults.

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 Open Minds Clinic
• Primary Location: Edmonton Mental Health Clinic
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 04-MAY-2023
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 23-MAY-2023
• Temporary End Date: 01-DEC-2023
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• Minimum Salary: $41.12
• Maximum Salary: $54.61
• Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Completion of masters degree in Psychology; or masters degree in Social Work (clinical specialization) including education in mental health assessment and psychotherapy; or masters or bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy; or masters 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:

A minimum one (1) year clinical child and young adult mental health experience within the last five (5) years. Previous experience with the assessment and treatment of children/adolescents/young adults with mental health concerns/diagnoses. Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with child and adolescent mental health therapeutic interventions such as Solution-Focused Therapy. Experience conducting motivational interviewing. Previous experience working in a setting that provides drop in single session counselling. Basic Cardiac Life Support - Health Care Provider (BCLS-HCP).

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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