Job Description

Your Opportunity:Youth Addiction & Mental Health Services is seeking an energetic & passionate Mental Health Therapist to join our collaborative & dynamic team. You will provide client-centered, recovery oriented, addiction & mental health assessment, treatment planning, psychotherapy, support, group facilitation, follow-up, and case management for youth in the Edmonton area experiencing concurrent disorders and accessing addiction services out of the Nexus location. This position offers the opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary team, develop and grow, and have a big impact on the life trajectory of youth & their families. In this position, your responsibilities will include screening, assessment, treatment, consultation, referral services and performing psychosocial interventions. These services are provided in an outpatient community clinic environment where the primary referral source will be from the Addiction Counsellors within the team. You'll utilize a variety of treatment modalities (individual, family, group) for persons experiencing addiction and/or significant mental health difficulties. Working both independently and as a member of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, you'll provide evidence informed & best practices in crisis intervention, assessment, consultation, referral, case management and treatment. To be successful, you'll be flexible & adaptive in your work as well as demonstrate a high desire to be creative & innovative with service delivery. With the interdisciplinary nature of the role, the successful candidate will be confident & comfortable communicating and collaborating with the team & external partners. Working with complex issues relating to the addiction and mental health of children, youth and/or families will require you to build relationships & trust in meaningful ways to provide support & advocacy to the clients accessing services.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.

• Recovery Alberta: Y
• Classification: Mental Health Therapist Provin
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Youth Addictions Services
• Primary Location: Nexus Business Park
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 16-DEC-2024
• Employee Class: Regular Full Time
• Date Available: 26-DEC-2024
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 2
• Shifts per cycle: 10
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
• 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:Minimum of 2 years of experience providing counseling or therapy to adolescents in an addiction and/or mental health setting is required. Knowledge of adolescent developmental theory and family systems is required. First Aid/BLS. Suicide Prevention, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention are also required. 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. Preferred Qualifications:As Required.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.Healthy Albertans. Healthy
Communities. Together.We're passionate about what we do. Our team of skilled and dedicated health care professionals, support staff, and physicians promote wellness and provide health care every day, all across Alberta.Everything we do at AHS reflects a patient and family centred approach; it's about putting patients' and families' experiences, priorities and trust first.We are an equal opportunity employer. AHS values the diversity of the people and communities we serve and is committed to attracting, engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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