Job Description

Your Opportunity:
The Adult Community Services Morinville clinic provides a wide range of addiction and mental health treatment to the residents of the City of Morinville and surrounding rural areas. The ACS program adheres to the Edmonton Zone Addiction & Mental Health Principles of Care providing quality, client focused, recovery based, concurrent capable, culturally appropriate care to those seeking supports/services within Addictions and Mental Health. Services are offered to clients and their families in the least intrusive and most appropriate manner, and include assessment, individual and group treatment, and consultation. Interventions may be done in the clinic, community, or in a client's home, dependent on the identified needs. In this Mental Health Therapist (MHT) position you will work within an interdisciplinary team to provide individual and group treatment, as well as necessary case management to clients with a wide variety of clinical presentations. The MHT engages their client in assessment, treatment, and evaluation of care plans to clients with complex addiction and mental health needs. The MHT works collaboratively with the client's primary care provider to transition care back to their medical home once stabilized. The ideal candidate will have excellent knowledge of addiction and mental health diagnosis with experience providing treatment for these complex needs and be able to navigate the health system to ensure the coordination of services to best meet the client's needs. This candidate will be able multitask and effectively manage multiple priorities and demands with a large caseload. This candidate will have a good working knowledge of legislation regarding mental health care including the Alberta Mental Health Act and Community Treatment Orders (CTO).
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 Health Therapist Prov

Union:

HSAA Facility PROF/TECH

Unit and Program:

Morinville Adult

Primary Location:

Morinville Provincial Building

Location Details:

As Per Location

Multi-Site:

Not Applicable

FTE:

1.00

Posting End Date:

12-NOV-2025

Employee Class:

Regular Full Time

Date Available:

22-NOV-2025

Hours per Shift:

7.75

Length of Shift in weeks:

1

Shifts per cycle:

5

Shift Pattern:

Days

Days Off:

Saturday/Sunday

Minimum Salary:

$41.12

Maximum Salary:

$54.61

Vehicle Requirement:

Driver's License, Vehicle Required

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:

2 years of Mental health experience in the community. Skill and finesse working independently in a small rural clinic. 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:

Excellent knowledge of the rural supports surrounding Morinville. Flexibility and skill navigating rural assets.