Mental Health Therapist
Expires: November 30, 2021
Description
Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Requisition #: ALB00238371, ALB00238376, and ALB00238380
Salary Range: $39.42 - $52.36 per hour
Job Type: Regular Full Time, Part Time, and Casual
Your Opportunity:
An exciting opportunity exists to be part of the changing landscape of addiction and mental health services in the South Zone. There are 4 positions available in the newly created Access Addiction & Mental Health South (AAMH) program. AAMH South will be a single point of contact for AHS Addiction & Mental Health (AMH) services in southern Alberta and will support Albertans who are looking to access services and programs, as well as provide 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. Please note this position has some flexibility to work out of our Medicine Hat or Lethbridge facilities with the potential to transition to a remote working arrangement. Consequential vacancy management will be applicable for these positions. 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.
Description:
As the Mental Health Therapist, you will be required to perform the restricted activity of psychosocial intervention utilizing a variety of treatment modalities (individual, family, 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.
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 is defined as: Bachelor 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 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 Skype for Business. 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. This position is virtual and the successful applicant will be located within the South Zone.