CASA + YOU

A New Vision for Mental Health Service

CASA Mental Health is an established non-profit organization delivering holistic, culturally-safe wrap-around mental health services to Albertans and their families. CASA services the missing middle – mental health treatment for diagnosed children and youth, in between prevention and promotion in primary and community care, and acute treatment in hospital.

CASA’s team of mental health professionals are trauma experts committed to delivering service in collaboration with community partners. This includes assessment and treatment for thousands of children, youth and families each year, from community outreach settings to intensive treatment programs.

Our vision: A community where all children, youth and their families are provided with timely mental health care and empowered to thrive.

Our mission: To build resilience through holistic, evidence-informed and compassionate care, and to advocate for children, youth and families with mental illness.

Why Work With CASA?

Life-Work Harmony

CASA's hours of work allow you to balance your work with the rest of your life. Our Wellness Days can be used how you want, when you want, ensuring everyone is feeling their best. Employees also receive competitive vacation days so that you have the time you need to recharge your passion.

Meaningful Work

Feel good about making a difference in the lives of children, youth and families so that they are empowered to thrive!

Employee Benefits

CASA Mental Health offers a competitive benefit and pension package for employees, including a flexible spending account, access to our Employee and Family Assistance Program, and more!

Accommodation Requests

CASA Mental Health values diversity and inclusivity within its staff, recognizing the enrichment it brings to our organization and community. We actively strive to eliminate barriers and encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We offer accommodations for applicants through the entire recruitment process to ensure a fair assessment of your skills, knowledge and expertise. At CASA, we prioritize equitable and inclusive employment practices. We encourage all candidates to apply, regardless of meeting every qualification, as part of our dedication to diversity and accessibility.

Requests for accommodation can be sent to Human Resources via email at [email protected]

Mental Health Consultant

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Temporary

Rural Consult Services

Experienced

Share your expertise with growing clinicians and join CASA Mental Health in promoting service excellence in our colleagues and rural partners.

Job Details

Hourly pay range: $46.37 – $58.86
Shift structure: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours per day
Primary location: CASA Fort Road (multi-site) and remote
Union: In-Scope
Classification: Mental Health Consultant
FTE: 0.4 up to 1.0 FTE (36.25 hours per week)
Status: Temporary (until August 2026)

About the Role

The Clinical Practice team (Rural Services) is a collaborative inter-professional group that works to build capacity in mental health service providers through coaching, mentoring, education and consultation. The team supports service providers in rural communities across Alberta.

The Mental Health Consultant will:

Provide advanced advice, input, treatment direction or alternate perspectives to professional colleagues using a consultative model. Topics may include assessment, diagnosis, treatment plans, discharge planning and potential referrals.
Create education and training materials for learning events by working collaboratively with the other consultants.
Deliver education and training events virtually and in-person.
Support the development of knowledge and skill by coaching and mentoring children’s mental health therapists.
Act as a resource to team members and regional service providers on issues related to specific areas of expertise.

Qualifications

Graduate degree in psychology, social work (psycho-social intervention designation is required), occupational therapy or nursing.
A minimum of 10 years of direct clinical practice in child and family mental health and/or youth addictions.
Advanced competence in children’s mental health assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Must be a member in good standing with their respective professional association/college.
Advanced computer skills with MS Office products (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio) including application to formal writing. Some experience or training in adult education is an asset.
Demonstrated leadership ability, with excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
Demonstrated commitment to excellence in all aspects of the discipline including clinical practice, supervision and education.
Enhanced skills in knowledge translation and education, program design and evaluation is desirable.
Ability to identify barriers and facilitate solution development.
Ability to work autonomously, independently and to prioritize work activities.
Demonstrated ability to adapt to new or unexpected situations, and a flexibile approach to interpersonal situations.
Demonstrated analytic and problem-solving ability.
Appreciation of an inter-professional approach to mental health and demonstrated ability to collaborate with others.
Ability to work across programs and services.
Please note: This position requires travel to rural communities. Overnight travel (usually limited to one or two nights away) is a regular, though not frequent occurrence.

Conditions of Employment

A satisfactory Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Search and Child Intervention Check. This would be the financial responsibility of the successful candidate.

Closing Date: June 23, 2025

Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 25-129

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