Mental Health Therapist
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Full Time
Family Therapy
Experienced
Join CASA Mental Health in shaping a brighter future for children, youth and families by providing them with timely mental health care and empowering them to thrive.
Job Details
Wage range: $43.17 - $55.39
Shift structure: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours/day
Primary location: CASA West
Union: In-scope
Classification: Mental Health Therapist
FTE: 1.0 FTE (36.25 hours/week)
Status: Permanent
About the Role
CASA’s Family Therapy Clinic helps families understand each other’s needs and find better ways to work together. The Family Therapy team uses evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches, and works with families with complicated dynamics.
The Mental Health Therapist will:
Qualifications
Conditions of Employment
Closing Date: Open until filled
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 24-120. #MHT
Job Details
Wage range: $43.17 - $55.39
Shift structure: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours/day
Primary location: CASA West
Union: In-scope
Classification: Mental Health Therapist
FTE: 1.0 FTE (36.25 hours/week)
Status: Permanent
About the Role
CASA’s Family Therapy Clinic helps families understand each other’s needs and find better ways to work together. The Family Therapy team uses evidence-based, trauma-informed approaches, and works with families with complicated dynamics.
The Mental Health Therapist will:
- Work with the CASA team and external supports to provide high-quality family therapy to children, teens and families.
- Assist caregivers caring for children with exceptional needs in building specialized parenting skills.
- Formulate diagnoses as appropriate, using the DSM-5-TR and other diagnostic tools.
- Conduct case management functions, including convening case conferences and liaising with CASA therapists and psychiatrists, community services and other professionals involved with the child and family.
- Coordinate consultation with others therapists or external partners as appropriate.
- Provide supervision or preceptorship for student placements.
- Contribute to staff knowledge and understanding of discipline-specific issues.
- Deliver care and learning from reflecting teams co-therapy.
Qualifications
- Graduate degree in psychology, social work or occupational therapy.
- Current registration in good standing with a professional college identified under the Health Professions Act.
- A minimum of two years of clinical practice in child and family mental health and/or youth addictions.
- Knowledge and experience supporting the healing of children and youth who have experienced trauma.
- Knowledge and experience in delivering family therapy-related modalities is an asset (e.g. emotion-focused family therapy, the Gottman Method, attachment-focused family therapy).
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
Conditions of Employment
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Search. This would be the financial responsibility of the successful candidate.
- A satisfactory Child Intervention Check.
- Ability to pass and maintain Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certification (training provided by CASA), as well as physical ability to perform all interventions.
Closing Date: Open until filled
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 24-120. #MHT
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