Mental Health Therapist
CASA Mental Health
Full-time
On-site
Bonnyville, Alberta, Canada
$43.17 - $55 USD yearly
Join CASA Mental Health as we deliver culturally-safe mental health services to children, youth and families. Enjoy life-work harmony, competitive benefits and the fulfillment of making a difference in empowering kids and families to thrive.
Job Details
Wage range: $43.17 to $55.39 + an additional $9/hour CASA Classrooms premium
Shift structure: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours/day
Primary location: Northern Lights School Division
Secondary location(s): Multisite
Union: In-Scope
Classification: Mental Health Therapist
FTE: 0.87
Status: Permanent
About the Role
CASA Classrooms are CASA’s new model for school-based mental health service. The program addresses the need for services closer to students by bridging a child’s mental health and school needs, through a coordinated approach by a mental health team and a teacher. CASA Classrooms are delivered in partnership with the Government of Alberta, community partners and school divisions.
The Mental Health Therapist will:
Job Details
Wage range: $43.17 to $55.39 + an additional $9/hour CASA Classrooms premium
Shift structure: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours/day
Primary location: Northern Lights School Division
Secondary location(s): Multisite
Union: In-Scope
Classification: Mental Health Therapist
FTE: 0.87
Status: Permanent
About the Role
CASA Classrooms are CASA’s new model for school-based mental health service. The program addresses the need for services closer to students by bridging a child’s mental health and school needs, through a coordinated approach by a mental health team and a teacher. CASA Classrooms are delivered in partnership with the Government of Alberta, community partners and school divisions.
The Mental Health Therapist will:
- Work with the CASA team and external supports to provide high-quality trauma-focused mental health therapies to children, teens and families.
- Build specialized parenting skills for caregivers with children who have exceptional needs.
- 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 their family.
- Coordinate consultation with others therapists or external partners as appropriate.
- Supervise and/or precept student placements.
- Contribute to staff knowledge and understanding of discipline-specific issues.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in psychology, social work or occupational therapy, or, a bachelor’s degree in social work, or a related discipline such as psychology or social sciences, with a minimum of three years of related experience in an educational or mental health setting.
- A minimum of two years of clinical practice in child and family mental health and/or youth addictions.
- Active registration with a CASA-recognized governing body.
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.
- Must maintain Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certification (training provided by CASA) and be physically able to perform all interventions.
Closing Date: Open until filled
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials 24-042. #MHT
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials 24-042. #MHT