Concurrent Counsellor

4 days ago

Edmonton Alberta PJ, Edmonton region, Canada CASA Mental Health Full time

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. Experience life-work harmony, competitive benefits and the fulfillment of making a difference.


Job Details


Wage range: $39.41 to $49.95 per hour

Shift structure: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours per day

Primary location: CASA Fort Road

Union: In-scope

Classification: Addictions Counsellor

FTE: 1.00

Status: Permanent

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About the Role


Core is the first stop for most families who come to CASA. The program serves children ages 3 to 17 and provides general mental health treatment for a wide range of concerns. From Core, the therapist is able to step families up or down into more appropriate levels of service if needed.


The Concurrent Counsellor will:


  • Provide services unique to the appropriate professional discipline (psychology, social work, nursing, occupational therapy).
  • Provide person-focused, holistic, recovery-oriented, culturally-guided, strengths-based and trauma-informed assessments and treatment.
  • Co-develop collaborative care plans and provide a range of services appropriate to the child/youth and their families to meet the needs of the mental health and substance/process use concerns.
  • Support development of reflective capacity by conjointly creating and monitoring recovery-oriented goals and adapting care plans as needed, while prioritizing the inclusion of diverse needs and strengths in the goals.
  • Facilitate psycho-educational, support and treatment groups for adolescents and parents.
  • Carry out case management functions including convening case conferences and liaising with community services and other professionals involved with the youth and family (especially education, social services, justice and health), ensuring advocacy for social inclusion and address social determinants.
  • Advocate on behalf of the youth and family as appropriate and promote self-determination and autonomy development.
  • Meet youth and families at their starting point, which may include community-based meetings and supportive sessions to build change readiness and motivation.
  • Contribute to staff knowledge and understanding of discipline-specific issues.
  • Participate regularly and constructively in program and clinical team meetings.
  • Contribute to the development and use of performance indicators and other activities related to continuous quality improvement.


Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree that permits registration under the Health Professions Act, with course work in substance use treatment or concurrent disorders and/or work experience or post-graduate training.
  • One to two years of substance use counselling experience in a community or tertiary setting is preferred.
  • Experience working in collaborative care models and/or with multi-disciplinary teams is preferred.
  • Experience in assessment and treatment.
  • Experience in managing diverse and complex caseloads.
  • Practical experience in a children’s mental health treatment setting is preferred.


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.


Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 24-173

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