Mental Health Therapist Provincial-Addiction Specialist
5 days ago
A career opportunity exists for a Mental Health Therapist at Alberta Health Services (AHS). AHS is Canada's first and largest province-wide, fully integrated health system. We have been named among Canada's Top 100 Employers, Alberta's Top 75 Employers and a top employer for young people and diversity.
As an Mental Health Therapist with AHS, you will be required to use a variety of treatment modalities (individual, family, and 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.
The salary range for this position is $85,000 - $110,000 per year. However, the actual salary may vary based on location and experience.
Key Responsibilities- Tele-triage of addiction and mental health calls and respond to callers by providing information, supportive listening/clinical intervention, psychoeducation, triage/assessment, referrals, and connecting callers with urgent or emergency services as needed
- Respond to callers in crisis, quickly assess risk and de-escalate active suicidal behaviour, other risk of violence, or substance-related crises
- Participate in supporting on-shift colleagues and debriefing with shift leads or Clinical Supervisors
- Participation in shift exchange process, clinical supervision and quality assurance activities, evaluation and quality improvement activities, and other administrative duties
- Master's degree in Psychology; or master's degree in Social Work (clinical specialization) including education in mental health assessment and psychotherapy; or master's or bachelor's degree in Occupational Therapy including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy; or master's degree in Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing including training and experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy
- Active registration with the applicable Alberta regulatory college
- Minimum of 3-5 years' experience providing frontline Addiction and Mental Health services in a variety of healthcare settings (e.g., urgent, acute, community)
AHS offers comprehensive benefits, including health and dental, to ensure that you and your family can truly thrive.
Additional InformationPsychological First Aid (PFA) training is preferred. Previous contact centre experience is an asset.
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