Therapy Support Navigator

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. We’re looking for an experienced health-care professional who is eager to make an impact in their community.

**Job Details**

**Salary/wage range**: $33.26 - $40.89
**Shift structure**: Monday - Friday, 7.25 hours/day
**Primary location**: Taber
**Secondary location**: Lethbridge
**Union**: In-scope
**Classification**: Therapy Support Navigator
**FTE**: 1.0 for the duration of the school year
**Status**: Permanent

**About the Role**:
CASA Mental Health 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 Therapy Support Navigator will:

- Assist Mental Health Therapists/Physicians in screening and assessment interviews, in order to develop a treatment plan for mental health services.
- Participate in the case management of assigned caseload.
- Provide hands-on modelling and coaching to family members as determined and guided by the treatment plan.
- Coordinate and facilitate psycho-educational/treatment groups for patients and their families.
- Provide outreach support for youth in the community, in consultation with the CASA Classrooms and Transition teams.
- Develop and maintain a list of community resources and use these to refer patients and families to community agencies for additional mental health support.

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in social work, arts (majoring in psychology), education or related field.
- Minimum of three years of practical experience in a children’s mental health treatment setting, with a particular emphasis on dual diagnosis, learning disability, developmental delay and executive dysfunction.
- Current registration in good standing with a professional college identified under the Health Professions Act.
- Valid Class 5 driver’s license and access to vehicle.

**Conditions of Employment**
- Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or exemption on the basis of a protected legal ground.
- 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**: February 17, 2025

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