Mental Health Therapist

Are you interested in joining the Rural Mental Health & Addiction team? The opportunity to work with the Seniors Mental Health Day program, Shared Care, & local community Seniors is available. Recovery Alberta Mental Health & Addiction Seniors Community Services is looking for an experienced, skilled team member to fill a temporary 1.0 FTE Mental Health Therapist position. In this position, you will provide mental health services to clients aged 65+ (or those considered functionally geriatric), presenting with complex & chronic mental illnesses. Working independently & on a multidisciplinary team, you will provide evidence informed & best practices in assessment, therapeutic intervention, consultation & referrals. You will perform the restricted activity of psychosocial intervention using various treatment modalities (individual, group) to persons experiencing complex mental health difficulties. You will maintain accurate, appropriate & timely documentation, facilitate referrals to treatment/community programs & build relationships with community collaborators. You will liaise, work in partnership with, & provide consultation to community agencies, professionals, & physicians in the continuum of Mental Health & Addiction care. In a rural setting, the successful candidate must function well independently & interdependently within small office settings as well as a larger Rural Team. Primarily located at the Prairie Ridge Seniors Mental Health Day program in Raymond; the position also requires providing psychological services once a week in the Raymond & Magrath medical clinics as part of the Shared Care initiative. The position reports to the Manager of the Rural Addiction & Mental Health Community Team.

As the Mental Health Therapist, 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.

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 or eligible for registration with the applicable Alberta regulatory college.

A combination of education and experience will be considered. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.

Minimum of two years of experience working in Addiction and Mental Health in the last five years.