Family Counsellor
Your Opportunity:
Working with adolescents experiencing acute mental health needs on a 14-bed adolescent psychiatric unit. The family counselor works within the multi-disciplinary team providing individual, family, and case management support for youth admitted to the unit. Family counselors must be skilled in various therapies for the youth and with families and be organized and efficient to meet the fast-paced demands of an inpatient unit. Family counselors provide the case-management connection in coordinating discharge and follow up care, individualized care-plan development and also support and facilitate groups. 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.
Description:
As a Family Counsellor, you will provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up to clients and their families. You will also provide clinical focused consultation with other programs or community resources and acts as a liaison to develop and promote preventative health programs in the community. You will collaborate with other health care providers and community service providers to ensure a continuum of care in the community.
- Classification: Family Counsellor
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Unit 23 - Inpatient Adolescent Addiction and Mental Health
- Primary Location: Foothills Medical Centre
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 24-DEC-2024
- Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time
- Date Available: 06-JAN-2025
- Temporary End Date: 01-JUN-2025
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 20
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $43.38
- Maximum Salary: $57.63
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Completion of master's degree in a health related field. Active or eligible for registration with the applicable Alberta regulatory college.
Additional Required Qualifications:Completion of master's degree in Social Work, Psychology or Nursing. Active registration with College of Alberta Social Workers, College of Alberta Psychologist or CARNA. MSW (social workers) must be able to perform restricted psychosocial interventions (or application in process with the Alberta College of Social Work) MA psychology must have completed or be near completion of provisional supervision for casual family counselor role. Several (3-5) years, clinical experience, with supervision, as a Family Counsellor required. Group therapy/facilitation experience is required.
Preferred Qualifications:Completion of the Brain Story Certificate (attachments) preferred. Training in trauma informed care is preferred. Non-violent crisis intervention (NVCI) training. Successful completion of an accredited certificate program with full membership in AAMFT is beneficial.
Please note:
All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.
Security Screening:
A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.
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