Family Counsellor
Your Opportunity:
This is an opportunity to work in the busy diverse city of Airdrie at the Addiction and Mental Health Clinic. This job is clinical in nature. Therapists are responsible for providing assessment/diagnosis, treatment services and follow-up with an emphasis on children, adolescent services and emerging adults. There are opportunities to provide individual, family and group services tailored to the child, adolescent and emerging adult clients. 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.
- Acute Care Alberta: N
- Primary Care Alberta: N
- Recovery Alberta: Y
- Classification: Family Counsellor
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Addiction and Mental Health
- Primary Location: AMHB Airdrie/Cochrane
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 17-APR-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
- Date Available: 29-APR-2025
- Temporary End Date: 29-APR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 8.5
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 9
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- 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:Candidates will need 3+ years of community mental health experience supporting ages 0-30.
Preferred Qualifications:Preferred candidates will demonstrate training and career development in the child, adolescent and emerging adult population. Experience in rural menta health preferred.
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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