Family Counsellor
Your Opportunity:
Join us for an exciting opportunity supporting Addiction and Mental Health Services out of the Cochrane Addiction and Mental Health Centre/Cochrane Community Health Centre. This is an advanced clinical position providing assessment/diagnosis, treatment and follow up to a generalist addiction and mental health population and their families. This position provides clinical focused consultation with other programs or community resources and acts as a liaison to develop and promote preventative addiction and mental health programs in the community. The Family Counselor collaborates with other health care providers and community service providers to ensure a continuum of addiction and mental health care in the community. 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.
- Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
- Classification: Family Counsellor
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Addiction and Mental Health Clinic
- Primary Location: Cochrane Community Health Ctr
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.60
- Posting End Date: 13-NOV-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 23-NOV-2025
- Temporary End Date: 30-AUG-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 6
- 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:Three years of community addiction and mental health experience, operating as a primary therapist. A solid foundation of clinical work is required to support the complex skills of engagement, assessment of high-risk behaviors (ie suicide, addiction and abuse), provisional diagnosis of mental health presentation, clinical case planning and management, application of a wide variety of therapeutic models and modalities and clinical and program consultation. Experience with a variety of therapeutic modalities including CBT, DBT, strength based, Solution Focused. Ability to provide generalist services to rural populations. Experience working as a supportive and active member of a clinical team.
Preferred Qualifications:Group experience. Experience working in a rural setting. Awareness of community resources.
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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