Mental Health Therapist Provincial
Your Opportunity:
This position works with the Adult Addiction and Mental Health Community Clinic located in the Medicine Hat Provincial Building, serving clients from Medicine Hat and surrounding areas. This exciting opportunity requires an energetic and dynamic individual to work as a Mental Health Therapist - Generalist. If you are passionate about providing excellent addiction & mental health client-oriented, trauma-informed, and culturally-responsive individual and group counselling for adults in a community setting, then this is the ideal career opportunity for you. As a Mental Health Therapist, you will be required to perform short-term counselling, utilizing a variety of evidence-based treatment approaches. TThis 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 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.
- Transition Company: Recovery Alberta
- Classification: Mental Health Therapist Prov
- Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
- Unit and Program: Adult Addiction and Mental Health
- Primary Location: Medicine Hat Addiction and MHS
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 1.00
- Posting End Date: 13-NOV-2025
- Temporary Employee Class: Temporary Full Time
- Date Available: 23-NOV-2025
- Temporary End Date: 27-MAR-2026
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 2
- Shifts per cycle: 10
- Shift Pattern: Days
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $41.12
- Maximum Salary: $54.61
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
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.
Additional Required Qualifications:At least two years of counselling experience (assessment, creation of treatment plan and formulation, utilization of at least two therapeutic modalities, crisis intervention, case management, resource navigation and referrals, discharge planning) for clients struggling with addiction and/or mental health difficulties. Competence in group facilitation is expected.
Preferred Qualifications:A certification in suicide prevention (Suicide Prevention & Risk Assessment management https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/page14579.aspx) and Trauma informed care (Trauma Training Initiative https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/page15526.aspx) is a significant asset. Courses and certifications in addictions and mental health or from PACES (https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/Page16083.aspx) will be an asset.
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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