Your Opportunity:
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.
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 Hlth Therapist CH/AS/NL
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: Seniors Addiction and Mental Health Rehabilitation Day Program
• Primary Location: Prairie Ridge-Raymond
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable

Please refer the Job description for details