Registered Counselling Therapist

at  Lifemark Health Group

Registered Counselling Therapist – Hybrid opportunity – Lifemark Health Group
Clinic location: Lifemark Physiotherapy Mill Cove @ 961 Bedford Highway, Bedford, NS
Are you a passionate Registered Counselling Therapist looking to belong to a collaborative healthcare community to implement our bold vision to optimize the benefit of integrated health services, including stepped-care mental health, to diverse audiences, including military Veterans in need of psychosocial intervention? If so, join Lifemark Health Group and grow with us, as we build and expand provincial teams in support of our national mental health strategy.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS:

• Either a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology, Clinical Counselling or Counselling
• Registration with the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists as an autonomous practitioner in good standing
• 2 years+ of experience (preferred) in case conceptualization and psychotherapy/social work intervention for a range of mental health symptoms and psychosocial barriers with a variety of adult clients
• Experience providing social work services to military, first responders, and veterans an asset
• Experience working as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team
• Experience writing clear and concise assessment, progress and discharge reports
• Excellent interpersonal skills, autonomy, and integrity
  While our company is focused on helping our clients, as a group we are equally focused on the health and wellness of our staff. We live our values in everything thing we do - striving for simplicity, doing the right thing, being inclusive and welcoming, and having fun!

Full-time employees are entitled to:

• Annual continuing education allowance with a wide variety of internal training opportunities
• Career development pathways, including clinical leadership
• Flexible benefits plan

Lifemark promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of the following groups: Indigenous peoples, Newcomers to Canada, and Visible minorities.
Apply online here today, or connect with our Talent Advisor directly @ veronique.tardif@lifemark.ca
We invite you to visit www.lifemarkhealthgroup.ca for additional information about the company

• Provide clients, primarily military veterans, with goal-focused psychotherapy to address mental health and psychosocial problems that are barriers to better health and family/community engagement.
• Provide veteran clients with social work assessments and social work interventions in the client’s social milieu in order to improve social and community functioning.
• Utilize a primarily cognitive-behavioral approach to intervention based on an overall client-centered philosophy.
• Provide group psychoeducational services.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team conferences to discuss clients’ treatment plan and goals, progress, and any barriers to functional goals.
• Deliver quality reporting and effective communication with all stakeholders.