Mental Health Therapist Provincial
Your Opportunity:
Reporting to the Care Manager for Children Youth & Families Addiction and Mental Health, the Mental Health Therapist (MHT) with the Crisis & Stabilization Team (CAST) will provide mental health and risk assessment, triage and referral, as well as crisis intervention, de-escalation and short-term brief solution focused therapy. The MHT will be required to provide Children’s Crisis telephone service along with appropriate intervention and mobile response to crisis situations as needed. The MHT will also be required to liaise with Emergency Room Consultation/ Psychiatry staff, EPS/RCMP and other community partners, as well as have significant knowledge with both facility and community resources in order to effectively assess and refer clients appropriately. Appropriate documentation and statistical data collection required. The MHT will also be involved in case conferences, staff meetings, professional development activities, and liaison with community partners. This position will require the ability to work in a multidisciplinary environment and the flexibility to adjust to the demands of ongoing program development. The MHT works as part of CAST and may be required to respond to Emergency Departments (may include Suburban ED’s after hours, evenings and weekends) along with community homes/agencies to provide outreach mental health and risk assessments.
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.
- Classification: Mental Health Therapist Prov
- Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
- Unit and Program: Crisis and Stabilization Team
- Primary Location: Inglewood House
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.50
- Posting End Date: 20-JAN-2026
- Employee Class: Regular Part Time
- Date Available: 30-JAN-2026
- Hours per Shift: 9.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 24
- Shifts per cycle: 48
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $43.62
- Maximum Salary: $57.94
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required
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:Minimum of 3 years of relevant addiction and mental health experience required providing crisis intervention; preferably in a community setting. Formal clinical training in triage, intervention and stabilization required, preferably in a community setting.
Preferred Qualifications:3-5 years of direct clinical experience with the focus on children, youth and their families, preferably in a community mental health setting. Formal training in a therapeutic modality of intervention may include, but is not limited to, Solution focused Therapy, CBT, Narrative, Motivational Interviewing, Family Systems, etc. Connect Care experience an asset.
