South Zone RA, Lethbridge, Lethbridge Health Unit

Mental Health

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REC00004633

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4 days ago

Your Prospect:

This position works within the Brief Community Treatment & Specialized Services portfolio, providing support primarily to adult clients and has potential for working with clients across the lifespan. This is an opportunity to serve clients experiencing mental health and addiction challenges within Lethbridge and surrounding communities. This exciting career opportunity would be ideal for an energetic, passionate, and dynamic clinician looking to provide excellent focused and goal-oriented mental health therapy. In this position, you will need to integrate evidence-based treatment modalities tailored to client's needs, employing an inclusive, trauma-informed counselling approach that prioritizes equity and diversity to enhance well-being and mitigate the effects of mental health and addiction issues and stigma. This role includes or may include, individual work (screening, crisis intervention, assessment, case formulation, direct counselling, consultation, case management, and referrals), group facilitation, and active collaboration with inter-disciplinary colleagues. The position may be required to work weekdays, with a mix of day shifts (8:00a.m.- 4:15p.m.) and the possibility of some later shifts during the early evenings up until 7:15p.m. This position is required to support any of the programs within the Brief Community Treatment & Specialized Services portfolio based on operational needs.

Description:

As a 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 Hlth Therapist CH/AS/NL
- Union: HSAA Prof/Tech
- Unit and Program: Brief Community Treatment and Specialized Services
- Primary Location: Lethbridge Health Unit
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.80
- Posting End Date: 09-SEP-2026
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 21-SEP-2026
- Temporary End Date: 21-SEP-2027
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 16
- Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings
- Days Off: Saturday/Sunday
- Minimum Salary: $44.93
- Maximum Salary: $59.68
- Vehicle Requirement: Driver's License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

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:

Bachelor of Social Work including training and experience in mental health assessment and psychotherapy and who have Psychosocial Intervention Authorization. Diploma or Bachelor’s degree in Nursing or Psychiatric Nursing with: Related Master’s degree including training in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy or, Experience in mental health assessment and provision of psychotherapy. Minimum of 3 years of relevant mental health experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's preferred. Experience working within Primary Care and/or Post Secondary Institute setting. NVCI Training.

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