Mental Health Therapist Staff

Position #: 189049

Expected Start Date: February 10, 2025

Union: HSAS

Facility: Swift Current Community Services

City/Town: Swift Current

Department: Child & Youth Mental Health & Addictions - Federal Funding

Type: Full-time temporary

Expected Up to Date: December 19, 2025

FTE: 1

Shift Information: Days

Hours of Work: 24 shifts of 8 hours per 6 weeks

Relief: No

Float: No

Field Hours: Yes

Salary or Pay Band: Pay Band Mental Health Therapist - Staff $35.546 to $43.466

Travel Required: Yes

Job Description: Reporting to the Manager Mental Health & Addictions the incumbent assists in the development and implementation of programs for youth with serious emotional, behavioral and mental health & addictions problems. This includes the delivery of group educational activities, life skills programming, addictions programming and family work.

Human Resources Exemption: No

Experience

• Minimum of one year experience in the area of child and youth mental health

Education

• Degree in Human Services/Health Sciences or related field

Other Education and Training

• Licensed, and in good standing, with regulatory body, if applicable

Competencies

• Intermediate - Organizational skills
• Basic - Data entry skills
• Advanced - Interpersonal skills
• Intermediate - Time management skills
• Advanced - Written Communication Skills
• Advanced - Verbal communication skills
• Advanced - Computer skills

Knowledge and Abilities

• Ability to provide public presentation and professional training.
• Accurately triage addiction(s), collectively develop a recovery and case plan.  
• Knowledge in youth mental health impacts and systems of complex care
• Knowledge in local human service organizations, resources, referral procedures
• Ability to assess, treat and implement mental health plans for youth & families
• Knowledge in appropriate treatment modalities for adolescents and their families
• Ability to competently use computers and software applications
• Knowledge of Matrix Addictions Programming
• Knowledge in child development, family systems theory and attachment theory
• Knowledge in addiction issues and mental health disorders
• Knowledge in development model of recovery (SMRS)
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Services Act
• Knowledge in mental health/illness impacts related to children and adolescents
• Knowledge of normal and abnormal development
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of systems theory and human lifespan development
• Knowledge in Motivational Assessment Process
• Ability to cope effectively with stress, change, and diversity
• Knowledge in Mental Health and Addictions

Other Information

• For more information on the city of Swift Current please visit http://www.swiftcurrent.ca/
• Valid Class 5 driver's license
• Adhere to established Mental Health Services policies and procedures
• Preference to HSAS members as per the SAHO/HSAS Collective Agreement
• Registered/eligible for registration with the appropriate licensing body