Join CASA Mental Health as we deliver culturally-safe mental health services to
children, youth and families. Enjoy life-work harmony, competitive benefits and
the fulfillment of empowering kids and families to thrive.
Job Details
Wage range: $44.03 to $56.50 + an additional $9 per hour CASA Classrooms premium
Shift structure: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours per day
Primary location: Lacombe
Union: In-Scope
Classification: Mental Health Therapist
FTE: 1.0 for the duration of the school year
Status: Permanent
About the Role:
CASA Mental Health Classrooms are CASA’s new model for school-based mental
health service. The program addresses the need for services closer to students
by bridging a child’s mental health and school needs, through a coordinated
approach by a mental health team and a teacher. CASA Classrooms are delivered in
partnership with the Government of Alberta, community partners and school
divisions.
The Mental Health Therapist will:
- Work with the CASA team and external supports to provide high-quality,
trauma-focused mental health therapies to children, teens and families.
- Complete mental health assessments, design treatment plans and provide
multi-modality therapy for students.
- Help caregivers with children who have exceptional needs build specialized
parenting skills.
- Formulate diagnoses as appropriate, using the DSM-5-TR and other diagnostic
tools.
- Conduct case management functions, including convening case conferences and
liaising with CASA therapists and psychiatrists, community services and other
professionals involved with the child and their family.
- Coordinate consultation with others therapists or external partners as
appropriate.
- Supervise and/or precept student placements.
- Contribute to staff knowledge and understanding of discipline-specific
issues.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in psychology, social work or occupational therapy, or, a
bachelor’s degree in social work or a related discipline such as psychology
or social sciences, with a minimum of three years of related experience in an
educational or mental health setting.
- Active registration and in good standing with Alberta College of Social
Workers (ACSW), College of Alberta Psychologists (CAP) or Alberta College of
Occupational Therapists (ACOT).
- A minimum of two years of clinical practice in child and family mental health
and/or youth addictions.
- Valid Class 5 driver’s license and access to a vehicle.
Conditions of Employment
- A satisfactory Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Search and Child
Intervention Check. This would be the financial responsibility of the
successful candidate.
- Ability to pass and maintain Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI)
certification (training provided by CASA) or Supporting Individuals through
Valued Attachments (SIVA) training, as well as physical ability to perform
all interventions.
Closing Date: July 23, 2025
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials:
25-143 #CASAMHT
