Mental Health Therapist

CASA Mental Health•Calgary, AB

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Join CASA Mental Health in shaping a brighter future for children, youth and families by providing them with timely mental health care and empowering them to thrive. CASA is expanding its Trauma program into Calgary in order to deliver high-quality, trauma-focused, attachment-centric care to more Albertan children, youth and families. About the Role: The Trauma Program nurtures connection and safety in the caregiver-child relationship after experiencing trauma. Children and youth may come into the program via one of three streams: the Outpatient Trauma Clinic, the Trauma and Attachment Group (TAG) or Consultative Services.

Requirements

Master’s degree in psychology, social work (with psycho-social intervention designation), occupational therapy or nursing.
Active registration in good standing with a professional college identified under the Health Professions Act.
A minimum of two years of clinical practice in child and family mental health and/or youth addictions.
Knowledge and experience in supporting the healing of children and youth who have experienced trauma.
Knowledge and experience in the following therapeutic modalities: EMDR, ART, sensory motor psychotherapy, somatic experiencing, SMART, DBT/CBT and ARC.
Excellent organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
Valid Class 5 operator’s license and access to a vehicle.

Nice To Haves

Training and experience in play therapy is considered an asset.
Knowledge of child and adolescent development and the impact of trauma and/or mental illness child development and children’s health and well being.
Knowledge and experience in working with caregivers with significant familial intergenerational trauma and/or caregivers with a range of attachment styles.
Training and experience in sensory and somatic modalities is considered an asset (e.g., Sensory Motor Arousal and Regulation Therapy).
Training and experience in bilateral stimulation based trauma processing(e.g., Accelerated Resolution Therapy or Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is considered an asset.
Training and experience in attachment focused play-based interventions (e.g., Theraplay) or other play-based intervention and modalities are considered an asset.
Experience and training in working with blended, adoptive, foster and kinship families an asset.
Ability to pass and maintain Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) certification (training provided by CASA), as well as physical ability to perform all interventions.

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments for assigned children and youth.
Develop individualized and family treatment plans in conjunction with the primary team.
Formulate diagnoses, when applicable, using the DSM-5-TR and other diagnostic tools.
Provide therapeutic interventions to support the patient in achieving therapeutic goals, utilizing a variety of developmentally-appropriate treatment approaches.
Facilitate Parent Support Groups and Multi-Family Therapy Groups that are psycho-educational and/or psychodynamic in context, utilizing a variety of evidence-based therapeutic modalities.
Contribute to staff knowledge and understanding of provisional program based operations improvement and evaluation.
Build specialized parenting skills for caregivers caring for children with exceptional needs.
Complete written discharge summaries to referring Therapist and Psychiatrist after patient discharge.
Carry out case management functions including convening case conferences, and liaising with community services and other professionals involved with the adolescent and family.