Mental Health Therapist Masters

Vancouver Coastal Health • North Vancouver, BC

7h • CA$45 - CA$56 • Hybrid

About The Position

This position involves working as part of a multidisciplinary mental health care team to provide comprehensive mental health and psychosocial assessment and treatment services for individuals with mental illness and concurrent disorders (i.e., Substance use). The role includes providing psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioral therapy, group counseling, and psychoeducation. The therapist will establish and maintain therapeutic relationships, evaluate and modify treatment plans, participate in case conferences, and collaborate with colleagues to ensure integrated service and continuity of care.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Behavioral Sciences from a recognized program.
• Three (3) years’ experience working in an outpatient/community setting providing individual and group therapy to clients with a variety of mental disorders (including misuse of alcohol and other drugs) or an equivalent combination of post-graduate education, training and experience.
• Valid BC Driver’s License.
• Comprehensive knowledge of psychotherapeutic and counseling skills.
• Broad knowledge of mental illness and treatment.
• Broad knowledge of substance abuse and addictions treatment.
• Broad knowledge of psychopharmacology (indications and side-effects).
• Broad knowledge of other facilities and community resources.
• Broad knowledge of other health care disciplines and their role in client care.
• Broad knowledge of adult education principles, methods and tools.
• Broad knowledge of legislation and government policies and procedures that relate to client.
• Demonstrated ability to perform psychosocial assessments and provide treatment planning and care.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with clients and their families, colleagues, physician, and other health care staff, both one-on-one and in groups.
• Demonstrated listening and information seeking skills that promote communication and lead to a co-operative approach to problem solving within a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrated ability to establish workload priorities.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrated ability to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to adjust to new or unexpected events, problem solve, and to deal effectively with conflict situations.
• Demonstrated ability to provide consultation, leadership and work direction.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.
• Basic computer literacy to operate a computerized client care information system and word processing, spreadsheet, Internet and e-mail software.
• Local area travel may require the use of a personal vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive mental health and psychosocial assessment and treatment services for individuals with mental illness and concurrent disorders.
• Deliver psychodynamic, cognitive, and behavioral therapy, group counseling, and psychoeducation.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships based on trust with clients and their families.
• Evaluate and modify individualized strength-based treatment plans.
• Participate in case conferences/meetings with clients, family, service providers, and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Collaborate and provide clinical support to colleagues to meet the needs of the client population.
• Provide integrated service and continuity across the care continuum.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level