Professional Practice Lead School Based Programming 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.
Job Details Salary Range:$76960 $120000 Shift structure: Monday to Friday 7.25 hours per day Primary Location: Fort McMurray Secondary Location:Bonnyville and Slave Lake Multisite: Yes Union: Exempt FTE: 1.0 Status: Permanent
About the Role CASA Mental Health Classrooms are CASAs new model for schoolbased mental health service. The program addresses the need for services closer to students by bridging a childs mental health and school needs through a coordinated approach by a mental health team and a teacher. CASA Mental Health Classrooms are delivered in partnership with the Government of Alberta community partners and school divisions.
The Professional Practice Lead School Based Programming will:
Support the delivery of high quality clinical services by providing competency assessment coaching mentoring and clinical supervision to members of the assigned clinical discipline.
Provide professional development training to CASA staff and partner service providers to ensure a holistic and high quality model of assessment and treatment planning.
Act as a resource to team members and external service providers from community partnerships and school divisions on issues related to specific areas of expertise.
Support the development of childrens mental health knowledge and skills by observing and coaching individual performance in the delivery of mental health supports and services to children and their families.
Provide mentorship training guidance and support to mental health therapists.
Work on the completion of a curriculum focused on various knowledge areas essential to providing mental health services to children and adolescents.
Provide clinical supervision to provisional psychologists adhering to the standards of supervision practice and the code of ethics.
Participate in recruitment onboarding performance management and off boarding of employees under the assigned clinical discipline.
Qualifications
Masters Degree in Psychology Social Work Occupational Therapy or Nursing
A minimum of 10 years of direct clinical practice in child and youth mental health.
Demonstrated superior competence in childrens mental health assessment diagnosis and treatment.
Must be a member in good standing with their respective professional association/college.
Demonstrated leadership ability with excellent organizational interpersonal and communication skills.
Knowledge of child and adolescent development and the impact of trauma and/or mental illness on child development and childrens health and well being
Valid Class 5 drivers license and access to vehicle for travel between CASA Classrooms as required.
Conditions of Employment
A satisfactory Child Intervention Check.
A satisfactory Criminal Records Check with Vulnerable Sector Search. This would be the financial responsibility of the successful candidate.
Closing Date: April 16 2025 Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 25082
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