Therapy Support Assistant

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. We’re looking for an experienced health-care professional who is eager to make an impact in their community.

Job Details

Hourly pay range : $33.26 to $40.89

Shift structure : Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours per day

Primary location : Strathmore

Union : In-Scope

Classification : Classroom Behaviour Specialist

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 Mental Health Classrooms are delivered in partnership with the Government of Alberta, community partners and school divisions.

The Therapy Support Assistant will :

• Assist in the development and implementation of individual treatment plans for children or adolescents with internalizing and externalizing difficulties, using a variety of treatment approaches with a heavy emphasis on effective, evidence-based cognitive and behavioural principles.
• Provide daily psycho-education sessions to the classroom students using the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum.
• Participate in patient-related meetings such as program progress reviews and discharge meetings as required.
• Implement therapeutic models of individual and group therapy.
• Participate in the case management of assigned caseload.
• Conduct phone calls on behalf of clinicians (i.e. to schools and parents) to gather information or explain strategies to assist the patient to be successful in school and at home.
• Assist in group facilitation, including co-facilitation or participation, set up and take down, observation and note-taking as required.
• Attend staff planning sessions, patient case conferences and patient meetings to provide information.
• Complete relevant electronic medical record documentation.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure treatment plans and reports are complete.
• Use Therapeutic Crisis Intervention as needed.

Qualifications

Conditions of Employment

Closing Date : March 25, 2025

Please quote the following competition number in your application materials : 25-068

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