Team Lead(Masters) - Adult Outpatient - Mental Health & Addictions

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager, the Team Leader coordinates and supervises the operation of community-based mental & addiction services programs that delivers mental health & addiction assessment, treatment, and disposition planning to clients and their families with mental health disorders across the lifespan. Ensures and oversees provision of comprehensive services to this target population. Liaison with local inpatient, outpatient and community-based services and agencies as well as with inpatient mental health units is encouraged to promote consistency and continuity of patient care.

The Team Leader provides clinical supervision / support to multi-disciplinary team and ongoing and extensive clinical supervision to new clinicians and clinicians with little experience within this specialty as part of recruitment and retention strategies.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following :

• Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Nursing or Occupational Therapy or Clinical Therapists from an acceptable educational institution
• Licensed with applicable body (NSCSW, NSBEP or NSCOT)
• Five years' experience with Mental Health & Addictions intervention
• Provides evidence-based therapeutic intervention to Mental Health & Addictions clients
• Ensures all clinical staff provide effective and evidence-based treatment modalities
• Identifies areas for service improvement and facilitates and evaluates quality initiatives
• Drafts Standard Operating Procedures, orientation materials and others guidelines for care
• Provides clinical leadership and supervision to the multi-disciplinary team and ongoing and extensive clinical oversight to new clinicians and clinicians with little experience within this specialty
• Facilitates internal referrals
• Nonviolent crisis intervention
• Other duties as assigned by the manager
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications

Hours

Compensation and Incentives

44.36 - $51.72 hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.