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The Mental Health Therapist is responsible for providing counseling and mental health services to the band members of Beardys & Okemasis First Nation. The services provided will include assessments, counseling, referrals for treatment, treatment planning including aftercare and crisis management as needed. They will provide community programs to educate and create awareness of mental health services available. In addition, the Mental Health Therapist will assist with the Mental Health and Addictions curriculum and work closely with the schools. Weekly case management meetings are required with the Mental Health and Addictions Team.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Vehicle supplied by employer
- Valid driver's licence
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid Certificate
Additional Skills
- Use computer applications
- Perform administrative tasks
Specific Skills
- Write reports (assessment, follow-up, progress, court reports, etc.)
- Provide public education
- Provide consultation services to government and other organizations
- Prepare case histories
- Interview clients
- Follow up results of counselling programs and clients' adjustment
- Evaluate clients' progress in resolving identified problems and movement towards defined objectives
- Evaluate effectiveness of counselling programs and interventions
- Develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and means of attaining them
- Counsel clients and provide psychotherapy
- Conduct vocational testing and psychometric assessment
- Assess clients' problems
- Identify additional/alternative services and provide referrals
- Knowledge of 12 step philosophy
- Liaise with communities
- Facilitate groups
- Teach life skills
Work Setting
- Health care facility
Client Population
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Families
- Couples
- Children
- Aboriginal groups
- Females
- Males
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Work under pressure
- Large caseload
Security and Safety
- Bondable
- Basic security clearance
- Enhanced reliability security clearance
- Criminal record check (abstract)
- Child abuse registry check
- Child welfare check
- Driver's validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
- Confidential security clearance
- Eligible for professional liability insurance
Area of Counselling Specialization
- Substance abuse
- Stress management
- Sexual abuse and trauma recovery
- Personal growth and self-development
- Mediation
- Life transitions
- Family and marriage
- Depression
- Crisis intervention
- Conflict resolution
- Compulsive gambling
- Clinical hypnosis
- Childhood and adolescent issues
- Career
- Behaviour disorders
- Bereavement
- Assertiveness training
- Anger management
- Anxiety/panic
- Cross cultural issues
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