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: $76,960 - $120,000
Shift structure: Monday to Friday, 7.25 hours per day
Primary Location: Calgary
Multi-site: Yes
Union: Exempt
FTE: 1.0
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. This position will require some travel between classroom locations.
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 children's 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 children's 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 children's health and well being,
• Valid Class 5 driver's 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
• Valid drivers license and vehicle as travel might be required for this position.

Closing Date: May 7, 2025
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 25-096. #PPL

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