Job Order Detail

Description

Type: Permanent Full Time
City/Town: Lloydminster
Facility: MENTAL HEALTH-LYD
Department: LMH-COUNSELLING SRVS
Hours of Work: In a 3 week rotation: 14 shifts of 8.00 hours
Salary or Pay Band: $31.639 to $38.686 (5 step range)

Job Summary:
This position performs intake interviews and crisis intervention procedures, as well as a broad range of psychotherapy and other counseling interventions. Clients include children and youth who are insecure, aggressive, depressed, anxious and/or withdrawn, who may live in dysfunctional families and communities and who are suicidal, traumatized, criminally offending and suffering from significant developmental disabilities. Public education and other primary prevention activities may be required as well as a range of integrated case-management services and consults with other organizations and agencies. Major challenges include managing a large and diverse caseload, developing the technical skills to deal with a broad range of presenting problems and developing the skill to accurately and succinctly document care plans and progress. Within the general mandate parameters and under the general direction and supervision of the program manager, the position independently makes decisions around assessment procedures, intervention strategies, exercising clinical judgment and sound ethical decision making.

Required Qualifications:
Bachelor Degree in Social Work
Registered or eligible for registration with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers (SASW)

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Ability to adapt to changing conditions
Ability to work independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Assessment skills
Organizational skills