Professional Practice Lead School Based Programming

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: Grande Prarie
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.

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 candidate.
• Valid driver's license and vehicle as travel might be required for this position.

Closing Date: April 27, 2025
Please quote the following competition number in your application materials: 25-094.