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Job Details

Mental Health Counsellor

Employer

Alberta Health Services

Date Posted

April 19, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Raymond, AB
  • Earnings $41.12 to $54.61 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 38.75 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date May 15, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Alberta Health Services

Languages

English

Education

Master's degree

Work setting

Health care institution, facility or clinic

Tasks

  • Interview clients, prepare case histories and assess problems
  • Supervise other counsellors, social service staff and assistants
  • Develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and means of attaining them
  • Evaluate the effectiveness of counselling programs and interventions, and clients' progress in resolving identified problems and movement toward defined objectives
  • Follow up results of counselling programs and clients' adjustment
  • Identify additional/alternative services and provide referrals
  • Liaise with community agencies or partners, and identify additional or alternative services and provide referrals

Personal suitability

  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Judgement
  • Values and ethics
  • Flexibility
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Reliability
  • Team player

Government programs

Recognized employer

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

As per collective agreement


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Mental Health Counsellor is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Family, Marriage and Other Related Counsellors
SOCIAL

Interest in mentoring in order to counsel clients, and provide therapy and mediation services; and in assisting individuals and groups of clients to identify, understand and overcome personal problems and achieve personal objectives

INNOVATIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to develop and implement counselling and intervention programs to assist clients in determining goals and the means of attaining them; may conduct research, publish research papers, educational texts and articles

directive

Interest in following up results of counselling programs and clients' adjustments; and in conducting vocational testing and psychometric assessment; may supervise other counsellors, social service staff and assistants

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation. 

It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.

Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.

A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.

A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.

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Abilities

Compared to my abilities

The abilities related to this job are shown along with your selected abilities.

Typical ability expectations for this job
Selected abilities

Mental Abilities

General Learning Ability

Verbal Ability

Numerical Ability

Visual Abilities

Spatial Perception

Form Perception

Clerical Perception

Physical Abilities

Motor Coordination

Finger Dexterity

Manual Dexterity

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