Mental Health Therapist, Employee & Family Assistance Program

Homewood Health Centre


Date: 3 hours ago
City: Halifax, NS
Contract type: Full time
Make a difference in a growing, innovative mental health organization and centre of excellence in people-centered care. Work with supportive colleagues who are passionate about improving lives and champions for quality and continuous learning.

As a Mental Health Therapist with our Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP), you will be an integral part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary team focused on delivering seamless services and programs to our clients and customers. If you are looking for a company that is constantly moving forward in pursuit of successful outcomes, get ready to love it here!

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Deliver EFAP services including confidential counselling, case management, direct clinical services, and assessments
  • Receive case assignments, establishes treatment plans, and complete case progress notes
  • Develop service plans which outline a specific plan of action with each client under periodical supervision
  • Provide after-hours crisis calls services (1-2 nights per week until 8-9 PM and Saturdays if required)

What We’re Looking For

  • Masters in Counselling, Psychology, Social Work, or other related discipline
  • Must hold a valid registration with the relevant governing body
  • Minimum 3 years of counseling experience
  • Experience in brief solution-oriented counselling
  • Knowledge of assessment, crisis management, and EFAP services is an asset
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English is required; although French is not a requirement, it is an asset
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Proficiency with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Awareness and acknowledgment of the value of using measurement-based care when supporting patients/clients to help guide clinical decision-making; experience an asset

Why work with us

Homewood Health is Canada’s largest and leading service provider for medically focused, evidence-based treatment of mental health and addiction disorders. Our organizational culture values service excellence, integrity, collaboration and innovation. Our people make a difference!

As an equal opportunity employer, Homewood Health is committed to employment accessibility, diversity, equity and inclusion. For this reason, we encourage applications from members of equity-seeking groups including women, racialized and indigenous communities, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.

Join us at Homewood Health and be part of a diverse team helping Canadians live healthier, more productive and fulfilling lives.

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