RECOVERY ALBERTA: Youth Substance Program Calgary

This position is part of Recovery Alberta, supporting our ongoing efforts to enhance healthcare services across the province.

 Calgary Youth Substance Use Program provides concurrent mental health and substance use screening, assessment, individual, group and family counselling.

Access to a recreational therapist, psychoeducational assessment and psychiatry services available. Additional referral services to more intensive and / or residential treatment programs both external and internal to Alberta Health Services available.

This service also offers Psychiatry assessment and treatment and referral to detox and residential treatment services.

This position requires a psychiatrist at least 1 day a week for scheduled initial assessments and follow up appointments with clients and their caregivers, often attended by their primary counsellor at the clinic. The psychiatrists work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team with a few other Psychiatrists, Addiction & Mental Health Counsellors, Family Counsellors, Psychologist, Nursing, Rec Therapist, Social Worker and a Nurse Practitioner within the Community Outpatient Team and the bed-based treatment program, Youth Recovery Program. Case management is primarily managed by the clinicians in the clinic/program, including collaboration/consultation and support by the Nurse Practitioner as required and clients can remain in program for up to a year. All psychiatrists are expected to attend Rounds once per week for 90 minutes (virtually) with all clinicians in the outpatient clinic and bed-based program, to provide updates on various clients, review their medication needs, present new cases, consult on diagnostics and related behaviours, answer questions or provide status updates on client’s behaviours, response to therapy etc.