Health Care Social Worker

1 week ago

Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

Req ID:173742**
Company: Nova Scotia Health

Location:
Western
Zone, Dawson Centre**
Department:MHA WZ Child Dawson**
Type of Employment:Permanent
Hourly FT
(100%
FTE) x 1
position(s)
**Status: CUPE
Healthcare
  • Position
    Posting Closing Date:24-May-24Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services also offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. We're on a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing and learning through working together, which is reflected in the hospitals, health centres and community-based programs we operate across the province. Our passionate team of professionals provides a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, as well as continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators and creative thinkers today.

About the Opportunity:


Are you looking for a fulfilling career in one of the most beautiful parts of the country? The South Shore of Nova Scotia is known for its coastal beauty - miles of shoreline, amazing seafood, numerous lighthouses and warm welcomes.

We are looking for mental health and addiction professionals who are committed to evidence informed clinical care while working from a client centered and trauma informed model.

We offer flexible work schedules and value ongoing professional development.

We are committed to offering trainings and skill development in evidence-based treatment modalities to develop your practice in a wide variety of clinical skills, from generalist to more specialized interventions.

For more information, please call to set a time to connect with the manager or a lead for the teams.

We look forward to speaking with you


Reporting to the Manager, Child & Adolescent Outpatient - Mental Health & Addictions, the Social Worker, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, is responsible for the delivery of time-limited, evidence based psycho-social assessments and treatments to child & Adolescent (19 years and younger) with Tier-3 mental disorders.

All services are provided within a Stepped Care framework and practice is guided by disorder based clinical care pathways. Each clinician participates in a consultation group to ensure collegial support, accountability and effectiveness of assessments and treatments.


The Social Worker ensures that the principles and practices that guide our work such as the mission, vision, values, expected behaviors, the leadership philosophy, organizational health, population health, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and interprofessional collaboration are integrated within the services they provide and through the messages they deliver.


About You:

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

  • Master's degree of Social Work
  • Registered or eligible to be registered with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW)
  • Two (2) years clinical experience required working with an adult population providing timelimited, evidence based psychosocial assessments and treatments to adults (19 years and older) with Tier3 mental disorders
  • Demonstrated skills in DSM formulation
  • Demonstrated knowledge of Stepped Care principles, clinical care pathways, and outcomes monitoring, and commitment to same
  • Demonstrated knowledge of clinical supervision, learning and professional development, and commitment to same
  • Demonstrated skills in providing culturally informed nonjudgmental patient and family center care, and commitment to same
  • Experience in providing supervision to psychology residents, students, and peers
  • Motivated with a strong customer service orientation building solid health care patients/partner relationships
  • Demonstrated ability to synthesize information, problem solve and utilize good judgment in decision making
  • Demonstrated commitment to quality improvement initiatives and evidence based practice
  • Demonstrated commitment to ongoing learning and professional development
  • Experience working with allied health care professionals and medical specialists
  • Experience training and/or acting as a resource for other allied health care professionals and medical specialists
  • Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred
Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours:

  • Permanent Full Time position; 75 hours bi weekly

Compensation and Incentives:

$ $49.04 Hourly

Once You've Applied
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFact

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