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Health Care Social Worker
2 months ago
Health Care Social Worker needed to provide Primary Health Care and chronic disease management services with a focus on chronic pain in a collaborative interprofessional team setting.
Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with a mission to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through working together. We operate hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs across the province, providing a variety of high-quality inpatient and outpatient services.
About the RoleThe Health Care Social Worker will play a key role in the delivery of Primary Health Care, chronic disease management care, with a focus on chronic pain. The successful candidate will be a member of a highly collaborative interprofessional team and will work closely with patients, families, public, community partners, primary care team members, and other professionals and agencies.
- Master's degree in social work from a recognized university
- Current registration with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers
- 2 years post MSW related clinical experience or relevant work experience required
- Previous experience working in Primary Care and/or community-based setting preferred
- Demonstrated ability to use a client-/family-centered approach
- Psychotherapy skills (i.e. ACT and CBT)
- Familiarity with various evidence-based treatment approaches including Motivational Interviewing and behaviour change counselling
- Demonstrated experience with group facilitation
- Ability to complete biopsychosocial assessments
- Excellent communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to assist patients and families with navigation of local community resources and agencies
- Ability to demonstrate effective time management and disciplined self-organization
- Demonstrated comfort and skills working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team and community partners
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, public, community partners, primary care team members and other professionals and agencies using verbal, written and computer communication means
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team setting
- Demonstrated ability and comfort in working flexibly and creatively to provide services
- Demonstrates commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
- Awareness of local community resources and agencies would be considered an asset
- Valid Nova Scotia Driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle
- Competencies in other languages preferred; French an asset
- Permanent full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
- Hours include days and may include evenings and weekends
- Travel to various sites may be required
- $49.04 Hourly
Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan.
