Social Worker

4 days ago


Sydney, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:140992**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Eastern** **Zone, **Cape Breton Regional Hospital**
**Department**:MHA EZ Child & Adolescent Services**
**Type of Employment**:Temporary** **Hourly FT long-assignment** **(**100%** **FTE) x **1** **position(s)**
**Status: UNIFOR** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:9-Feb-23**

Nova 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**:
Reporting to the Manager of Child and Adolescent Services, Mental Health & Addictions, the Social Worker works with children and adolescents up to their 19th birthday who have mental health or concurrent disorders by providing assessments and treatment. Child and Adolescent Services is a multi-discipline service which includes Psychology, Social Work, Psychiatry, Clinical Therapists and Behavioural Interventionists, who provide services in the hospital clinic, schools and satellite clinics. Services can include individual, family based or group therapy. This position is required to participate in the delivery of evidence-based group therapy.

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

- Master of Social Work with a specialization in a clinical mental health and/or addiction stream from an accredited program specializing in children, adolescents and families
- **_ If the above is not available, a Master of Social Work from an acceptable educational institution that can demonstrate a significant portion of coursework focused on the areas of children, adolescents and families_**:

- Registered or eligible to register with the appropriate regulatory body within the Province of Nova Scotia
- Minimum two years' experience providing mental health services to preschoolers, children and adolescents within a mental health setting
- Knowledge of the DSM-5 and ability to use to screen for, assess and conceptualize common childhood mental health disorders (ex. ADHD, anxiety, depression, behaviour disorders) and the ability to identify and refer on more severe disorders (ex. psychosis, bipolar disorder)
- 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**:

- Long assignment, full-time (100%) position; 75 hours bi-weekly
- Assignment

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$36.58 - $48.09 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 SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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