Health Care Social Worker B

5 months ago


Kentville, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID: 177155**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location: Western Zone, **Multi-site at Valley Regional Hospital Diabetes Centre, Soldiers Memorial Hospital Diabetes Centre and Annapolis Community Health Centre Diabetes Centre**
**Department**:PHC WZ, Diabetes and Chronic Disease Management**
**Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)**
**Status: CUPE** **Healthcare Position**
**Posting Closing Date: 17-Apr-24**

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 Health Services Manager, Chronic Disease Management and Wellness Primary Health Care, the Social Worker (BSW) is a member of a collaborative interprofessional team or teams, and plays an important role in the delivery of Primary Health Care. The Social Worker takes a participatory approach, designed to optimize health gains, to screening, assessment, counselling, supporting chronic disease distress, group facilitation, navigation, care planning and advocacy. Motivational interviewing and brief solution focused questions are standard approaches. Scope of role includes knowledge of community-based services and referral to appropriate programs/services in the community including, but not limited to Community Services and community based mental health services. The Social Worker liaises with other programs and services and develops extensive relationship building and bridging with both internal and external to Nova Scotia Health programs and services.

The collaborative family practice team works together to develop and deliver services to the entire population in the community cluster, including outreach to remote areas and services to meet the needs of priority populations. This position requires work at multiple sites and travel between various community locations throughout the area. As well, the social worker will link with, and in some cases collaborate with, collaborative family practice teams integrated wellness and chronic disease programs and services offered by primary health care and others in the community health network.

The Social Worker exhibits sound professional judgment and initiative while working within the Mission, Vision and Strategic Directions of Nova Scotia Health.

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

- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW) from an accredited and approved School of Social Work/University Program
- Current registration (or eligibility for registration) and a member in good standing with the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers
- Minimum two years of experience as a registered Social Worker, preferably within a community based health-care setting; if no applicants meet the two-year experience required, applicants with less than two years' experience may be considered.
- Recent, relevant experience working with community agencies/resources, volunteers and support groups
- Demonstrated ability to complete initial and ongoing client assessments (clinical and diagnostic reasoning), interviewing and client-centered problem solving, care planning, case management, evaluation of client competence in self-care and other relation outcomes in a Primary Health Care environment
- Ability to organize and maintain client health records within an EMR including continuous learning around EMR functionalities considered an asset
- Understanding of or willingness to learn health coaching techniques and interventions, including brief and short-term solution focused therapy and motivational interviewing, within the timeframe prescribed on commencement of position
- 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
- Exhibits characteristics of warmth, empathy, humor, and a non-judgmental philosophy of care
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills within scope of practice including clinical judgment and problem-solving skills and the ability to integrate and evaluate pertinent data (from multiple sources) to problem-solve effectively
- Demonstrated strong ethical standards and a commitment to professional development and life-long learning

**About You Continued**:

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