School Based Mental Health

3 weeks ago

Lower Sackville, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time

**Company** : IWK Health**:
**Req ID**:171142
**Department/Program**:School Mental Health, Mental Health And Addictions
**Location**: Sackville

**Type of Employment**:Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) for 1 year x 1 position(s)

**Start Date**: March 2024
**Union Status**: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
**Compensation**: $37.3118**:

- **$50.7666 /hour
**Closing Date**: March 11, 2024 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)

IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.

**The Opportunity**:
Reporting to the Clinical Manager for IWK School Mental Health Services, the school-based clinician is responsible for working as part of the SchoolsPlus team to deliver diagnostic, therapeutic, and consultation services to children/youth, families and staff within a designated Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) family of schools.

The SchoolsPlus Clinician will practice the principles and philosophy of CAPA (Choice and Partnership Approach) in all areas of position responsibility. With a focus on providing early identification and intervention for mental health and addictions issues, the clinician will provide individual, family and group therapies, referrals to Mental Health and Addictions Services, consultation to school staff with a focus on capacity building, input into programming and participate in evaluation research.

Services will be provided throughout the year, including summer vacation and other school holidays, based on the identified needs of the client population, the school system and the IWK Mental Health and Additctions program.

**Hours of Work**:
37.5 hours weekly, Monday-Friday, flexibility in working hours required depending on caseload.

**Your Qualifications**:

- Master's Degree in Social Work required.
- Registered or eligible to be registered/licensed with NSCSW, required.
- Minimum two (2) years clinical experience as a Masters prepared Social Worker working in the field of Child and Adolescent Mental Health is required.
- Demonstrated ability to complete mental health assessments using DSM formulations, required.
- Demonstrated experience integrating various psychotherapeutic approaches such as cognitive behaviour therapy, solution-focused therapy, and/or motivational interviewing in both individual and group work, required.
- Demonstrated excellence in group facilitation and group treatments, required.
- Valid Nova Scotia Driver's license, access to a reliable vehicle, and insurance required, as travel is a requirement of the position.
- Training in group treatments, including Connect Parenting, Incredible Years, Cool Kids, COPE, preferred.
- Training in cultural competency, preferred.
- Experience working in a school setting an asset
- Awareness of local community resources and agencies required.
- Ability to demonstrate effective time management and disciplined self-organization,including the ability to meet professional and IWK Health documentation standards.
- Demonstrated commitment to family-centred care required.
- Competencies in other languages an asset.

Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.

Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.

This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.

An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials. Additionally, as per Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 Vaccine mandate, any offer of employment will be conditional upon submitting proof of full vaccination status. Medical exceptions or any other kind of requested exception based upon the Health Centre’s obligations pursuant to the Nova Scotia Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis

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