Community Outreach Worker

6 days ago

Halifax, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time

**Req ID**:162633**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Central** Zone, **Halifax Infirmary Robie Street Entrance - QEII**
**Department**:MHA CZ Bayers Rd Community MH**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: NSGEU** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:6-Sep-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**:
**About You**:

- Bachelor of Social Work
- Must be registered or eligible for registration with professional regulatory body.
- One year post BSW clinical experience in Mental Health and Addictions required
- Screening and risk assessment skills, including suicide risk assessment
- This role requires a high degree of independent practice, excellent assessment skills, and the ability to implement an evidenced based plan of care.
- Working knowledge of the DSM
- Experience in offering brief, supportive intervention strategies focusing on harm reduction and recovery
- Ability to navigate and de-escalate situations and offer crisis support.
- Group facilitation skills.
- Ability to use motivational interviewing skills and engage with clients/families
- Demonstrated knowledge of community resources and program and community development methods
- Demonstrated knowledge of recovery-oriented practice and client and family centered care
- Knowledge of social determinants of health/social context and its importance to decision formulation
- Knowledge and experience with a trauma informed care approach
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships
- Strong problem solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to make sound and reliable clinical decisions

**Hours**:

- Permanent Full Time position; 75 hours biweekly
- Travel may be required

**Compensation and Incentives**:
$33.10 - $41.80 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.

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