Health Care Social Worker

2 weeks ago


New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time
Req ID: 189541
Location: Northern Zone, Aberdeen Hospital
Department: MHA NZ Community Outreach CRH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT ( 100% ) x 1
CUPE Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: Open Until Filled

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

The Social Worker is responsible for clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of prevention and early intervention programming for adolescents at-risk for or who have mild substance use and/or mental health problems. As part of a team, the Social Worker must be knowledgeable and utilize principles from harm reduction, population health, community development, health promotion and prevention, and early intervention. The Social Worker provides a wide range of services in schools and communities, including screening, assessment, supportive counseling, referral, case navigation/management, early/ brief intervention, outreach, and group programming.

About You

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

- Bachelor's degree in Social Work
- Registered with the Nova Scotia College of Social Work
- Two years' (post BSW) experience working with adolescents at-risk, community resources, harm reduction and substance use
- Experience with interviewing skills, suicide risk assessment and group facilitation
- In-depth and critical understanding of health promotion/ population health framework, harm reduction, community development, strengths-based methods, readiness to change model
- In-depth knowledge of best practices related to screening, brief/early intervention, outreach, and community linkages for youth at-risk for substance use and/or mental health problems
- Demonstrated knowledge of evidence-based health promotion programs and initiatives for youth at-risk for substance use and/ or mental health problems
- Demonstrated awareness of community resources and programs
- Knowledge of Harm reduction and adolescent substance use
- Knowledge of mental health risks and problems for youth
- Knowledge of adolescent development
- In-depth knowledge of patterns of youth substance use and mental health problems, client-related characteristics and an understanding of the challenges faced by youth at-risk for substance use and/ or mental health problems
- Knowledge and experience with brief intervention models such as Motivational Interviewing/ Solution focused models
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Hours

- Permanent Full Time position; 75 Hours Bi Weekly
- Occasional evening and weekend shifts required.
- Travel to various sites required.

Compensation and Benefits

$33.97 - $42.89 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. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)

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.

Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.

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