Social Worker

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada IWK Health Centre Full time
The Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Social Worker to join our Community Mental Health team at IWK Health Centre. As a member of our interdisciplinary team, you will work closely with children, youth, and families to provide evidence-based interventions and support.

Reporting to the Manager of Community Mental Health, you will work in one of three community-based clinics, utilizing the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) to deliver care to children and youth up to 19 years of age. Your responsibilities will include clinical work with children, youth, and their families, with an emphasis on individual and family therapy, as well as delivery of evidence-based group interventions.

As a Social Worker in this role, you will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, including psychologists, occupational therapists, and psychiatrists. You will also have the chance to teach and provide clinical supervision to students and in-home support workers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide individual and family therapy to children, youth, and their families
  • Deliver evidence-based group interventions
  • Work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary treatment team
  • Teach and provide clinical supervision to students and in-home support workers
  • Participate in case management and community liaison
Requirements
  • Masters Degree in Social Work required
  • Registered for registration with the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers required
  • Minimum two (2) years post-masters clinical experience working in child and adolescent mental health services required
  • Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Certification (NVCI)
  • Demonstrated experience in individual/family therapy
  • Demonstrated experience in delivery of evidence-based group interventions
  • Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team
  • Demonstrated experience in case management and community liaison
  • Demonstrated strong communication skills, both written and verbal
  • Demonstrated skills in organization and time management
  • Demonstrated understanding of the child welfare system and knowledge of mental health disorders, including anxiety, mood, and disruptive behavior disorders
What We Offer

IWK Health Centre 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 Centre 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.

Promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. We are located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq people. Working in Mi'kma'ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.

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