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We are seeking a skilled Social Worker to join our Neonatal Care Team at IWK Health Centre. As a member of our interprofessional team, you will provide social work services and family integrated care to women and their families in the Women's & Newborn Health Program, primarily in the NICU and PFU.
Key Responsibilities- Provide individual and family counseling to patients and families experiencing stressors associated with hospitalization, pregnancy, postpartum period, pre-term birth, adjustment to parenting, perinatal and newborn loss.
- Conduct brief check-in interventions, screening, and assessment as required.
- Liaise with health and government services to build collaborative partnerships, facilitate resource acquisition, and advocate for client needs.
- Supervise clinical MSW student placements, teach, develop programs, evaluate programs, and conduct research as needed.
- Provide resource support to other neonatal team members on a direct and/or consultative basis.
- Masters Degree in Social Work required.
- Current license or eligibility for licensure with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers required.
- Minimum two years of clinical experience as a Masters prepared Social Worker required.
- Knowledge of infant/child development, obstetric milestones, life transitions, mental health & addictions, and women's health required.
- Advanced Psychotherapy skills, including brief therapies, required.
- Family Therapy experience preferred.
- Demonstrated understanding of social, structural, emotional, psychological, and cultural determinants/factors that affect well-being.
- Demonstrated ability to use an anti-oppressive framework in practice.
- Working knowledge of the DSM-5 considered an asset.
- Ability to reach a joint formulation with the client and family.
- Knowledge of the Child and Family Services Act required.
- Excellent time management, critical thinking, organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills required.
- Exceptional interpersonal, presentation, and communication (verbal and written) skills required.
- Comfort and skills working collaboratively with internal and external partnerships required.
- Experience in clinical case management and advocacy.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously as well as part of an interprofessional team.
- Experience in Meditech, MS Outlook, and MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) preferred.
- Competencies in other languages considered an asset.
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.
