Community Outreach Worker

3 weeks ago


Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada Nova Scotia Health Authority Full time
About the Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Community Outreach Worker to join our team at Nova Scotia Health Authority. As a Community Outreach Worker, you will play a vital role in providing clinical services to adults and their families affected by mental illness and/or substance use or gambling disorder.

You will work in both clinic and community settings, providing a range of services including screening, assessment, brief intervention, case management/navigation, individual and group treatment. This position will require you to be knowledgeable and use principles of harm reduction, community development, and psychosocial rehabilitation (PSR).

You will serve as a resource to colleagues, clients, and family members, creating and enriching linkages with organizations and agencies within the community. Your excellent communication and interpersonal skills will enable you to build and maintain collaborative working relationships.

We are looking for a candidate with a Bachelor of Social Work degree, registered or eligible for registration with a professional regulatory body, and one year post-BSW clinical experience in Mental Health and Addictions. You must have screening and risk assessment skills, including suicide risk assessment, and be able to implement an evidenced-based plan of care.

You will work in a multi-site position between Port Hawkesbury and St. Martha's Regional Hospital, with travel to the second site required two days per week. This will be a permanent full-time position, with a salary range of $33.27 - $42.01 hourly.

We are 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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