Health Care Social Worker

**Req ID**:139472**
**Company: Nova Scotia Health**
**Location**:Western** Zone, **Roseway Hospital**
**Department**:OPWZ Social Work Roseway Hospital**
**Type of Employment**:Permanent** **Hourly FT** (**100%** FTE) x **1** position(s)**
**Status: CUPE** **Healthcare** Position**
**Posting Closing Date**:15-Sep-22**

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.

**Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Manager of Seniors (Western Zone), or designate, the incumbent is a member of the Seniors LINCS interdisciplinary team and participates in the planning, development and provision of Social Work services for seniors. The Social Worker works to full scope of practice as an independent practitioner within the team. This includes supporting the development and integration of seniors’ health services within health care and the community and providing collaborative, client centered care across the continuum, supporting the psychosocial and emotional well-being of all individuals (includes patients, families, groups, populations and communities). This position includes case finding activities and considerable community collaboration.

The Social Worker ensures that the principles and practices that guide NSHA such as the mission, vision, values, expected behaviours, and the leadership philosophy along with organizational health, population health, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and interprofessional collaboration are integrated within the services one provides and through the messages one delivers.

**Qualifications**:

- Masters of Social Work required
- Currently registered or eligible to be registered with the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers.
- Minimum two (2) years clinical experience.
- The applicant would practice as an independent practitioner as a part of an interdisciplinary team. A high level of independent practice may require additional training and/or study in clinical practice sub-specialities regarding clinical practice.
- Experience working with the geriatric population within a health sector environment is an asset.
- Ongoing professional development participation is required.
- Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook) and other electronic health programs such as Meditech, Medworxx, SEAscape etc.
- Travel is required. Must hold a current NS Driver’s License and have a reliable vehicle.
- Knowledge of both internal and external community resources
- Proven leader with good decision making skills. Supervisory, teaching and/or community experience is an asset.
- Successful applicants are required to provide a criminal reference check and vulnerable sector screen as a condition of employment and assume any costs associated with checks.
- Demonstrated good attendance and work history in current and past employment.
- Physical capabilities to perform the duties of the position.
- Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.

Where there are no qualified applicants with a Masters of Social Work, consideration may be given to applicants with a Bachelors of Social Work and placed in the Health Care Social Worker B (BSW) classification.

**Hours of Work**:
Permanent full time; 75 hours bi-weekly

**Salary Information**:
Health Care Social Worker (Masters): $36.04 - $47.38 hourly

Health Care Social Worker B (BSW): $32.81 - $41.44 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.

As per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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