Health Care Social Worker (Bachelors) Community Support - Mental Health & Addictions

​Req ID: 160605
Location: Northern Zone, Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre  
Department: MHA NZ Community Supports CRC
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (50%) x 1 
CUPE Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 7-Nov-24

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.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with a Nova Scotia Health role means you'll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out www.novascotia.com to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

The Health Care Social Worker is a member of the collaborative interdisciplinary health care team, providing support to clients and families through therapeutic intervention to support holistic functioning of patients. The Health Care Social Worker will offer opportunities for people living with mental illness and experiencing significant functional challenges to participate and receive needed supports through group interventions in an outpatient and community setting. Group programming will be recovery focused and based on the psychosocial rehabilitation model (PSR).  The Health Care Social Worker will be responsible for group programming that will help facilitate, restore and/ or maintain client’s optimal level of function related to life skills, cooking, paying the bills, employment, education, treatment, wellness and health promotion, relapse prevention, areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.  

About You

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

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work from a recognized university
• Current registration with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers
• 2 years post BSW related clinical experience required
• Knowledge and understanding of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM )
• Previous experience working with clients with MHA's concerns preferred
• Demonstrated knowledge of various treatment theories and practice of harmful involvement, harm reduction, motivational interviewing and stages of change
• Knowledge of the field of addiction and addiction related programming and treatment
• Demonstrated ability to use a client-/family-centered approach
• Demonstrated experience with group facilitation
• Ability to complete biopsychosocial assessments
• Excellent communication skills
• Awareness of local community resources and agencies would be considered an asset
• Valid Nova Scotia Driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle
• Ability to demonstrate effective time management and disciplined self-organization
• Demonstrated comfort and skills working collaboratively with community partners
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Permanent part-time (50%) position; 37.5 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$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.

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.