Healthcare Social Worker (Masters) - Senior Care/ Primary Care

​Req ID: 191512
Location: Western Zone, Soldiers Memorial Hospital  
Department: OPWZ Social Work SMH
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (80%) x 1 
CUPE Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 25-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.

Recruitment Incentives

Successful candidates may be eligible for a $5,000 signing bonus and up to $5,000 of relocation assistance with a defined Return of Service contract.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager of Seniors (Western Zone), or designate, the incumbent is a member of the Seniors LINCS Team and participates in the planning, development and provision of Social Work services to community-based seniors to enhance their independence and function at home. 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 considerable collaboration within the team and with community partners. The incumbent works with Primary Health Care one day per week, supervising BSW practitioners, running Community of Practice meetings, providing clinical supervision and case consultation weekly with Primary Health Care Social Workers.

The Social Worker ensures that the principles and practices that guide NSHA such as the mission, vision, values, expected behaviors, 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.

About You

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

• Master's of Social Work required
• Certificate of Registration and Membership in the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers and Canadian Association of Social Workers.
• Minimum two (2) years clinical experience required
• Experience in Geriatric Care preferred
• First Aid/CPR
• Strong counselling and communication skills
• Capacity to achieve a high degree of autonomous practice
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team context
• Knowledge of issues related to family violence, sexual abuse, addictions, grief and loss, end of life, disability, crisis intervention, caregiving and continuum of care and intervention skills that come from knowledge of theoretical frameworks/approaches to practice
• 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, 60 Hours Biweekly

Compensation and Benefits

$37.31 - $49.05 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.