Social Worker

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Company: Nova Scotia Health

Location: Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital

Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (50% FTE) x 1 position(s)

Posting Closing Date: 2-Jan-25

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. 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.

About The Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager, Child & Adolescent - Mental Health & Addictions, the Social Worker provides services directly in the school community environment within the designated Schools Plus schools. Schools Plus is a collaborative model that is comprehensive and student-focused. The Social Worker is a member of a school-based multidisciplinary team and participates in the planning, development, provision, and evaluation of mental health services for the assigned population in designated school settings. The service will focus on early identification and intervention of mental health disorders for children and adolescents within the school population. The Social Worker will act as a liaison between the client, school, and mental health services.

About You

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

• Current registration with Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) or eligible to be registered
• Minimum two (2) years' experience providing mental health services to preschoolers, children and adolescents within a mental health setting
• Knowledge of the DSM-IV-5 and ability to use to screen for, assess and conceptualize common childhood mental health disorders (ADHD, anxiety, depression, behavior disorders)
• Demonstrated diagnostic experience completing mental health assessments and implementing evidence based treatment plans for children and adolescents
• Demonstrated knowledge and practice of principles of behavior management, cognitive behavior therapy, family and systems based work, group therapy and other evidence based practices
• Ability to screen for concurrent Mental Health disorders
• Knowledge of the impact of substance use on other mental health disorders and vice versa
• Demonstrated experience in crisis and suicide risk assessment and intervention
• Demonstrated ability to assess family functioning including impact of marital discord, family violence/neglect, attachment, parental trauma/addictions, grief, social determinants of health, and social supports
• Demonstrated ability to implement family based interventions for complex cases with complicated family dynamics (e.g., high levels of conflict, parent mental health issues, child welfare, substance-abuse, attachment issues, etc.).
• Exemplary ability to coordinate the development of effective linkages with other health, justice, education, social service and community agencies as needed.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in working collaboratively and cooperatively with other professionals
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Hours

• Permanent part-time position; 37.5 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$37.31 - $49.04 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. (Permanent Long Assignments Only)

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.