Health Care Social Worker (Bachelor's) - Recovery Support Centre - Mental Health & Addictions

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Victoria Vale; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in health services is seeking a dedicated Health Care Social Worker for its Recovery Support Centre. This full-time role involves providing essential clinical services to individuals dealing with mental health and addiction challenges. As part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary team, you will utilize your expertise in harm reduction and psychosocial rehabilitation to support clients through assessments, treatment planning, and crisis interventions. Join a passionate organization committed to excellence in health and healing, where your skills will make a significant impact on the community. If you are ready to contribute to meaningful change in the lives of individuals, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Travel insurance

Long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Defined benefit pension plan

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work and registered with NSCSW required.
• Two years of clinical experience in mental health or substance use.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services including assessment, counselling, and treatment planning.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Screening and risk assessment skills

Harm reduction strategies

Motivational interviewing skills

Crisis intervention

Cultural sensitivity

Interpersonal awareness

Community resources knowledge

Trauma informed care

Recovery oriented practice

Client engagement strategies

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work

Registered with NSCSW

Job description

Health Care Social Worker (Bachelor's) - Recovery Support Centre - Mental Health & Addictions

Req ID: 193206
Location: Western Zone, Soldiers Memorial Hospital
Department: MHA WZ Withdrawal Management AV
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
Posting Closing Date: 10-Feb-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, 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.

About the Opportunity

Under the direction of the Manager for Recovery Support Services, the Social Worker will work within a multi-disciplinary team and will be responsible for providing a wide range of clinical services to individuals including: screening, assessment, individual counselling, treatment planning, discharge planning, crisis intervention, group programming, case management/navigation and consultation. The social worker will need to be knowledgeable and highly skilled in the utilization of harm reduction, recovery models and the psychosocial rehabilitation model (PSR).

About You

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

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work
• Registered with the Nova Scotia College of Social Work (NSCSW)
• Two years’ (post BSW) related clinical experience (preferably working with individuals with substance use/gambling concerns and/or mental health)
• Demonstrated knowledge of community resources/programs and community development methods.
• A high degree of proficiency in screening and risk assessment skills, including suicide risk assessment
• An ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships within health care and the community at large.
• A sound working knowledge of harm reduction strategies and stages of change theory
• Knowledge and experience with brief intervention strategies, solution focused approaches, motivational interviewing skills and client engagement strategies.
• Knowledge and experience with trauma informed care approach.
• Knowledge of social determinants of health/social context and its importance to decision formulation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of cultural sensitivity and cultural competency.
• High level of interpersonal awareness.
• Demonstrated knowledge of recovery oriented practice & patient and family centered care.
• The incumbent will need to have previous experience working with a significant amount of autonomy ensuring the plan of care is being fully articulated and work collaboratively with the care teams when adjustments are needed.
• Experienced in offering supportive brief intervention strategies focused on harm reduction and recovery.
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred.

Hours

• Permanent, full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly
• Shifts include days, nights and weekends
• Travel to various sites may be required

Compensation and Benefits

$35.86 - $46.87 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.