Health Care Social Worker (Bachelors) - Adolescent Outreach Services - Mental Health and Addictions

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Kentville; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nova Scotia is seeking a qualified Social Worker to manage clinical assessments and implement community-based interventions. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Social Work, be registered with NSCSW, and possess at least two years of clinical experience. This full-time role offers competitive compensation ranging from $34.80 to $47.35 per hour, along with benefits including health and dental coverage.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental coverage

Defined benefit pension plan

Qualifications

• Minimum two years' clinical experience required.
• Knowledge of community resources and programs.
• Proficiency in screening and risk assessment skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical assessments and develop intervention plans.
• Provide case management and supportive counseling.
• Engage with community resources for client support.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Community development

Harm reduction strategies

Trauma-informed care

Motivational interviewing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Social Work

Registered with NSCSW

Job description

Overview

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with some specialized services offered across Atlantic Canada. We aim for excellence in health, healing, and learning through collaboration across hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs. Our team delivers a range of inpatient and outpatient services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions. Join a diverse team of innovators, collaborators, and creative thinkers.

About the Opportunity

The Social Worker is responsible for clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of prevention and early intervention programming for adolescents at-risk for or who have mild substance use and/or mental health problems. The Social Worker works as part of a team, applying principles from harm reduction, population health, community development, health promotion and prevention, and early intervention. Services are provided in schools and communities, including screening, assessment, supportive counseling, referral, case navigation/management, early/brief intervention, outreach, and group programming.

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 with children and adolescents with mental health, substance use, or concurrent disorders in a community-based setting providing case management and other supportive interventions)
• 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
• Ability to build and maintain collaborative working relationships within health care and the community
• Solid 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
• Knowledge of social determinants of health and its importance to decision making
• Demonstrated knowledge of cultural sensitivity and cultural competency
• Demonstrated knowledge of recovery-oriented practice and patient- and family-centered care
• Experience working with autonomy to articulate a plan of care and collaborate with care teams when adjustments are needed
• Experience offering supportive brief intervention strategies focused on harm reduction and recovery
• Working knowledge of the DSM and experience using screening and triaging tools
• Travel is required; must have access to reliable transportation

Minimum two (2) years of clinical experience required. If not available, candidates with less than two (2) years of experience may be considered for the selection process. If offered employment, they will be placed on the Healthcare Social Worker A (Developmental) scale.

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

Hours

• Permanent, full-time position; 75 hours bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits

Healthcare Social Worker B: $36.58 - $47.35 hourly

Healthcare Social Worker A (Developmental): $34.80 - $43.30 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.