Health Care Social Worker (Masters) - Adult Outpatient - Mental Health & Addictions

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

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Health Care Social Worker to join their Adult Outpatient Mental Health & Addictions team. In this permanent full-time role, you will be responsible for delivering evidence-based psycho-social assessments and treatments to adults with complex mental health disorders. You will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring that care is tailored to meet the diverse needs of patients. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of individuals seeking support while benefiting from a comprehensive compensation and benefits package. If you are passionate about mental health and committed to providing high-quality care, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Long-term disability coverage

Life insurance

Defined benefit pension plan

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work required.
• Two years clinical experience with adult populations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based psycho-social assessments and treatments.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to support mental health.

Skills

Psycho-social assessments

DSM formulation

Culturally informed care

Problem solving

Effective communication

Planning and organizational skills

Customer service orientation

Confidentiality maintenance

Education

Master's degree in Social Work

Job description

Health Care Social Worker (Masters) - Adult Outpatient - Mental Health & Addictions

Req ID: 195735
Location: Eastern Zone, Northside General Hospital
Department: MHA EZ Mental Health Clinic NS
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100%) x 1
Posting Closing Date: 17-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

Reporting to the Manager, Adult Outpatient - Mental Health & Addictions, the Social Worker, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team, is responsible for the delivery of time-limited, evidence-based psycho-social assessments and treatments to adults (19 years and older) with Tier-3 mental disorders. All services are provided within a Stepped Care framework and practice is guided by disorder-based clinical care pathways. Each clinician participates in a consultation group to ensure collegial support, accountability, and effectiveness of assessments and treatments.

The Social Worker ensures that the principles and practices that guide our work such as the mission, vision, values, expected behaviors, the leadership philosophy, organizational health, population health, ethics, safety, quality, partnerships and interprofessional collaboration are integrated within the services they provide and through the messages they deliver.

About You

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

• Master's degree of Social Work
• Registered or eligible to be registered with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers
• Two (2) years clinical experience required working with an adult population providing time-limited, evidence-based psycho-social assessments and treatments to adults (19 years and older) with Tier-3 mental disorders
• Demonstrated skills in DSM formulation
• Demonstrated skills in applying time-limited, evidence-based psycho-social assessments and treatments for mental disorders to an adult (19 years and older) patient population, and commitment to same
• Demonstrated knowledge of Stepped Care principles, clinical care pathways, and outcomes monitoring, and commitment to same
• Demonstrated knowledge of clinical supervision, learning and professional development, and commitment to same
• Demonstrated skills in providing culturally informed non-judgmental patient and family center care, and commitment to same
• Experience in providing supervision to psychology residents, students, and peers
• A working theoretical and practical knowledge of psychological testing applicable to an adult patient population
• Motivated with a strong customer service orientation building solid health care patients/partner relationships
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize information, problem solve and utilize good judgment in decision making
• Demonstrated planning, organizational and time management skills
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Experience training and/or acting as a resource for other allied health care professionals and medical specialists
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Hours

• Permanent Full-Time Position; 75 hours biweekly

Compensation and Benefits

$39.39 - $51.78 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 and 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.