Multi-Unit Health Care Social Worker (Masters) - Renal Dialysis

Nova Scotia Health Authority; Richmond; On-site; CAD 30,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Nova Scotia is seeking a part-time Health Care Social Worker. This role involves providing a variety of interventions including psychosocial assessments, crisis counselling, and program planning. Applicants must hold a Master's degree in Social Work and have at least two years of experience. The position requires strong counselling skills and an ability to work independently within a multidisciplinary team. Competitive hourly compensation of $40.18 to $54.14.

Benefits

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Defined benefit pension plan

Qualifications

• Master of Social Work degree from an accredited university required.
• Certificate of Registration and Membership in the relevant Associations required.
• Minimum 2 years of experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychosocial assessments and adjustment therapy.
• Engage in crisis counselling and resource counselling.
• Supervise undergraduate and graduate students in placements.

Skills

Counselling

Communication

Autonomous practice

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Knowledge of community resources

Education

Master of Social Work

Certification in Social Work

Job description

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.

About the Opportunity

Health Care Social Workers provide a diverse range of interventions to clients and their families, enabling them to achieve their optimal level of functioning and health. These interventions include: psychosocial assessments, adjustment therapy, supportive therapy, crisis counselling, resource counselling, and discharge planning and case management.

Health Care Social Workers are actively involved in advocacy, education, program planning, consultation and collaboration on behalf of individuals/groups within the institution and community. The role is multifaceted and dynamic, requiring each Social Worker to work autonomously as well as collaboratively within interdisciplinary teams.

The Health Care Social Worker is a licensed professional who practices in accordance with a set of National/Provincial Standards and Code of Ethics and Department Procedures, Policies and Standards. The Health Care Social Worker is responsible for supervising undergraduate and graduate students in work placements.

Please note this is a Multi-Unit/Multi-Site position in which the Strait Richmond Hospital has been designated as the home unit. The successful candidate(s) will be regularly assigned to shifts at the Strait Richmond Hospital and Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital.

About You

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

• Master of Social Work degree from an accredited university required
• Certificate of Registration and Membership in the Nova Scotia Association of Social Workers and Canadian Association of Social Workers required
• Minimum 2 years of experience required
• Travel required - access to a reliable form of transportation required
• Strong counselling and communication skills
• Capacity to achieve a high degree of autonomous practice
• Knowledge of issues related to family violence, sexual abuse, addictions, grief and long, end of life, disability, and crisis intervention
• Able to work within a multidisciplinary team
• Achieve and maintain a working knowledge of community resources and medical terminology
• 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 position, 37.5 hrs bi-weekly

Compensation and Benefits

$40.18 - $54.14 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.

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.

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.