Veterans Mental Health Social Worker (CBT Specialist)

Lifemark Health Group; Dartmouth; On-site; Full time

Job description

Social Worker Clinical Spec. or Registered Counselling Therapist

Permanent Full Time Individual Contrib 880 Dartmouth Westphal, Dartmouth, NS, CA

25 days ago Requisition ID: 28951

Registered Social Worker MSW, Clinical Specialist - Registered Counselling Therapist - Lifemark Health Group

Type: Permanent Full-time and Independent Contractor Opportunities Available

Are you a passionate Clinical Specialist Social Worker looking to belong to a collaborative healthcare community to implement our bold vision to optimize the benefit of integrated health services, including stepped-care mental health, to diverse audiences, including military Veterans in need of psycho-social intervention? If so, join Lifemark Health Group and grow with us, as we build and expand provincial teams in support of our national mental health strategy.

Responsibilities

• Provide clients, primarily military veterans, with goal-focused psychotherapy to address mental health and psychosocial problems that are barriers to better health and family/community engagement.
• Provide veteran clients with social work assessments and social work interventions in the client’s social milieu in order to improve social and community functioning.
• Utilize a primarily cognitive-behavioral approach to intervention based on an overall client-centered philosophy.
• Provide group psychoeducational services.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team conferences to discuss clients’ treatment plan and goals, progress, and any barriers to functional goals.
• Deliver quality reporting and effective communication with all stakeholders.

Key Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Social Work or Masters in Counselling Psychology.
• Registration with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers as a Clinical Specialist (formerly known as Private Practitioner) or Registration with the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists as an autonomous practitioner in good standing.
• 2 years + of experience (preferred) in case conceptualization and psychotherapy/social work interventions for a range of mental health symptoms and psycho-social barriers with a variety of adult clients.
• Experience providing social work services to military, first responders, and veterans an asset.
• Experience working as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team.
• Experience writing clear and concise assessment, progress and discharge reports.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, autonomy, and integrity.

While our company is focused on helping our clients, as a group we are equally focused on the health and wellness of our staff. We live our values in everything we do - striving for simplicity, doing the right thing, being inclusive and welcoming, and having fun!

Full-time employees are entitled to:

• Annual continuing education allowance with a wide variety of internal training opportunities.
• Career development pathways, including clinical leadership.
• Flexible benefits plan.

You belong here if you value practicing within an interdisciplinary team environment, based on a bio-psycho-social approach to intervention, which may include psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, psychotherapists/counsellors, and physical rehabilitation specialists. Together, Lifemark Health Group has become Canada’s largest health care and rehabilitation companies, which is embarking on a new chapter, along with its partners, as the designated provider of medical and psycho-social rehabilitation services for military veterans across Canada.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Improving inclusion and equity is a collective responsibility. Lifemark promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including but not limited to those self-identifying as a member of the employment equity groups: Indigenous peoples, Newcomers to Canada, Women, and Visible minorities.

Accommodation

Accommodations are available on request for all candidates taking part in any aspect of the recruitment and selection process. Email us at talent at lifemark.ca.