Home based Social Worker

Company :IWK Health
Department/Program: AIS Trauma Day Stream Mental Health And Addictions
Location: Halifax
Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
NSGEU Hlthcare Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Where there are no qualified candidates who meet the minimum requirements of two (2) years of experience in Mental Health and Addictions treatment consideration may be given to candidates without the required experience.
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax Nova Scotia providing tertiary and primary care for two million children youth adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees physicians volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home align our work to our values and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
Promoting an anti-racist environment and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care is important to us. Working in Mikmaki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long deep and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination but have more work to do to build that trust acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous Black/African Nova Scotians Persons of Colour Immigrants/Newcomers Persons with Disabilities 2SLGBTQIA to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients families and communities that we care for at all job levels.
Accountable to the Manager of Adolescent Intensive Services the Social Worker works with adolescents and families as part of an inter-disciplinary treatment team. The Social Worker will work with youth and families from a multi-systemic framework approach based on attachment principles. This is done in accordance with the mission philosophies and vision of the IWK Health Centre. Responsibilities include clinical work with youth and their families providing both individual and family therapy as well as delivering group-based interventions.
The Mental Health and Addictions Program at the IWK Health Centre provides a full spectrum of mental health and addictions services that includes mental health addictions day treatment and inpatient services of children and adolescents acute inpatient hospital care and forensics. The Adolescent Intensive Services (AIS) Program has both ambulatory and non-acute inpatient services for adolescents aged 13 up to 19 years old with mental health and/or substance abuse disorders. The youth admitted to the non-acute inpatient services attend day services with AIS Day Treatment. Ambulatory Services include AIS Day Service and AIS Aftercare Service. Day Services means that the patient attends programming Monday to Friday and participates in therapeutic school individual family and group-based interventions that target their treatment goals. Services at AIS include two phases of treatment (onsite and community) that span approximately six to seven months combined.
The successful candidate will require solid training and experience with a variety of mental health populations and must have the capacity to adapt well to new clinical demands work collaboratively with interprofessional teams and have excellent leadership skills. 7.5 hours per day 5 days per week Monday to Friday occasional evenings if necessary.
Masters Degree in Social Work required.
Registered or eligible to be registered/licensed with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) required.
preference for experience working with adolescents and their families.
Previous experience in a combination of the following considered an asset: child welfare; Demonstrated knowledge of child/youth development cultural competence and a strong understanding of how the social determinants of health impact on mental/physical health.
Demonstrated ability to effectively consult and bridge care with other health social service and community agencies.
Demonstrated awareness of IWK Health Centre and community resources.
Demonstrated commitment to patient and family centred care required.
An understanding of the Choice and Partnership approach (CAPA) will be considered an asset.
Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills and the demonstrated ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary team providing intensive-based care.
Demonstrated experience in case management and community liaison.
Competencies in other languages an asset; French preferred.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. 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.