Health Care Social Worker (Masters) Dartmouth Community Mental Health

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:

• Masters degree of Social Work
• Registered or eligible to be registered with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers
• Two (2) years licensed 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
• Experience training and/or acting as a resource for other allied health care professionals and medical specialists

Two (2) years related experience is required. If not available candidates with less than two (2) years experience may be considered for the selection process. If offered employment they will be placed on the Master of Spcial Work (Dev) HTH130 scale.

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

Hours

• Full-Time - 75 hours bi-weekly
• Long Assignment - Approximately 24 months
• Dates are subject to change

Compensation and Benefits

$40.18 - $54.14Hourly

Developmental (less than 2 yrs experience) -$35.83 - $46.37 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)