Job Description

Req ID: 156106
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Western Zone, Valley Regional Hospital
Department: MHA WZ Inpatient Psychiatry AV
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: CUPE Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 17-May-23

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.

Nova Scotia Health employs professionals in all corners of our beautiful province. We believe there's a place here for everyone to call home, from vibrant cities with exuberant nightlife to quaint towns with picturesque trails. The work-life balance that comes with an Nova Scotia Health role means you\'ll have the time to explore, discover, and participate in that coveted Atlantic lifestyle. Visit us today and check out to see why more people from across the globe are moving here.

About the Opportunity

Reporting to the Manager, Inpatient and Residential Services - Western Zone, and working in residential and day program settings, the Psychosocial Rehabilitation Worker provides holistic care for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to achieve success and satisfaction in accordance with their personal values and goals. The Psychosocial Rehabilitation Worker supports, educates and assists clients in the areas of living, working, learning and socialization, and facilitates an environment that fosters client participation and independence.

The Psychosocial Rehabilitation Worker participates as an active member of an interdisciplinary team and practices in accordance with the Psychosocial Rehabilitation model, demonstrating a commitment to the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the Nova Scotia Health (NSH). Conducts responsibilities in accordance with NSH policy and procedures, NSH Code of Conduct and Provincial Mental Health Standards

About You

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

• Diploma in a Human Services Program or equivalent.
• One (1) year experience in a health or social services or related field
• Mentors staff in facilitation skills
• Determines actions/responses related to emergent client situations
• Meets with clients to process emergent situation
• Collaborates with team and contributes to assessment of client needs
• Supports and assists clients to identify skills, knowledge and resources needed to achieve goals
• Identifies behaviors that may represent risk to self or others and reports to immediate supervisor for consultation
• Identifies when a client has an episode of acute illness and, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, develops and implements a plan of action.
• Assists clients to maintain existing support networks and establish new supports as required
• Establishes and maintains rapport with the client's family and/or support network as deemed appropriate.
• May be required to conduct home and community visits
• Supports clients in their social activities including decision making, community awareness and community assistance
• Observes clients and ensures self-administration of oral/topical medications as prescribed and in compliance with guidelines/policy.
• Monitors and communicates pertinent information, such as ability to manage illness, changes in clients conditions or behaviors to team lead and other team members
• Monitors and evaluates clients\' needs and strength
• Monitors the effects of medications on client
• Monitors clients\' progress and identifies indicators of clients\' preparedness for discharge from the program
• Communicates and consults with team, psychiatrist, management of external resources to ensure coordination and continuity in client care
• Maintains and promotes health and safety standards and procedures in accordance with Occupational Health and Safety, Workplace Safety and Patient Safety Standards
• Works under the direction and supervision of RN/LPN/OT/SW or other discipline with a professional licensing body.

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

Hours

• Permanent Full Time position; 75 Hours Bi Weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$23.98 - $26.78 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 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.

Preferred candidates must be able to demonstrate proof of primary series of COVID -19 vaccine at time of hire.

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.

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