Job Description

\xe2\x80\x8bReq ID: 128014
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital
Department: MHA EZ Schools Plus Initiative
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly PT (50% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: Healthcare UNIFOR position
Posting Closing Date: 30-Aug-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

Here is an opportunity to join your passion for your practice to your sense of adventure! Acadian culture, the sea air and the great outdoors will offer a variety of rewarding experiences. The social worker will report to the Manager of Child and Adolescent Mental Health & Addiction Services, however will have shared responsibilities with both the NSHA & the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial (CSAP). The social worker will provide school mental health services directly in the school environment within the designated Schools Plus schools (NDA, Cheticamp, and Etoile de L\'Acadie, Sydney). The school mental health clinician is a team player and works flexibly to best meet the needs of clients and the service. The school mental health clinician is able to create and provide evidence-based educational presentations to clients, families, other agencies, and fellow staff members on topics relating to mental health and concurrent disorders. Grand rounds presentations are required as part of this job. Flexibility in hours of work may be required depending on patient care.

Schools Plus is a collaborative model that is comprehensive and student focused. Partners work together to educate and provide service to the child and their family, with the school as the center of the service. The service will focus on early identification and intervention of mental health disorders for children and adolescent within the school population. The school mental health clinician will act as a liaison between the client, school, and mental health services.

About You

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

• Ma\xc3\xaetrise en travail social avec sp\xc3\xa9cialisation en sant\xc3\xa9 mentale clinique ou en traitement des d\xc3\xa9pendances pour les enfants, les adolescents et des familles.
• Admissibilit\xc3\xa9 \xc3\xa0 l\'inscription aupr\xc3\xa8s de l\'Association des travailleurs sociaux de la Nouvelle-\xc3\x89cosse.
• Au moins deux (2) ans d\'exp\xc3\xa9rience dans un environnement de sant\xc3\xa9 mentale pour patients hospitalis\xc3\xa9s et patients externes \xc3\xa0 offrir une \xc3\xa9valuation ind\xc3\xa9pendante et \xc3\xa0 assurer le traitement des troubles de sant\xc3\xa9 mentale chez les enfants, les adolescents et leurs familles, y compris les troubles concomitants (consommation abusive de drogues, d\xc3\xa9pendance et maladie mentale).
• Expertise confirm\xc3\xa9e en mati\xc3\xa8re des principes de gestion du comportement, de th\xc3\xa9rapie comportementale et cognitive, de th\xc3\xa9rapie de groupe pour les enfants et les adolescents, et de mod\xc3\xa8les de th\xc3\xa9rapie br\xc3\xa8ve.
• Connaissance du DMS-V et capacit\xc3\xa9 de l\'utiliser pour \xc3\xa9valuer et diagnostiquer les troubles courants de sant\xc3\xa9 mentale chez les enfants (p. ex. anxi\xc3\xa9t\xc3\xa9, d\xc3\xa9pression, troubles de comportement) et capacit\xc3\xa9 de d\xc3\xa9celer des troubles plus graves (p. ex. psychose, trouble bipolaire) et de faire les renvois appropri\xc3\xa9s.
• Exp\xc3\xa9rience en mati\xc3\xa8re d\'intervention en cas de crise et d\'\xc3\xa9valuation des risques.
• Comp\xc3\xa9tences manifestes en leadership en mati\xc3\xa8re de collaboration et de coop\xc3\xa9ration dans le cadre d\'une \xc3\xa9quipe multidisciplinaire, dans un environnement et selon un horaire de travail flexible.
• Capacit\xc3\xa9 exemplaire de coordonner l\'\xc3\xa9tablissement de liens avec d\'autres organismes, au besoin, par exemple : justice, \xc3\xa9ducation, services sociaux, organismes communautaires.
• Connaissances approfondies des ressources communautaires.
• Formation et exp\xc3\xa9rience, ex\xc3\xa9cution d\'\xc3\xa9valuations de la sant\xc3\xa9 mentale et mise en place de plans de traitements bas\xc3\xa9s sur les faits pour les enfants et les adolescents.
• Connaissances et exp\xc3\xa9rience confirm\xc3\xa9es dans l\'\xc3\xa9valuation psychologique des comp\xc3\xa9tences sociales, affectives, scolaires, intellectuelles et en traitement de l\'information des \xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa8ves pour faire l\'\xc3\xa9valuation des \xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa8ves et poser les diagnostics n\xc3\xa9cessaires, le tout afin de mieux comprendre les \xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa8ves et d\'aider \xc3\xa0 pr\xc3\xa9parer des programmes appropri\xc3\xa9s qui am\xc3\xa9liorent l\'apprentissage et les r\xc3\xa9sultats sociaux.
• Capacit\xc3\xa9 confirm\xc3\xa9e \xc3\xa0 pr\xc3\xa9parer des rapports \xc3\xa9crits et complets d\'\xc3\xa9valuation psycho\xc3\xa9ducative d\'\xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa8ves, y compris les diagnostics, les techniques d\'enseignement sugg\xc3\xa9r\xc3\xa9es, les modifications \xc3\xa0 apporter et les autres strat\xc3\xa9gies utiles et pertinentes aux besoins d\'un \xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa8ve en particulier.
• Connaissance de la planification de l\'enseignement et des programmes d\'\xc3\xa9tudes.
• Connaissance et exp\xc3\xa9rience en mati\xc3\xa8re de consultation aupr\xc3\xa8s des enseignants, des administrateurs et des parents sur le d\xc3\xa9veloppement intellectuel, scolaire, social et affectif des \xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa8ves.
• Excellentes comp\xc3\xa9tences en pr\xc3\xa9sentation orale et \xc3\xa9crite, en fran\xc3\xa7ais et en anglais.
• Capacit\xc3\xa9 de travailler de fa\xc3\xa7on autonome et flexible conform\xc3\xa9ment aux politiques et aux normes des services de sant\xc3\xa9 mentale et de traitement des d\xc3\xa9pendances de la R\xc3\xa9gie et du CSAP.
• Permis de conduire valide et acc\xc3\xa8s \xc3\xa0 un moyen de transport fiable.
• Les personnes choisies doivent accepter de fournir une v\xc3\xa9rification du casier judiciaire (y compris une v\xc3\xa9rification de l\'aptitude \xc3\xa0 travailler aupr\xc3\xa8s de personnes vuln\xc3\xa9rables) avant de d\xc3\xa9buter leur emploi et doivent accepter de payer tous les frais associ\xc3\xa9s.

Hours

• Permanent Part Time (50%) position; 37.5 Hours bi weekly

Compensation and Incentives

$37.12 - $48.80 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. Some opportunities may be eligible for our Employee Referral Program. If a Nova Scotia Health employee refers a candidate who is not working for the organization and the candidate is hired, the employee who made the referral may be eligible to earn up to $1000. For more details and instructions, please visit please visit

\xe2\x80\x8bThis is a Healthcare bargaining unit - UNIFOR 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.

\xe2\x80\x8bAs per the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination Protocol in High-Risk Settings, Nova Scotia Health requires all team members to be fully vaccinated by November 30th, 2021.

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. Our priority groups are Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians, People of Colour, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ and Immigrants. Members of these groups are welcome to apply and self-identify if they wish to be considered under our Employment Equity policy.

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