Job Description

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Company

: IWK Health

Req ID:

203891

Department/Program:

Integrated Youth Services, Integrated Youth Services

Location:

Halifax

Type of Employment:

Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE) x 1 position(s)

Start Date:

June 2025

Union Status:

NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit

Compensation:

$40.1798

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$56.0355 /hour

Closing Date

: June 06, 2025 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)



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 recognize each other's talent and celebrate our successes. 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. We are located in Mi'kma'ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaq people. Working in Mi'kma'ki 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. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory 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.

The Opportunity

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Integrated Youth Services (IYS) is a dynamic pan-Canadian and international movement that aims to build effective, youth-focused and integrated services for mental health, substance use and related issues. The IWK Mental Health and Addictions program is leading and serving as the backbone organization for Integrated Youth Services, Nova Scotia which is a model based on community partnerships to better serve young people in our province. Informed by a national integrated youth services model, IYS Nova Scotia brings together key partners to offer low barrier, easy to access, youth friendly services, designed with youth and community where youth aged 12 to 25 can access a range of high quality, integrated services. In this model, multisectoral partners from mental health and addictions, DCS, education, primary care and social service organizations work collaboratively with youth and families to address youth needs in many areas of their lives.


Reporting to the Director of Integrated Youth Services (IYS), Nova Scotia, the Master's prepared Social Worker will work as part of an interprofessional team and assist with the startup, implementation and scale of IYS sites across Nova Scotia. The social worker will ensure that IYS sites provide services that are timely, youth and family-centered, effective, socially inclusive, culturally safe, collaborative, evidence based and trauma-informed. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting the IYS community-based sites with implementing the IYS-NS model of care, building coalitions around the provision of health and wellness services in partnership with key community partners such as not profit youth serving organizations, education, DCS, primary health and mental health and addictions. The social worker will assist with developing integrated services through intentional partnerships and collaborative inter-sectorial working relationships to build a comprehensive system of care where health promotion, prevention and early intervention services are included in the core components of IYS sites. The social worker will also assist with guiding and fostering consensus across IYS-NS sites with assessment measures, data collection, research and evaluation. Other responsibilities include community-based capacity-building initiatives and oversight around training and professional development for the community-based IYS-NS site teams.

Hours of Work

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Monday - Friday; 8:30-4:30 (37.5 hours per week). Some evening work and flexibility may be required.

Your Qualifications

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Master's Degree in Social Work required. Registered with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers (NSCSW) required. Minimum two (2) years post master's clinical experience working in child and youth mental health and addictions services required. Minimum two (2) years' experience in progressive leadership required Demonstrated experience in individual/family therapy and the delivery of evidence-based group interventions. Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of mental health and substance use disorders. Demonstrated interpersonal skills and the demonstrated ability to work as part of an interprofessional team. Demonstrated experience in community networking, liaison and partnership. Knowledge and awareness youth-serving organizations and services. Demonstrated strong communications skills, both written and verbal. Demonstrated skills in organization and time management Current successful completion of a Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Basic Life Support Level (BLS) Program within the last 12 months, or successful completion of a BLS Renewal Challenge Certificate, required. Non-Violent Crisis Intervention Certification (NCI) required.
Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.





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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.



An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.

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