Community Outreach Worker

Req ID: 195020
Location: Central Zone, Bayers Road Centre
Department: MHA CZ Bayers Rd Community MH
Type of Employment: Casual Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1
Posting Closing Date: 17-Jan-25

Nova Scotia Health is the largest provider of health services in Nova Scotia, with specialized services offered to clients throughout Atlantic Canada. Our mission is to achieve excellence in health, healing, and learning through collaboration, reflected in our hospitals, health centres, and community-based programs. Our team provides a variety of high-quality services including academic, tertiary, and quaternary care, alongside continuing care, primary health care, public health, and mental health and addictions.

We offer a work-life balance that allows exploration and participation in the Atlantic lifestyle.

About the Opportunity

The Community Outreach Worker (COW), reporting to the Health Services Manager, provides clinical services to adults and families affected by mental illness, substance use, or gambling disorder. Work takes place in both clinic and community settings, including tasks like screening, assessment, brief interventions, case management, and group treatment. The role involves navigation, advocacy, and coordination within Mental Health and Addictions and the community, using principles of harm reduction and psychosocial rehabilitation.

About You

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor of Social Work
• Registration with a professional regulatory body
• One year post-BSW clinical experience in Mental Health and Addictions
• Skills in screening and risk assessment, including suicide risk
• Ability to independently practice, assess, and implement evidence-based care
• Working knowledge of the DSM
• Experience with harm reduction and recovery-focused interventions
• Skills in crisis support and group facilitation
• Knowledge of community resources and development methods
• Understanding of recovery-oriented practice and client-centered care
• Awareness of social determinants of health
• Experience with trauma-informed care
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to maintain collaborative relationships
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Full Time Long Assignment; 75 hours biweekly
• Approximately 18 month term
• Dates are subject to change

Compensation and Benefits

$35.13 - $44.35 hourly

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only selected applicants will be contacted for an interview. This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees. Nova Scotia Health is committed to a diverse workforce, encouraging 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.