Clinical Therapist - Schoolsplus Csap - Mental Health & Addictions

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Req ID: 159898
Company: Nova Scotia Health
Location: Western Zone, Digby General Hospital Department: MHA WZ SchoolsPlus SW
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment ( 100% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Status: CUPE Healthcare Position
Posting Closing Date: 18-Jul-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.
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About The Opportunity
Reporting to the Manager, School Based Teams - Mental Health & Addictions, the clinician provides services directly in the school community environment within the designated SchoolsPlus schools. SchoolsPlus 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 clinician is a member of a school-based multidisciplinary team and participates in the planning, development, provision and evaluation of mental health services for the assigned population in designated school settings. The service will focus on early identification and intervention of mental health disorders for children and adolescent within the school population. The 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:

• Excellent problem-solving, organizational and prioritization skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks
• In-depth and critical understanding of the principles of harm reduction, the dynamics of addiction and evidence based interventions for the treatment of addiction.
• Master’s degree in a clinical health-related discipline (Masters in Social Work, Psychology (Registered, Masters), Masters in Counseling, Masters in Nursing, Masters in Occupational Therapy)
• Non Violence Crisis Intervention (NVCI) preferred
• Basic competencies in relation to identifying and treating concurrent mental health and substance use disorders
• Suicide Risk Assessment preferred
• Two years’ related experience required (including assessment and planning, treatment and intervention and discharge planning).
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in crisis intervention, suicide and violence risk assessment/ intervention
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, work independently with limited supervision and participate as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in interviewing, counseling and teaching health concepts to individuals, families and groups.
• Must be registered with the relevant regulatory body
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of standard criteria used (DSM V) for the classification and diagnosis of mental health disorders.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in collaborating with families in relation to sharing information, and implementing family-sensitive services that involve families in the care and recovery of people living mental illness and addiction
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in individual/ group cognitive behavioral therapy as well as psycho educational groups.
• Non-violent crisis intervention, Standard First Aid, CPR, Mental Health First Aid training required.
• Ability to work effectively in multiple software applications required
• Please note this is a French Speaking position**
• Must be fluent in speaking and writing in French

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

• Approximately 12 months
• Temporary Full Time position; 75 hours bi weekly
• Dates are subject to change
• Travel throughout Western Zone is required

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.
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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