Health Care Social Worker BSW

Support holistic patient care as a Health Care Social Worker BSW in Hants Community Hospital, using assessment and clinical social work skills.

Nova Scotia Health seeks a Health Care Social Worker for the OPCZ Social Work HCH department. You will contribute to interdisciplinary care across the primary to qua ternary continuum. The work focuses on psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing through engagement, planning, intervention, and evaluation.

• Provide collaborative, holistic care within an interdisciplinary health care team
• Engage patients and clients through social work practice
• Assess social determinants of health and individual needs
• Plan interventions using strengths and existing coping strategies
• Evaluate care while supporting problem-solving skills and personal resources

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work from a recognized university
• Current registration with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers
• Two years of post-BSW related clinical experience
• Knowledge of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
• Client- and family-centered approach with group facilitation experience

Apply clinical social work, assessment, and collaborative care skills to support patients' psychosocial wellbeing in Hants Community Hospital.