Teacher, Intensive Outreach Services

Req :
Department/Program: Children's Intensive Services-Day, Mental Health And Addictions
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (% FTE) x 1 position(s)
Start Date: August
Union Status: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $40. - $54. /hour
Closing Date:
August 10, (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 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across . 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 , and enjoy access to enhanced 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 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, 2

SLGBTQIA+ 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

The Outreach stream of Intensive Services provides treatment services within the IWK Mental Health and Addictions Program. The Outreach team services children and adolescents up to 19 years of age. The teacher participates within an interdisciplinary treatment team and focuses on working with clients with disrupted learning and/or who are experiencing school/educational challenges. The teacher supports individualized education goals/needs of clients and families.

This includes travel across Nova Scotia to meet with clients and families, as well as to schools to facilitate planning and to support reintegration. The teacher liaises and collaborates with NS public school staff to explore educational options and supports and to develop school plans that best meet the needs of clients. On a case-by-case basis, the teacher may provide one-to-one teaching to reintroduce clients to learning and/or to support academic progress.

As necessary, the teacher assesses clients’ academic status to determine previous learning and to identify any learning gaps and/or learning challenges/deficits to inform school planning. The teacher monitors progress towards education goals throughout treatment. The teacher works with members of the interdisciplinary team in helping adolescents and families cope with mental health and addiction issues, in planning for new admissions, and attends case conferences and discharge planning meetings.

The teacher collaborates with IWK teachers to share resources, educational strategies/options and engages in professional development opportunities.

Please note that this position will support…