Clinical Therapist, Children's Intensive Services

Req :
Department/Program: Children's Intensive Services-Day, Mental Health And Addictions
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (% FTE) for 1 year x 1 position(s)
Start Date: February
Union Status: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $42. - $58. /hour
Closing Date:
February 19, (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

Reporting to a Manager in the Mental Health and Addictions (MHA) program, the clinical therapist will work as part of an interprofessional team in one of the MHA ambulatory clinics or Intensive Services. The clinical therapist will work with healthcare professionals including Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, In-Home Support Youth Care Workers, Community Navigators, Recreation Therapists, Teachers and Psychiatrists. The clinical therapist will work with children, youth and families, utilizing a culturally relevant and evidenced informed treatment to deliver mental health and addictions treatment to children and youth up to 13 years of age in outreach services, structure intensive ambulatory services and or in community-based settings.

This is done in accordance with the mission, philosophies and vision of the IWK Health Centre. Responsibilities include clinical work with children, youth and their families specific to their mental health and addiction needs, within a Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA). The clinical therapist will have a scope of practice that includes individual and family therapy, as well as delivery of evidence-based group interventions.

Teaching and clinical supervision of students, capacity-building initiatives and supervision of in-home support workers are additional responsibilities for this position. Clinical services are provided to the family/caregivers in their homes requiring the incumbent to have access to a vehicle and travel regularly across the Province.

The Clinical Therapist works in collaboration with a very…