Social Worker, Mental Health

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Registered Social Worker - Lifemark Health Group

• Location is flexible:
  Fully Virtual / Hybrid / On-site – linked to Lifemark Physiotherapy North Sydney (105 King Street, North Sydney, NS, B2A 3S1)
• Full time, Part Time and Casual employment is available

Are you a passionate Social Worker looking to belong to a collaborative healthcare community to implement our bold vision to optimize the benefit of integrated health services, including stepped-care mental health, to diverse audiences, including military Veterans in need of psycho-social intervention? If so, join Lifemark Health Group and grow with us, as we build and expand provincial teams in support of our national mental health strategy.

• Provide clients, primarily PCVRS military veterans and Workers Compensation Board referrals, with goal-focused psychotherapy to address mental health and psychosocial problems that are barriers to better health and family/community engagement.
• Provide veteran clients with social work assessments and social work interventions in the client’s social milieu in order to improve social and community functioning.
• Utilize a primarily cognitive-behavioral approach to intervention based on an overall client-centered philosophy.
• Provide individual and group psycho educational services.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team conferences to discuss clients’ treatment plan and goals, progress, and any barriers to functional goals.
• Deliver quality reporting and effective communication with all stakeholders.

• Masters Degree in Social Work
• Registration with a provincial College of Social Workers as an autonomous practitioner in good standing
• 2 years of experience (preferred) in case conceptualization and psychotherapy/social work intervention for a range of mental health symptoms and psycho-social barriers with a variety of adult clients.
• Experience providing social work services to military, first responders, and veterans is an asset
• Experience working as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team.
• Experience writing clear and concise assessments, progress and discharge reports.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, autonomy, and integrity.

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Lifemark promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including but not limited to those self-identifying as Indigenous peoples, newcomers to Canada, women, and visible minorities.

Accommodations are available on request for all candidates taking part in any aspect of the recruitment and selection process. Please email  for accommodations.