**Position Title:**Social Worker or Registered Counselling Therapist

**Location:**Cole Harbour Integrated Health Services - pt Health (51 Forest Hills Parkway, Dartmouth, NS, B2W 6C6)

**Status:**Full Time and Part Time Hours available

**Schedul****e:**Monday-Friday

**Compensation:**Hourly or Salaried options

**Location type:**Remote, Hybrid or On-Site

**Category:**Clinic Operations

**Experience:**MSW or RCT with 1-3 yrs. experience in Clinical Social Work

About this role

Are you aRegistered Counselling Therapistor**Registered Social Worker (MSW)**who is passionate about providing high-quality, evidence-informed mental health care? We are seeking a clinician who values collaboration and is interested in contributing to an integrated, multidisciplinary healthcare environment. In this role, you will support the delivery of stepped-care mental health services to diverse populations, including MVA clients and military Veterans who may benefit from specialized psychosocial interventions. Join Cole Harbour Integrated Health Services - pt Health as we continue to grow our provincial clinical teams in support of a national mental health strategy. This position requires a strong commitment to client-centred care and the ability to collaborate effectively within an interdisciplinary team.

As a colleague, you will experience a role with the following support:

• Specialty Services: Explore exciting specialty mental health services, including evidence-based treatment such as CBT, ACT, CPT, DBT, EMDR and PE.
• Administrative Support: We have an administrative team to facilitate paperwork, booking, billing, and even online scheduling.
• Strong Digital Presence: Join a nationally recognized brand with a powerful digital footprint.
• Diverse Caseload: Expect a diverse, stable caseload with the flexibility to integrate pre-existing clients.
• A central support services team to make your life easier, so you can focus on clients and their plans of care.

Your Day-to-Day

• Provide clients, primarily military veterans, 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 group psychoeducational 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.

What You'll Love About Us

• Planning for the future: Start saving for the future with our Employee Shared Ownership Program which includes 25% company match of up to 5% of your base compensation with additional high growth shares value from Loblaw Group of Companies, paid dividends and a TFSA to shelter tax gains.
• Modern life stipends: Take advantage of a 30% employee discount at Shoppers Drug Mart. Paid wellness and vacation days. Stay Active with a GoodLife Fitness discount. Manage your own learning and development with up to $1500 annual stipend based on employment status.
• Refer-a-Friend: Our Employee Referral Bonus Program offers you up to $5000 in extra rewards.
• Mentoring and specialization are always within reach, with a vast network of clinicians in multidisciplinary clinics, you are exposed to practical training from colleagues, mentorship from your leader, in-house learning centre and sponsored training if external provider is your best alternative.
• Growing stronger than ever: It’s about pushing past limits, continuously improving and recognizing that strength isn’t a fixed state – it's a journey!

What You Bring to the Team:

Required Qualifications

• Registered with the Nova Scotia College of Social Workers as an MSW Clinical specialist or;
• Registered Counselling Therapist registered with the Nova Scotia College of Counselling Therapists,
• Minimum Master’s Degree in a counselling-related field such as Counselling, Psychology, or Social Work.

Extra Points in your application

• Experience in case conceptualization and treatment of a range of mental health symptoms with a variety of adult clients.
• Have clinical knowledge in the areas of grief/loss, depression, anxiety, trauma, and adjustment issues.
• Knowledge of psychological management of chronic pain and concussive syndrome an asset.
• Training and experience with cognitive behavioral therapy approaches, and Trauma Processing modalities (e.g., EMDR, Prolonged Exposure, CPT).
• Experience working as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team.
• Experience preparing assessment, progress and discharge reports.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, solid judgement, and integrity.

About Lifemark Health Group

When you move better, you feel better. This is at the heart of everything we do. We are moving people beyond pain by transforming the way it is treated and prevented. Connecting people digitally and in-person with multidisciplinary clinical care, we combine advanced technology and a care team of experts to guide people through personalized plans of care. Lifemark is trusted by leading health plans, employers, and individuals in communities, including the Government of Canada.

We have grown to lead the biggest network of purpose-built multidisciplinary clinics across Canada, expanding to meet patient needs in mental health, massage therapy, occupational therapy, kinesiology, chiropractic, physiotherapy and sport therapy.

Learn more at https://www.lifemark.ca

Discrimination and Harassment

Lifemark Health Group is an equal opportunity employer with zero tolerance to discrimination and harassment of any kind. We make employment decisions without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve by creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Improving inclusion and equity is a collective responsibility. Lifemark aims at providing a candidate experience for all job applicants, including but not limited to those self-identifying as a member of the employment equity groups: Indigenous peoples, Women, People with Disabilities, and Visible minorities.

Accommodation

Accommodation is available on request for all candidates taking part in any aspect of the recruitment and selection process. Email us at talent at lifemark.ca

Land Acknowledgement

The Lifemark Health Group team acknowledges that our work spans many Territories and Treaty areas, and we are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are with us today, those who have gone before us and the youth that inspire us. We recognize the land and the benefits it provides all of us and we invite everyone to reflect on the past and present history in their geographic area and for us each to think about what we can do to work towards reconciliation.

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